WHAT!?!?!!?
07.03.2026 22:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0WHAT!?!?!!?
07.03.2026 22:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Late to the party, I know, but SINNERS was fantastic.
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Certain Songs #3239: The Who – “So Sad About Us”
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ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3238: The Who – “Whiskey Man”
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I don't think they do. What a loss!!
06.03.2026 16:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I really hate the sound of the audience tapes they've officially released from the 1975 tour.
It could be one of the great live albums ever, if there was only a recording that didn't have that arena rock thud throughout.
Certain Songs #3238: The Who – “Whiskey Man”
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That's why he's the man!
06.03.2026 02:39 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I've watched the whole series at least four times since the original run (even the Lovitz year has its charms), and the whole show is an universe unto itself, even with two future toxic cast members.
06.03.2026 02:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Shield of The Americas was my favorite GAME OF THRONES character.
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ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3237: The Who – “Run Run Run”
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Still laughing about having to go to Fresno to investigate a Ponzi scheme.
05.03.2026 03:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Certain Songs #3237: The Who – “Run Run Run”
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Downtown Fresno. Full name: The Old Town Saloon and Dining Emporium.
Fresno had just been gifted with a The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Freeway, which was immediately dubbed the "Ikeway" and I did many a promo with the tagline of "Down the Ikeway at the Old Town"
ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3236: The Who – “Disguises”
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I got my fake ID to see them in play, and later, they played our college station's first anniversary show.
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Certain Songs #3236: The Who – “Disguises”
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Certain Songs #3235: The Who – “I’m A Boy (Long Version)”
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Theoretically, it can go on and on!
All I need to do is live forever!
Two things after ZZ Top:
1) I didn't "go deep" until The Clash, so I need to come back around with As and Bs (Aerosmith, Bob Marley, Beatles,, etc) and do them right.
2) Artists who released music I love after I got past them in the alphabet (Beths, Car Seat Headrest, etc)
It's OK to poke fun: I know how low-stakes and borderline silly it is. Even as it helps keep me personally sane. Somewhat sane.
That XKCD strip is (of course) right on: I know there are books, films, writers, shows and songs I'll never experience but I'd love if I did.
"Major Combat Operations!
"Uh huhh!"
"What is it good for?"
"Absolutely nothin!"
Certain Songs #3235: The Who – “I’m A Boy (Long Version)”
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As much as I can plan things: part of the fun is the flexibility within the framework.
So that's how we're at The Who some 3200 songs in!
I've broken this occasionally -- the deaths of Prince, Tom Petty and Eddie Van Halen demanded some kind of instant response, and I'll do Christmas songs at the holidays -- but by and large, I've stuck with this framework, which allows me to read about upcoming artists in advance and plan things.
02.03.2026 20:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This is a good question, and so deserves a sincere answer.
The original conception of "Certain Songs" in 2014 was write about my very very favorite songs (roughly) alphabetical by artist -- and chronological within an artist -- as ordered by (but not beholden to) an iTunes playlist.
Could be one of those Dorian Gray deals where Cosby's evilness spread through the entire photo.
02.03.2026 17:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rewatching the pilot of A DIFFERENT WORLD on Netflix, and it still kills me how the “AI-enhanced” version of the show completely ruined the Huxtable family photo on Denise’s desk.
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ICYMI . . . Certain Songs #3234: The Who – “Substitute”
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