Came in today's email. Dont know who to give credit to. Whoever you are, you're a magnificent bastard. (Update: Needs a soundtrack:)...

Song, Dance, and Commendation: Turning the 2009 Oscars into a Television Event When the Academy Awards brought on a set of new producers, there was the usual buzzwords: on time! Big surprises! Excitement! On time! Thrilling! And yet, we all doubted that it could live up to the expectation, especiall...

A re-post, but well worth it: "Huck's Tune" was released on the soundtrack to the movie Lucky You last year.  A Spanish YouTube user has put the whole song up along with a homemade music video.  There are a few transcriptions of the lyrics available online but I have decided not to incl...

The Dylanologist rolled into town on a ferris wheel yesterday, and managed to find some black market tix for Dylan's last performance of his touring season this year. The Dyl threw me in the horseless carriage and we drove down, through mid-town Manhattan, and past the Rockefeller Center Chri...

"You went to the finest schools, Miss Lonely, but you know you only got juiced it it..." "Once upon a time you dressed so fineYou threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"You thought they were all kiddin' youYou ...

Found this LaVern Baker at, of all places, RightWingBob. A new blog, to us. Long lost cousin? Belongs on our Dylan blogroll. The site has good quotes from Bob's most recent radio show, Theme Time Radio, here. A sample: Johnny Cash — Fuego del Amor (Spanish lingo version of “Ring of Fire� )(...

Our friend Gerard Van der Leun tried his hand at a little musical comedy today: Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?, by the Lovin' Superdelegates. A fine effort of course, as are all things American Digest. But of course, we can't help thinking he's mining a shaft with precious little ore in it....

"Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cashThey stayed up all night selling cocaine and hashTo an undercover cop who had a sister named JanFor reasons unexplained she loved the monkey man Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to VietnamAnd found out the hard way nobody gives a damnThey ...

"I don't care what you do, I don't care what you sayI don't care where you go or how long you staySomeday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me any more Well you take my money and you turn me outYou fill me up with nothin' but self doubtSomeday baby, you ain't gonna worry po' me anymore When I was...

"Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest,They were the best of friends.So when Frankie Lee needed money one day,Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tensAnd placed them on a footstoolJust above the plotted plain,Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy,My loss will be your gain." Well, Frankie L...