2.14.24 I’m not much of a dancer, and I’m too self-conscious to let it all out on the dance floor. When I started dancing at my wedding reception, I was asked to please leave. By my wife. You’ve been a wonderful audience. Be sure to try the liver. Anyway … Despite my ineptness on the …
Month: February 2024
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: COMING BACK TO LIFE by Pink Floyd
2.13.24 It’s about that time of year again. Pink Floyd season. Late-winter to early-summer is the time of year when I break out the Floyd most frequently. I think it’s mostly because of this song. Back in the mid-1990s, the world was opening up to me. I was experiencing all sorts of new things. Some …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: DISCO DUCK by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
2.12.24 I’m going to get this out of the way right up front. I am not a fan of Rick Dees. At best, he’s a hack. At worst, he’s a tremendous hack. (Example 1: “His Cast of Idiots” is a clear ripoff of MAD Magazine’s “Usual Gang of Idiots.” How dare he? Example 2: Dees’s …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: WORLD WITHOUT LOVE by World Party
2.11.24 It’s the time of year when I get sentimental about comic books. The winter of 1993 was when I rediscovered comics and turned a passing interest into a passion that remains with me to this day. I bought whatever I could afford back then to sample and see what stuck. One of the issues …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: BE NOT SO FEARFUL by Bill Fay
2.10.24 I wish I could say be admired the work of Bill Fay for decades and appreciated him even when his music was nestled in the depths of obscurity. But that’s not the case. I learned about Fay a few days ago when my oldest son texted me Fay’s cover of Wilco’s classic song, Jesus, …