On Describing My Life With Song Titles

Shamelessly stolen from Keith DeCandido: Choose a band/artist and answer only in titles of their songs:John Lennon, just the solo work, just to be challenging. 😉 Are you male or female:“Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy).” Describe yourself:“Give Me Some Truth.” How do some people feel about you:“Watching the Wheels.” How do you feel about yourself:“Crippled Inside.”Continue reading “On Describing My Life With Song Titles”

On Remembering John Lennon

Doubtless today radio stations around the world will play “Imagine” in rapid repeats throughout the day as we remember John Lennon who was killed in New York twenty-five years ago today. I’d like to remember John by listening to one of his lesser-known songs, “#9 Dream,” from his 1974 album Walls and Bridges— So longContinue reading “On Remembering John Lennon”

On Random Meanings

WordPress comes pre-installed with a plug-in to insert a random line from Louis Armstrong’s song “Hello, Dolly” into the header of the admin screens I see when working on the website. I never activated the plug-in until today because I never saw the point–the song has no intrinsic meaning to me, and why clutter upContinue reading “On Random Meanings”

December’s Greatest Hits

The top fifteen reasons people checked out allyngibson.com in the month of December. 15. “John Lennon atheist.” I wouldn’t call Lennon an atheist, per se, but he certainly had his issues with organized religion. Witness this quote–“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I am right, and have been proven right. We’re bigger thanContinue reading “December’s Greatest Hits”