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Kathy Shaidle's blog. Est. 2000

Today in yesterday: Songwriter Bobby Troup dies (1999)

February 7, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle


Little Richard - The Girl Can't Help It-1956 by CASVI_Factory … [Read more...]

‘You had your period every day’

February 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

This cracked me up. … [Read more...]

Today in yesterday: George Jones records ‘He Stopped Loving Her Today’ (1980)

February 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Except it took longer than just one day... … [Read more...]

Top 3 Myths about Beatlemania: My NEW PJMedia post

February 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

For instance, another group beat The Beatles to the first U.S. #1 by a British band... “Telstar” (composed in honor of the historic telecom satellite) was written by … [Read more...]

John Derbyshire: A Season of Naughty Books

February 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

John Derbyshire writes: All three of these books are very naughty indeed—naughtier, relative to our dominant social attitudes, than anything available in 1963 Soho. The topics they discuss are … [Read more...]

PJ O’Rourke talks about his new book about Baby Boomers

February 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

With Ed Driscoll: O’Rourke has made a career of puncturing the excesses and pretensions of tyrants both domestic and abroad, and anyone who wishes to impose big government statism on others. And since … [Read more...]

Ex-Clash drummer Terry Chimes talks to Michael Coren about his return to the Catholic Church (video)

February 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

(Background) … [Read more...]

This is why I watch American Idol

February 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

My problem this year is that all these kids are singing songs I don't know OR hate, like that "one, two, three, four" song from the commercial. But when it's this guy, who cares? Where are we and what year is it? Son, I don't know how to tell you this, but that ain't really your dad: … [Read more...]

NME: ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ best song of all time

February 6, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Out of 500 except they haven't posted the whole list for some reason. NME's mysterious championship of Blondie as "Godlike Geniuses" on full display. Over the top [Read more...]

Esquire: Re-Watching Woody Allen

February 5, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

None of this is news for anyone in the 416 area code. After Woody Allen ran off with his adopted daughter, CITY-TV promptly arranged a week long (at least) marathon of his films. Some lucky staffers at 99 Queen West got to troll all his movies for [Read more...]

‘Hideous Londoners forced to travel above ground’

February 5, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Barely satire. … [Read more...]

Trailer: ‘Boyce and Hart — The Guys Who Wrote ‘Em’

February 5, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

Sneak preview March 16. … [Read more...]

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