This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
In the early 1970s, the creative minds behind the new PBS children’s show “The Electric Company” commissioned Tom to write and record songs about spelling, words, and grammar. He wrote 11, 10 of which were used on the show. Several of these used Tom’s voice over the animation. My favorite? “L-Y.”
In the early 1970s, the creative minds behind the new PBS children’s show “The Electric Company” commissioned Tom to write and record songs about spelling, words, and grammar. He wrote 11, 10 of which were used on the show. Several of these used Tom’s voice over the animation. My favorite? “L-Y.”
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
That weird limbo between Christmas and New Year: time doesn’t exist, your diet is 90% cheese and chocolate, you’ve worn the same pajamas for days, and every conversation starts with “Wait, what day is it?”
December 26, 2024 at 2:14 PM
That weird limbo between Christmas and New Year: time doesn’t exist, your diet is 90% cheese and chocolate, you’ve worn the same pajamas for days, and every conversation starts with “Wait, what day is it?”
Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!
Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!