I drove tractor-trailers for eight years. This is about going too fast, not hydroplaning.

My fourteen year old daughter is totally into this movie. On board.

I grew up with and even worked in local radio. Rural radio. What's apparent about all these NPR folks is that none of them know a thing about rural or small town America; they know nothing about local radio.

Keep on rockin’ me, baby. Well, maybe not if it’s raining. The cycles of circular motion will no longer protect you and keep you from harm. And everything’s not better when wet.

I sometimes think about the Rolling Stone interview where The Eagles revealed that Steve Miller was the cheapest man in rock and roll.

As a high school English teacher, and as the father of three teenage daughters, I'd say that this largely depends on parents. My kids read. Middle daughter, 17, just read a book in a day on Tuesday. The 11th graders I teach...a lot of them read. There's no one-size-fits-all.

This is cool. I know lots of guys like this. But when you say "I work in the trades" you sound like a political plant, not a blue collar guy. I mean, what do you actually do to get your hands dirty?

Lookin' for love in all the wrong places.

I know we're not talking about cars here, but I'm reminded of Freedy Johnston's "Tucumcari" and that amazing lyric: "Get your feet of o' my dashboard. Whaddaya think the damn thing's for?" Freedy Johnston

The Beatles worked quickly on every LP until the fall of 1966. Sgt. Pepper is an anomaly and, perhaps, not true to the spirit of rock and roll. The real band, the better band, was the one that recorded songs in a few takes, and that's evident in the Get Back documentary.

I've never watched Colbert or Stewart, and I really don't care if they're on or off the air. The more important question goes to why anyone thinks this is funny. It's not.

I mow right up to my neighbor’s driveway every time.

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Somewhere along the line, Jack Kerouac asked who would notice the frost on a fence post in Iowa when he was gone. I suppose it won’t be ChatGPT.

When you understand that Picasso was reacting to Einstein and challenging perceptions of space and time, you don't easily dismiss his work.

"Ride Captain Ride" is warm and cozy, a sonic pillow of an arrangement that allows for a dynamic, underrated guitar solo and super cool harmonies that lift the choruses into the ether. Mystery ship, indeed.

Joe Jackson was like Holden Caulfield and offered plenty of smart aleck commentary on annoying couples, public displays of affection, the dishonest news media, and the nature of time. Every song on Look Sharp presents something about the adult world that just smells fake.

The biggest revelation from the Billy Joel doc on MAX, at least for me, was that he wrote Vienna because that's where he first saw his father as an adult.

We had one phone, and it was attached to a wall. You had to remember phone numbers. Or use a phone book. TVs with antennas. Two channels. Three when the weather was right. Road maps. Like, the real thing. On paper.

I was expecting to get the Lee Clay Johnson book first, but this pleasant surprise was in my mailbox today. Thanks, Panamerica and County Highway. I know exactly what I’ll be doing this evening. Book clubs are cool that way.