Tag: music

• New Year Musings in the Year of Our Lord 2026

  I seem to have missed the traditional post Christmas/pre New Year’s window for reflecting on a busy 2025. Instead I need a reflection on the not quite two week old 2026. Hence, rather than a well thought out essay, here are a few disjointed musings in response to events that refuse to stop swirling. To…

  Frank

  January 12, 2026

  Commentary

  2026, European Union, Iran, Islamic Republic, minneapolis, music, new confederacy, new year, the sixties, trump, venezuela

• We Can(‘t) Be Heroes

  My new subscription to Paramount+ is allowing me to see Showtime documentaries that I never knew existed, and I watched two in the last two weeks about groundbreaking Black entertainers. The first was about Bill Cosby, and the second was about Michael Jackson and the ongoing legacy of his Thriller album. I was moved by…

  Frank

  April 16, 2024

  Commentary

  bill cosby, michael jackson, music, thriller

• Haters Gonna’ Hate

  Last night I took the plunge and rented the video of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, and it is rather amazing. Normally I wouldn’t spend $20 to rent an online video, but I certainly wasn’t about to pay $450 to get a bad seat in a large stadium for one of her concerts, surrounded by the…

  Frank

  February 6, 2024

  Commentary, Reviews

  fast car, Flowers, grammys, helen smith, luke combs, men on strike, Miley Cyrus, music, taylor swift, tracy chapman