Heavy Rotation — Dakota, Stereophonics (Language. Sex. Violence. Other?, 2005) — Heavy Rotation was a music industry term for songs that, one way or another, got incessant airplay. It referred to the large amount of rotations that a particular record was given on turntables at radio stations. Since, until the 1980s, this was the only way to get new music into…

The end of a ripping yarn about a far too close encounter with the animal kingdom in Africa. — Click here for Part 1 and Part 2 of this story. How do you recover from an encounter with a hyena that ate all your food? It’s the same answer to the question, “How do you eat an elephant?” One bite at a time. So, onward we pressed. It would…

The midst of ripping yarn about a far too close encounter with the animal kingdom in Africa. — Part 1 (ie: the lead up to all this) is found here. That was a fitful night. Noises around us in the bush indicated the presence of animals, but we were locked up tight in the sweltering cab of the LandCruiser. We awakened at daybreak and hoped for the best…

The beginning of a ripping yarn about a far too close encounter with the animal kingdom in Southern Africa. — For some reason, the prospect of a three-week overland road trip through some really isolated places in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana didn’t make me nervous. Then again, I really didn’t know what I was getting into. In hindsight, some nerves probably would not have been out of place. The first…

And “With Or Without You” is a remake nobody asked for. — We are well into the fifth decade in which Bono, the Edge, and the two without nicknames have been a part of our musical lives. And this is regardless if you are a fan or not. I am one. Present tense. They were pure do-it-yourself post-punk rock and roll from…

The travel photo memories that they send are a nice enough touch (though I’m sure there’s something behind it) — You can say what you want about Facebook. But really, what else can be said at this point? I mean, Meta — the parent company — recently let us know that they would be reinstating (unleashing might be another word) the account of Donald Trump that has been suspended for…

Why it needs to go and why it won’t. — Iam truly grateful to everyone and anyone who clicks “follow” under my name. But my follower count means almost nothing to me. And yet, I’m aware that the total number of people who have performed the aforementioned click is already more this month than any previous month that I’ve been…

“Jerry, just remember…it’s not a lie if you believe it” — Balding, stocky, dull-witted, living with his parents, in and out of jobs, and unsuccessful with women, George Constanza bumbled his way through nine years of televised Manhattan life in the 90s. He still makes me laugh to this day. He never won. The odds never seemed to be in any…

It’s shameless self-promotion. But if I don’t do it, who will? — Now that the New Year has come and gone and we’ve read everyone’s articles on their resolutions, revolutions, institutions, and Medium earnings for the year, we can press on with the happy task of living our best lives and immersing ourselves with renewed vigor in our reading and commenting, and…