You might remember that awful 1980 movie Xanadu. I recall finding it while channel surfing and never being able to sit through more than 5-10 minutes, but it did give us some cool music. I submit to you two examples. First, from Olivia Newton John: Second, ELO: On the other side, I give you Rush […]
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I started out hating rap, but in the late 80s some bands started sampling classic guitars & drums. And old roomate was into PE and this was the song that got me into them. Recongnize the iconic guitar riff? And here’s The Iceberg. The drumbeat is easy, while the guitar will be more challanging for […]
Representing the 60s – The Band! And repping the 70s – Aerosmith! (Steven Tyler is pretty subtle in the outro) Who ya got?
This is just for the single folks out there. For the rest of us, if you missed it, and lack of response tells me you did, check the post I dropped here last night on Hair Metal. Ladies, if you’re sad over that dude who broke your heart, time to get out of the depression […]
A few days ago I dropped a comment in Bill’s last Stratosphere Lounge regarding wearing face masks. I quoted my favorite song lyric of all time, “Some of my friends are dead; some of them just stopped living”. Here is a link to the song that I would argue is from one of the two […]
Yes, I know that a few months ago I advised Roger Goodell that I’m done with the NFL. And I’ve held to it, although some games have been on our TV. Sister Babe likes having the games on in the background sometimes, and I’m not going to push on her my personal choices. It has […]
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Friday Night Videos – Xylophones!
If you missed my post last Saturday, and judging from the traction it got you did, I’m trying to bring back Steve’s old PJM posts of vids on a Friday night. So to get to the point, which of these one hit wonders rocked the xylophone better? From the 80s, the Psychadelic Furs From the […]
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Saturday Night Videos
Steve used to do Friday Night Videos over at PJM, and I’ve occasionally bugged him here in the comments, but to no avail. Then I realized we can do this ourselves. I meant to post this last night, but it’s still the weekend. For starters let’s roll with my three of my favorite bands of […]
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Hello Dad – I’m in Facebook Jail!
If the name of this post sounds familiar to you, you might be a Gen Xer. It’s derived from the title of a song by the 80s Alternative band “Was (Not Was)”. Or if you’re like me and your musical taste went more towards metal and you didn’t really know the alt scene, you would […]
*Note* – I originally wrote this back in 2013, but this seems to follow on well to Bill’s post from yesterday on Moving Back to America Rolling Stone created a controversy by putting the Boston bomber on the cover of their latest issue. That part wasn’t so controversial, as famous murderers have graced the covers […]
With the passing of Christmas, also with it went our Elf on the Shelf. No longer having the benefit of “Elfie” to remind Little Bob that one of Santa’s Helpers was watching, I wished that I could bring Elfie back to help incentivize Little Bob to behave. Then inspiration struck… I took the Virtual President […]
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A Very Bill Whittle Christmas
Some of you might recall a year ago me trying for a unique Christmas Tree topper that quickly got s*** canned by Sister Babe. I tried it again this year:: She & Little Bob offered a counter proposal: *sigh* at least I tried. I hope that all of the Whittlerteers (we do need a name […]
This was originally published four years ago, and has aged surprisingly well. Study the answers carefully, and commit them to memory. I hope that they serve you well! Times change. And one of the most annoying changes is seeing one of out country’s most important holidays become somehow “controversial” as a result of an increasingly […]
Four years ago, just prior to the elections, and I was among the many who believed that Hillary was most likely to win the election, I wrote The Moral Argument for “Let it Burn”. It’s a somewhat long piece, but in my humble opinion I’d argue was one of my best posts. The quick […]
A few years ago, I shared some sad news with Sister Babe. Despite my mostly having left Facebook, one feed I continue to monitor is the page from the small town I grew up in in North Jersey. This is more of the equivalent of a more personal hometown paper. The guy who manages it is […]