dead end fury is not enough (or: september 10’s honey from the hive) 9 Sep 2017 8:22 PM (8 years ago)
Switchfoot — “Hello Hurricane” (from Hello Hurricane) — Keeping Florida — and all my friends of friends who live there — in my thoughts as hellacious Hurricane Irma bears down on her latest landfall today, and praying that her furious wrath is as muted as is naturally possible.
god is good but will he listen (or: august 21’s honey from the hive) 21 Aug 2017 9:21 AM (8 years ago)
U2 — “Staring at the Sun” (from Pop) — Because, duh. (Happy Total Eclipse Day, y’all, and please stay safe when you’re looking skyward this morning.)
free to scream, free to breathe, free to paint my toes (or: “psych!”) (or: august 12’s honey from the hive) 12 Aug 2017 6:09 PM (8 years ago)
Shanice — “I Love Your Smile” (from The Ultimate Collection) — “I wanted to have a hook that, even if you don’t speak English — if you’re from Nigeria, or wherever you are — that’s your jam.” — songwriter and producer Narada Michael Walden, speaking to TVOne’s Unsung about the bubbly, instantly iconic vocal hook […]
now we’re there and we’ve only just begun (or: june 15’s honey from the hive) 14 Jun 2017 11:27 PM (8 years ago)
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison — “This Will Be Our Year” (from Our Year) — Let’s all pray for Sherry Ann today: while I get to stay 40 for a whole other month and change — and I’m hanging onto it for dear life, people! — she leaves that age behind today for the untested […]
a conversation with soap legend erika slezak [part 2]on brandon’s buzz! 10/12/16, 10pm est / 7pm pst! 11 Oct 2016 10:32 PM (9 years ago)
a conversation with daytime legend erika slezak on brandon’s buzz! 10/11/16, 10pm est / 7pm pst! 10 Oct 2016 8:38 PM (9 years ago)
you’re the color of a storm in june (or: june 15’s honey from the hive) 15 Jun 2016 12:13 AM (9 years ago)
Bob Schneider — “40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)” (from Lovely Creatures) — It’s Sherry Ann’s birthday, and she always says her annual devoted Buzz post is her favorite gift, so I hope she enjoys this one just as well. Congratulations on hitting the big four-oh, madam, and rest easy in the knowledge that, no […]
would you say the tables finally turned? (or: february 9’s honey from the hive) 8 Feb 2016 5:41 PM (9 years ago)
Randy Travis — “I Told You So” (from I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits) — I invited A to write a guest Buzz post explaining in further depth why and how — regardless of history and/or statistics and/or odds and/or any other data at hand — he had such faith that Peyton Manning and […]
belief makes things real (or: fare thee well, number eighteen) (or: february 7’s honey from the hive) 7 Feb 2016 1:57 PM (9 years ago)
Gavin DeGraw — “Belief” (from Chariot [Deluxe Edition]) — A chastised me for the decidedly bittersweet tone of my blog post from exactly two Sundays ago, which was more or less a farewell to legendary NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, whose Denver Broncos I strongly suspected were not going to be able to vanquish Manning’s eternal […]
it’s the heart that matters more (or: give ’em hell, peyton) (or: january 24’s honey from the hive) 24 Jan 2016 10:58 AM (9 years ago)
Counting Crows — “Omaha” (from August and Everything After [Deluxe Edition]) — As I type this, Peyton Manning is roughly half an hour away from leading his football team — the Denver Broncos — onto an NFL playing field for what could well be the final time in his titanic eighteen-season career. I, who have […]
give me men to match my mountains (or: july 12’s honey from the hive) 12 Jul 2015 10:02 AM (10 years ago)
Lamya — “Empires” (from Learning From Falling) — A was incommunicado for a large portion of the week — go figya this: turns out Alaskan glaciers and cellular reception aren’t such a cozy couple — but he did check in with a photo dispatch near the state’s famed Mount McKinley, which Wikipedia tells me is, […]
you’re showing your colour (or: july 5’s honey from the hive) 5 Jul 2015 11:06 AM (10 years ago)
The Chemical Brothers (featuring Noel Gallagher) — “Setting Sun” (from Dig Your Own Hole) — Whilst most of the rest of us char to a crisp down here in the steamy contiguous forty-eight, that crazy fool A is spending his week fighting for his very survival in an Outward Bound-style group trek through the wilds […]
for the patriots and the minutemen (or: july 4’s honey from the hive) 3 Jul 2015 11:24 PM (10 years ago)
James Taylor — “On the Fourth of July” (from October Road) — Happy 4th, y’all. The Buzz hopes your holiday weekend is progressing most excellently.