This Week in Country: Doin’ What we Like! Not much has changed since last time I glanced lovingly and lingeringly upon the bright, bold graphics on the Billboard Country Top Ten list. Luke Bryan’s ode to his departed brother and drinking beer on the dock is still number one, followed by David Nail’s ode to […]
PART 1: STREET NAMES AS A MNEMONIC DEVICE OF THEIR CITY’S HISTORY / THE COUNTIES OF (AND AROUND) OREGON A co-worker of mine was surprised when I remembered where he was from—Wasco, Oregon—because it is a town of 410 people well on the way to Idaho. It was simple that I remembered it because when […]
Continuing TOP TEN country hits this week. 3. Chillin’ It, by Cole Swindell (oddly prophetic name) I don’t know if I’ve been avoiding writing about this soon-to-be forever classic “Chillin’ It,” because I dread it or because I don’t want it to be over. Maybe this song more than any of the others manages to […]
I’m going to take a break from the rough world of sexual violence and revenge politics to give a quick run down on the Hot Country Charts you may have been wondering about. Here are 1 and 2. “What is hot in country right now,” I heard you asking. Should I be driving my […]
Fanny Crosby – blind abolitionist activist – penned almost every hymn you know. It was good that she was blind, she said, for the first face she’d ever see would be her savior’s in paradise. Now if you search for Blessed Assurance, it’s basically just Alan Jackson unplugged. I sort of apologize for this inclusion, […]
