Category: SignPosts
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Long Live the Prince of Darkness
John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne (1948-2025). People will debate for years whether Heavy Metal existed before Ozzy. No one questions whether it existed after he showed up. He was an influence on music for almost 70 years, whose legacy will live on for generations. And if you didn’t know it, the lyric above is the opening…
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Here we go again?
Often repeated as a phrase, it originated from William Shakespeare’s historical play Henry V. Coming in the opening of Act III, Scene 1, we get the titular character delivering a rousing speech to his troops during the hundred year’s war. It is interesting to watch the context change, from being used as a rallying cry…
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Plymouth Rock would land on them.
“Anything Goes” was written by Cole Porter for the 1934 musical of the same name. The musical has run a number of times on Broadway and in the West-End, but certain songs have stood through each version. The 1934 Broadway version starred Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney, the first to perform the song and make…
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Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero
I don’t have an era. But I can’t deny the inspiration nor the impact. If you’re a hater, that’s a you problem.
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It’s Football, Mister.
Back when the NFL was just a rag-tag extension of college football, teams had fight songs. Perhaps it’s a testament to the continuing ownership from a founding member of the league in George Halas, but the Chicago Bears have kept theirs. It’s a fun catchy 40’s number, even though the football references are now completely…
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Ain’t it dark, wrapped up in that tarp?.
“Goodbye Earl” (2000) by The Chicks from the Fly album. The music video for this song is a classic. Starring Jane Krakowski and Lauren Holly as Mary-Anne and Wanda, and Dennis Franz as Earl, it’s a reminder of how music videos were Hollywood level productions. The song itself created controversy upon release, for its explicit…
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If you know, you know.
Probably the most mis-understood lyric of “Ice Ice Baby.” First off, you had to be there in 1990. I’ll save the retrospectives for someone else, but for our age group this will forever be a main playlist jam. Sing along. You know the words. For the uninitiated: Cerwin-Vega has manufactured speakers and amplifiers since the…
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There’s always lots to do.
There are times when you’re choosing how to work on lots of things at once. There are other times when you’re being asked to work on lots of things at once. But all of us are really only capable of doing one thing at a time. So do that thing well, and then do the…
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This Title Intentionally Left Blank.
In ‘official’ documents, blank pages are used to ensure the printed format of the document makes sense. Books usually have chapters that start on the “right” page of a book, or you may have an appendix or index that needs to start on its own page. When this need arises, the publisher will insert a…