Popular Songs and Breakfast Foods

A very happy 72nd birthday to the Queen of Soul, Ms. Aretha Franklin. She's back in the news again because of her birthday party this pa...

I’m a news junkie, and I read way too much on the internet. If you’re reading this blog, that probably applies to you, too.  Reading...

A very cool project from some friends and former grad school colleagues was unveiled today. It's called the Museum of Imaginary Musical ...

I wrote one of the first posts for this blog on Paula Deen. And wouldn’t you know it, she’s back in the news again.  And I’ve decided, ag...

As I mentioned here before , my dissertation research paid particular attention to the marking of anniversaries of events in popular music. ...

I wrote a long post talking about the new Bob Dylan album that was released this past Tuesday, Tempest . The release of a new Dylan record i...

When Hegel talks about freedom and slavery in one of philosophy’s most celebrated passages , he isn’t just pulling this stuff out of the air...