Category: music
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Ask Run-DMSteve: Dawn of Justice
The solar eclipse invaded the mainland United States through Oregon, where cracks and fissures appeared in the earth and the simple folks panicked, setting fire to civilization….Excuse me, this is approximately what happened in Isaac Asimov’s short story “Nightfall,” in which a planet with six suns experiences darkness for the…
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Ask Run-DMSteve
“Ask Run-DMSteve” returns, after a refreshing intermission of five years, thanks to fascinating questions from two of my three readers. This week we hear from Dr. D, another working stiff with a Ph.D. Next week we’ll “get down” with my mentor, Accused of Lurking. Dear Run-DMSteve, The other day I…
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Don’t hate me because synthesizers are beautiful
This week I fired my wife. And my dog. I voted three times to do things I didn’t want to do and that my neighbors begged me not to do in the first place. I took away people’s rights. Why are people always whining about their rights? I’m white, I’m…
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Top 4 things I learned after tripping over The Righteous Brothers
The Very Best of The Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers 1990 For all of you who read my title and are now trying to drag me out of the seat I paid for: Hear me, my people! I’m not disputing the angelic status of Bobby Hatfield and Bill…
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Your fast & furious Run-DMSteve guide to year 6
Time for some three-months-overdue housekeeping. Return with me now to the long-ago Year of Our Lord 2016, and thanks as always for sending me money*: Goodbyes Maurice White David Bowie Prince Bands The Alarm Astounding songs on atrocious albums: The Zombies, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, The American Breed Classical…