William Shatner Covers Common People
0:00 / 4:32 William Shatner, Ben Folds, Joe Jackson: Common People. Live on T’night Show October 22, 2004 from Mike Piazza on Vimeo. Is this rendition of Common People the best William Shatner cover...
View ArticleRich Men North of Richmond: Good Song or Bad Song?
I’m fascinated by Oliver Anthony’s unexpected hit single Rich Men North of Richmond and all the discussion it’s stirred up. The first thing I’ll say about the song is that it’s a high and lonesome...
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On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer, by John Keats
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer by John Keats Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty...
View ArticleOld Saturn Ad Is Inadvertently Anti-Car
I remember seeing this ad on TV 20 years ago. This ad seems to want to mean, “These people need one of our excellent cars,” but what it ends up telling me is, “Using cars is insane. Why are we doing...
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Thank You for Waiting, by Simon Armitage
Thank You for Waiting by Simon Armitage Thank you for waiting. At this moment in time, we’d like to invite First Class passengers only to board the aircraft. Thank you for waiting. We now extend our...
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Everybody Loves Summer Fishing for the Little Pike in Lapland
I’ve been enjoying checking in on the reader’s reviews of my most recent translation, Juhani Karila‘s wonderfully weird and kindhearted novel Fishing for the Little Pike (UK Title Summer Fishing in...
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Happy Hanukkah
Today’s Artle answer was an easy one for me, because we have a reproduction of one of his paintings (painted by Rick’s mom!) right here on the wall beside me. Here are some of his most well-known...
View ArticleMusic for the Solstice
This tribute to Yo-Yo Ma at the annual Kennedy Center Honors for the performing arts will bring you some sunshine. The way it all comes together is so warm and wonderful, and such a delightful...
View ArticleOur Year At the Movies, 2023
Longtime visitors to The Chawed Rosin may recall that Rick and I have a tradition wherein we save up our ticket stubs throughout the year and then on New Year’s Day we get them out and reminisce about...
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