Can Can, Can You Play In This Orchestra, You 3-Year-Old Music Playing Kid

When I was three years old I couldn’t put on my own pants and shoes. This kid is drumming in an orchestra. He even gets a solo! His name is Lyonya Shilovsky, and you can read more about him here. Lyonya was led out by his father and was dressed perfectly for the occasion. He …

Don’t Suffer In Silence

New favourite ad jingle, right here. I howled, and not because I took his advice and decided not to suffer in silence. How many takes do you suppose it took to get this just the way they wanted it? “Can you put some more annunciation on Hemorrhoid Treatment Center and then try to hit them …

I Shall Be Leaving Now, Because I Am Brave And Strong

Talking to Carin about her All About Soul thing reminded me of another one of my own little kid song misinterpretations. I think the saying in general may have been the bigger problem, but the song definitely played into it since it was everywhere for a while when I was five or six and that’s …

All About Soul-Searching

Steve and I were talking the other day…maybe some news story came on about how many couples didn’t make it in the pandemic or something, and I got thinking about a song I haven’t thought about in years. “All About Soul” by Billy Joel. and suddenly, a memory came rushing back to me. I’m sitting …

Billie Joe Armstrong, Music Playing Kid

Here’s something I didn’t know. When Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day was little, he traveled around singing at retirement homes. Apparently he was liked well enough that when he was five years old, his music teachers helped convince an independent record label to put out one of his songs, Look for Love. Tell me …

All I Want For Christmas Is You…To Get Vaccinated…And Maybe Take A Couple Voice Lessons…

At this point This video is a relic from back in the days when the public, the politicians and the health officials still kind of acted like we might be in the middle of a health crisis instead of whatever out of mind out of sight thing it is we’re doing now, but if I …