The Songbook Highway

I can hear the Eagles’ fans screeching right now. How dare you even think that? Everybody knows that Linda Ronstadt’s one-time backing band is The Country Rock Band. They are certainly the most successful group, that’s for sure. The Eagles’ “Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)” is the largest selling hits album in the world. 42 million [...]

http://www.pe.com/iguide/music/music-headlines/20131121-pe-live-the-dangers-shine-with-golden-songs.ece

http://roxxyandjake.blogspot.com/2012/12/alternative-christmas-songs.html

Supergirl

That’s really super Supergirl
How you saved yourself in seconds flat
And your friends are going to say
That’s really super Supergirl
How you’re changing all the world’s weather
–Supergirl by XTC

Here are three great graphic novel series that feature girl superheroes:

Amelia Rules by Jimmy Gownley

Gownley, Jimmy. Amelia Rules!: Vol. 3. Harrisburg, PA: Renaissance Press, 2006. Print.

I made the mistake [...]

Acffh Morst

Morst’s Top 5 countdown of top 5 countdowns!

It’s a meta-countdown.

Number 4 – Top 5 NEW ALBUMS of 2011 – I saw WAY more concerts than I heard new albums, so this is pretty easy

David Lowery – The Palace Guards

Middle Brother – Middle Brother

Dawes- Nothing Is Wrong

Hickman-Dalton Gang- Vol II

Jonathan Segel – Apricot Jam / [...]

Pop and Profanity on NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/12/26/144075936/the-year-in-pop-and-profanity

Emily and Einstein
I love this silly book:

Lee, Linda F. Emily and Einstein. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2011.

Moments before he is about to break his wife’s heart by telling her he wants a divorce, Sandy Portman gets hit by a car and turns into a dog. His widow Emily, a smart young woman in the [...]