Category Archives: PopCulture

Music Monday – “Well, I’ve been selling my soul/Working all day/Overtime hours/For bullshit pay”

This song went mega-viral recently, becoming the first song to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard charts by an artist with no other previous charting songs. There was controversy about the writers’ intentions and politics, up to and including it even being played during a GOP debate! “Rich Men North of Richmond” – Oliver […]

Music Monday – Video For “Let It Be”-Era Rare Beatles Track Uncovered

New Beatles Video Unearthed!

Music Monday – “He walks down to the ocean/Bends to touch the water/Kneels to pray/He writes her name/In the sand/Waves wash it away”

“Waves” – Sam Baker

Friday Fun Link – The Simpsons “No No” Sheets

Music Monday – “The old man at the Quickstop/Lying to the county cops/And laughing like his soul was without sin.”

“Cast Iron Skillet” – Jason Isbell

Introducing Apple Vision Pro

My Apple stocks are either going to sky rocket or crash hard on this news! 😉 If your promotional video is indistinguishable from something you'd see in a particularly dystopian episode of Black Mirror, maybe time to reconsider? https://t.co/6E2gn4gwTC — stephensben at bluesky (@stephens_ben) June 5, 2023

Music Monday – “Well I come home from work/You know I’m tired of the beat/I try to make some supper/Get myself something to eat”

“Night Time” – George Thorogood

Secular Sunday – The Original Drag Queen Storytime?

Music Monday – “What would you say/If I took those words away?/Then you couldn’t make things new/Just by saying ‘I love you'”

It’s always ironic than when my life is the busiest – work, home, family – both immediate and extended, camping, volunteer stuff, medical appointments, helping my parents, etc. etc. etc. – is when I’m most likely to end up not doing daily blog posts (I frequently miss a day but then do it the following […]

Music Monday – “But I found me a guitar/One lonely night in a border town/My pain, I started to write it down/But it wouldn’t stay away from me”

“Nobody Knows My Trouble” – Ryan Bingham