September in San Francisco almost always features at least one week of inordinately hot weather. I know that residents in other parts of the…
As a rule, I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If I like it, I like it, and damn anyone else’s expectations. I have nothing…
This week’s earworm reminds me of an old joke. It goes like this: Person A, riffing off an old Billy Crystal routine: “You’re so…
I got married a little over a week ago. It wasn’t exactly a traditional ceremony, but it did feature a processional and a recessional….
I skipped watching the opening ceremonies, so I managed to last through two solid weeks of intensive Olympics viewing before “The Girl from Ipanema”…
This week’s earworm is “The Ghost in You” by The Psychedelic Furs, a minor synthpop classic from 1984. Lead singer Richard Butler’s abraded voice…
Not all earworms are former Billboard Top Ten successes, well-known by everyone who hears even a few notes of their melody. Some earworms can…