Bescumber: (verb, obsolete) means to sully or befoul with dung or mud; to discharge ordure upon someone or something, essentially covering it in excrement.

Suggestions based on my dive bar:

It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday night
Regulars nod thru a day-drinking haze
There’s a broken man sittin’ next to me
Making’ love to his glory days

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Legend, greatest songwriter in punk rock, and alleged destroyer of Johnny Thunders’ 1957 Les Paul bc of an overcoat.

You are right about this. He will eventually see the light and thank you for that speech during his college years.

These are excellent posts! Thanks.

There is no way any child still has the shoes on by the time of pickup.

Please consider, instead, a travel column devoted to going to places you do not want to visit in order to experience things you will almost certainly dislike. That seems much more rewarding (for us, but prob not for you).

Looking forward to the new book!

I’ll leave that up to you. Ideally the same charts as your top 100 project, although, if that proves ridiculously difficult, perhaps either only US 100 (which I fear may result in a mostly British inaugural class) or a cut off at top 50.

Once you decide the scope, I’ll give it a go as well.

Out of curiosity, if you had seven picks for the inaugural class of a one hit wonders hall of fame, who would it be?

Legit one hit wonders only—no more than one top 100 song, specified as such bc I very much enjoy your running top 100s posts. ✌️

#theWrens (we are still waiting)