The Pleonastic Hussalonian: Archive

Apr 3rd

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Jerome: Ruth Ruth (1996) Anything worth wanting...

Jan 29th

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As Long As I Live: Jane Russell (1947) I think it...

Jan 1st

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I’m Just a Lonely Guy: Little Richard (1955) What...

Dec 27th

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I’m Bob the Blob: Bob the Blob (1983?) My wife...

Dec 25th

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Fantastic: Will.i.Am (2007) I have no idea what...

Oct 27th

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Pretty Lady: Lighthouse (1973) What? You’re...

Oct 26th

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Mediocre Live Music

‘Just finished the latest Nick Hornby book, Juliet, Naked. Having sat through hundreds, if not thousands of mediocre live bands, I found myself sagely nodding at the following passage. “The trouble with going to see bands is that there wasn’t much else to do but think, if you weren’t being swept away on a wave of visceral or intellectual excitement… Mediocre loud...

Oct 16th

Cum On Feel the Noize: Slade (1973) If you’re an...

Oct 10th

Running Scared: Roy Orbison (1961) I’ve been...

Aug 15th

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If you ever doubted the genius of Jim Henson for a second (Good god, have you no heart?), this video is here to shame you back into belief. (You lousy heretic!) “Time Piece” is a short film (8 minutes) that is at once strange, whimsical, profound, and even (a big Kermit gulp, here) sexy. Long before there was the family-friendly “Rainbow Connection,” Henson debuted this...

Aug 14th

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Shake, Rattle and Roll: Santo and Johnny...

Aug 1st

Silkworm: Arlo (2002) Generally Positive Things...

Jul 10th

Do U Lie?: Prince and the Revolution...

Jul 7th

I Forget It’s There: Lay Low (2008) According to...

Jul 1st

Honesty Is No Excuse: Thin Lizzy (1971) There is...

Jun 28th

Electric Stories: Frankie Valli and the Four...

Jun 27th

To Keep My Love Alive: Blossom Dearie (1960) Have...

Jun 11th

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Jazz: Double Dee/Steinski (198?) She heaps...

Jun 10th

Honesty (live): Billy Joel (1987) Oh my god. I...

Jun 7th

Could This Be Magic?: Van Halen (1980) Let me come...

Jun 6th

Coolidge: Descendents (1987) I don’t know how I...

Jun 3rd

Yassassin: David Bowie (1979) I suspect that I’m...

Jun 2nd

Wrote a Song for Everyone: Creedence Clearwater...

Jun 1st

Another Girl, Another Planet: The Only Ones...

May 30th

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Deeper Than Beauty: Sloan (1994) Sometimes I can’t...

May 28th

Psapp: The Camel’s Back (2008) We are programmed...

May 23rd

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La Vie En Rose: Mia Doi Todd (2000) “At my...

May 16th

Movie Queen: Jobriath (1973) It is easy in the...

May 15th

Just A Closer Walk With Thee: All-Star Marching...

May 12th

Yesterday: The Bar-Kays (1969) “Among other...

May 11th

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Freight Train: Laura Veirs (2009) By false...

May 11th

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Week of Waller: Day Seven This Is So Nice It Must...

May 2nd

Week of Waller: Day Six Honeysuckle Rose (A La...

May 1st

Week of Waller: Day Five Ain’t Misbehavin’ (radio...

Apr 30th

Week of Waller: Day Four Too Tired (1940) I’ve got...

Apr 29th

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Week of Waller: Day Three Sometimes I Feel Like a...

Apr 28th

Week of Waller: Day Two If It Isn’t Love (1936) If...

Apr 27th

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Week of Waller: Day One I’m Gonna Sit Right Down...

Apr 27th

Ecology: Anni Rossi (2008) This particular...

Apr 25th

I’ll Love You for Awhile: Dusty Springfield...

Apr 23rd

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On and On: The Muffs (1995) I cannot begin to...

Apr 22nd

Detroit Has a Skyline: Superchunk (1995) Here is...

Apr 20th

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Niagara Falls: Harlem Shakes (2009) This might...

Apr 16th

I Left Town: Julie Doiron (2007) There is...

Apr 9th

Had Enough: The Goo Goo Dolls (1989) For those...

Apr 8th

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Everybody’s out of Town: B.J. Thomas (1970) Most...

Apr 7th

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Pennies from Heaven: Steve Martin (1981) A few...

Apr 5th

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Ondine: Charles Spearin (2009) The Happiness...

Apr 3rd

Howling Comique: Ludus (1982) What I love about...

Apr 3rd