2.16.24 I don’t know. I’m kinda all over the place with this one. Of two minds. But more of the mind that this song is what I should share and right about, than not. So here we go … Paul MCCartney’s 1997 album, Flaming Pie, came out a year and a half before I became …
Category: The Cosmic Jukebox
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: ALWAYS ON MY MIND by Pet Shop Boys
2.15.24 Last night’s musical selection (Groove Is In the Heart by Deee-Lite) put me in a dance music frame of mind, and I’ve known what tonight’s song would be since I started teaching math this morning. Always On My Mind is a song with a hell of a pedigree. Written by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, …
Professor Sandman’s Cosmic Jukebox of Harmonic Consciousness: GROOVE IS IN THE HEART by Deee-Lite
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 …
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 …