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Money (That's What I Want), Flying Lizards, 1979 Damn the man. Save the Empire. This song represents two truths you should know about...

Cumbersome, Seven Mary Three, 1996 Well, hey. How about that? I just woke myself up sobbing. Have you ever done that before? I could hear...

No Rain, Blind Melon, 1992 Ahh, Blind Melon and Shannon Hoon. Ahh, "No Rain" and the iconic "Bee Girl" video. All things I want rising...

I Will Survive, Cake, 1997 The universe is so funny, y'all. Two great new singles by two of my favorite bands dropped yesterday (I ❤️ new...

Tyrone, Erykah Badu, 1997 Whoa. Not digging waking up to a storm sans song in my head. That can't be good. It took a minute to center...

Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away), Deftones, 1997 After loving the Deftones for pretty much three decades, I saw them for the first time this...

Freedom 90, George Michael, 1990 Happy Spring Break 2025! Hello, Freedom 2025! Yeah, I know that's not a thing except that maybe it is...

Never Say Never, That Dog, 1997 Hello, March 22, 2025! I'm loving that this song is my earworm companion this morning. Well played,...

Here’s how “Muscle Shoals Meets the 80s” went down, Part 8 (last one): Fiddleworms keep reaching for the stars As the “Muscle Shoals...

Here’s how “Muscle Shoals Meets the 80s” went down, Part 7: Fiddleworms turned it up to 11 The March 2025 edition of “Muscle Shoals Meets...

Here’s how “Muscle Shoals Meets the 80s” went down, Part 6: Fiddleworms had the whole house shimmying It’s been 11 days since we shimmied...

Here’s how “Muscle Shoals Meets the 80s" went down, Part 4: Fiddleworms punched a higher floor Dearly beloved, the opening number of the...

Smile, Wolf Alice, 2021 So far, the only good thing about this morning is having my favorite Wolf Alice song on repeat in my head. Thank...

I Say a Little Prayer, Dionne Warwick, 1969 The thunderstorms have me awake way too early on a Saturday morning. My subconcious is...

So, here’s how it went down at the rock show Saturday night, Part 3: I’m going off the rails. When we punched our ticket to climb aboard...

So, here’s how it went down at the rock show Saturday night, Part 2: I’m in deep and begging for more Daniel Crisler wins the prize for...

So, here’s how it went down at the rock show Saturday night, Part 1: The Fiddleworms (and friends) came out swinging, y’all. With a...

This past Saturday night, I was sitting in Decatur’s Princess Theatre roughly 45 minutes before the rock show and it occurred to me how...

I'm with the band. You're with the band. We're all with the band, y’all, when that band is the Fiddleworms. We're all friends here, too,...