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  • Careful with That Axe, Eugene: Diagnosing Pink Floyd Syndrome

    Women dislike Pink Floyd. Certainly all the women I’ve married dislike Pink Floyd. I’ve only married one, but she’s not backing down on this subject. Or any subject. I can’t recall ever meeting a woman who publicly stated that she liked Pink Floyd. I wonder if there’s an unattached woman…

  • You make a grown man cry

    Superheavy Superheavy 2011 Superheavy (I’m already tired of typing that) is a supergroup with the following super members: Joss Stone – English soul singer with super hair. Damian Marley – Reggae musician and son of Bob Marley. Also has super hair. Dave Stewart – With Annie Lennox, he was The…

  • Ultimate smackdown!

    Loyal reader Accused of Lurking is an expert in the music of the 1970s, so naturally he had a few things to say at the conclusion of ’70s Week here at Run-DMSteve. Here are the links to ’70s Week: ABBA America Queen AC/DC Disco Some of my favorite songs of…

  • The album experience

    Hot Trip to Heaven Love and Rockets 1994 Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield 1973 Key Lime Pie Camper Van Beethoven 1989 Today I will spare you a rant about the vanishing concept of the “album,” a group of songs that are thematically linked or that fix an artist in time. That…

  • My favorite things: 1970s

    ’70s Week at Run-DMSteve concludes with some of my favorite songs of the decade. I’m not saying these are the best songs of the decade, and they’re not all of my favorites. I just stopped at 25. To keep things manageable, I limited myself to one song per artist (except…