Archive - Dec 2009

Christmas songs are pretty much always covers, unless they're originally written like GaGa's "Christmas Tree." So really, they can run the gamut from really good to cheesier than Velveeta. Anyone that knows me can tell you I'm a total scrooge for Christmas music and don't usually like hearing it unless it IS Christmas, and if it's good.

First she was afraid, she was petrified. Just thinking Cake would cover her song and do a better job.

For college students across the country, the first two or three weeks in December bring the seemingly insurmountable mountain of final exams, papers and payback for all of that sinfully sweet procrastination. Know that there is a joyous time waiting for us all. It's the holidays, and believe it or not, they'll be here in a few weeks!

This is a little bit different, because I've never talked about a musical before. And it's not a traditional cover, because it's a spoof on a bunch of different songs. But Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" is one of the most popular musicals on Broadway.

Some great documentaries have been produced this decade, like Trouble the Water, which took us inside Hurricane Katrina through the devastating home videos of a couple who weathered the storm in New Orleans.