This morning’s Los Angeles Times bore the news that Forrest J. Ackerman, the writer-editor who influenced a generation of horror movie fans...

On two occasions last month I posted blog entries concerning the latest call for proposals for books in Continuum’s 33 & 1/3 series exam...

It has been observed many times by many music critics that the most successful popular music always has been sentimental. For an illustratio...

Slightly over a week ago, I posted a blog entry on the yodel, followed by a second entry on the so-called “blue yodel.” At the time I posted...

Previously, in my entries of May 16 , May 31 , July 1 , July 22 , August 18 , September 8 , and October 8 , I have discussed at length my e...

X is typically used as the variable (the unknown quantity) in algebraic equations. According to this post by Dr. Ali Khounsary of the Argo...

According to an article that can be found in the Time magazine on-line archives, the synthetic fabric Qiana (“kee-ah-nah”)—the name the re...

An update on my post from yesterday titled “Yodel”: Bent Sørensen (find the link to his blog on the right) kindly shared the URL for a short...

Earlier this month I posted a blog entry on Continuum’s 33 & 1/3 series of books examining classic albums of the rock era. A couple of ...

According to the OED , the English word “yodel” is derived from the German jodeln , meaning, “to sing or warble with interchange of the ordi...

The name of the early Sixties popular dance called the “watusi” is obviously African (for instructions on how to dance it, go here ), and wh...

The word ictus is derived from the Latin icere , to hit with a stroke, the stress placed upon an accentuated syllable. Etymologically speak...