The Human Drama Again Casts Unusual Co-Stars
Today’s popular culture passings are not really related, other than in the minds of those who knew of them, their accomplishments and their failings.
Ellie Greenwich is a notable pop songwriter. Among her compositions, with various collaborators, are “Be My Baby,” “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “And Then He Kissed Me,” “Chapel Of Love”, ”River Deep, Mountain High”, ”Hanky Panky,” [...]
Afternoon Quiz: Are These Headlines from ‘The Onion’?
Sorry, these stories all have some basis in fact or fact-based opinion. They’re from today’s Huffington Post.
“God is great, beer is good and People Are Crazy”
popGeezer’s Pop-Culture Guide to NYC, Now With Enriched Iridium!! (Revised On Event of Les Paul’s Death)
Updated 8/13/2009 AM:
The news has just broken that the godfather of the electric guitar, Les Paul, has passed away at the age of 94. We’ll have more in-depth coverage later, but below is the article we posted last year after seeing Mr. Paul live at the Iridium:
Original 8/28/2008 Posting:
So I went to NYC for a [...]
Is This News? Only If You Care About Grammar.
With the triumphant return of Slick Willy to the news this week, it’s nice to see a renewed interest in my favorite, and the most fascinating, of America’s recent first families.
But this Huffington Post piece today only counts as news if the headline is accurate. Reading the brief article only turns curiosity to disappointment. At least [...]
When The Man Comes For Your Dog, It’s Time To Throw Down
Right off the bat, let’s be clear:
popGeezer.com does not advocate the downloading of copyrighted material, however we have read the tale of Pandora’s Box.
popGeezer.com is a stalwart believer in the First Sale Doctrine, as it applies to packaged entertainment goods, as does the majority of the court system of the United States.
popGeezer.com believes that pets [...]
Look At All That Soft Tissue!! Fetch Me My Club, Young Caddy! (Updated With Video)
There’s only so long we can sit idly by, and then the urge to bestow our good graces and a matching concussion just explodes to life.
Right off the top – we award the coveted Seven Iron to its first two-time recipient, serial propagator Jon Gosselin for, as per usual, having nothing remotely approaching common sense:
This is how you [...]
The (Future) “King of Pop” Meets The “Disco Brothers”. Your Results May Vary.
As part of a musical group with four of his brothers, Michael Jackson had his first number one record with his very first single in 1969. He was eleven years old.
In less than ten months, each of the Jackson 5’s first four singles reached number one on the American Pop (and R&B) charts. No other musical act shares that distinction. Not [...]
MJ & When Titans Fall: The More Things Change…
On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died in his home in Memphis, TN. It took hours for the information to get out. It was late afternoon in Atlanta, where my whole family was wandering a mall during a vacation. The TV’s in store after store cut over to the news. We were stunned. News moved pretty [...]