“Call Me Maybe” follow-up is a Major Second song…
I heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s new song Curiosity on the radio yesterday, and was fascinated that it’s a Major Second song. By which I mean the song undergoes a key change upwards partway through — and to...
View ArticleSecond fiddles (usurping first-fiddle status)
(Originally written April 29, 2012 — part of my Great Upload of 2013) > Cory Schneider’s replacement of Roberto Luongo as Vancouver’s #1 goalie has been all the talk for the past week or so. But so...
View ArticleHomer (not Simpson) and the Kaopectate Kid
The doctor diagnosed young son Leo recently with the stomach flu — which is colloquial shorthand for a condition which isn’t the flu, per se. (The most recent editor of the relevant article on the...
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