Over the holidays, when I would tire of hearing Christmas music on the satellite while staying up all night doing work around the house, I would occasionally switch over to the Zen channel on DirecTV. I discovered a great group called Thievery Corporation, and [...]
I promised myself that I wouldn't post any more Christmas songs for the year, but since Christmas was this past week all I've been humming are Christmas songs. But this one is awesome! I first heard it on Sonic Tap and thought it was [...]
With all of the losses I've experienced this past year, this song by The Plain White T's hits home. Too many loved ones have left this past year, and this will be my first Christmas in 10 years without my dog Sassie. This is [...]
This year I've been discovering a whole new crop of "new-favorite" Christmas songs. I've purchased about 10 so far on i-Tunes just from hearing them played on satellite radio. I'm not sure why it took me so long to discover this one, but it's [...]
The Christmas season is upon us! When I was eating with friends last Friday evening in Toluca Lake, a Barbershop Quartet came into the restaurant and sang several Christmas tunes. The first one they sang was one of my favorites... "The Man With the [...]
Now that the Christmas season is in full swing, most of the tunes buzzing around in my head have something to do with the onset of the holidaze. With one of the most beautiful voices ever heard, Karen Carpenter's talent is clearly evident on [...]
I met a gal at church last Sunda named Jane, so immediately I started singing "Sweet Jane" by the Cowboy Junkies. Great song! Monday the 14th - JUST ANOTHER MONDAY! - I got a hotline call from my agent telling me to [...]
As the year begins to draw to a close, this song popped into my head. 2011 has been a year of loss like no other in my life. I'm sure there will be worse ones to come as I get older. But this past [...]
With the passing of my pal Leonard Stone this past week, I got to thinking about the role that won him a Tony nomination on Broadway in 1959. Here's his song from the Bob Fosse production "The Redhead"....it's called "The Uncle Sam Rag!" RIP [...]
It was a beautiful rainy morning in L.A., and I was on my way to NBC to introduce the President of the United States on national television. It just doesn't get any better! All the while I was humming one of my favorite Elvis [...]
