A DJ: playing “Heartbreaker” without “Living Loving Maid.” playing “We Will Rock You” without “We Are the Champions.” playing “Eruption” without “You Really Got Me.” talking over any song until a half-second before the vocals begin. A live act: Choosing poor opening and/or closing songs. Shoehorning audience participation into a song not amenable to it. … Read more
I have hopes, of course. I hope Alabama takes care of business and wins out, and I hope it’s enough. But I don’t think it will be. Alabama is eighth in the initial BCS standings, and will play two of the teams ahead of it (Auburn and LSU). However, those two teams play each other … Read more
I see this one guy around. We don’t live far from each other. We have children who go to school and play Upward basketball together. So there are any number of places I can, and do, run into him. But he doesn’t see me quite often enough to remember exactly who I am. He always … Read more