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Michael McDonald on Soul Train

For no particular reason, other than that this popped up on my feed and it's smooth, here's Michael McDonald playing "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" on Soul Train.

My impression of Soul Train is that the "performances" were lip-syncs, which would make this post mostly pointless. I think this is the record track, but I'm not totally sure. I got nothin'.

Born Under Punches in the Grocery Store

I'm at the grocery store and they have the store music playing on the loudspeaker - it's not a local radio station, it's clearly just in the store -  and "Born Under Punches" by Talking Heads comes on. I recognize it immediately and I'm somewhat befuddled - is "Born Under Punches" grocery store music?

I'm not complaining - I love the song, I love the album, it was a big influence for Radiohead making "Kid A" - but it just seems like the opposite of the kind of music you'd play at a grocery store.

Decide for yourself above.

Don't you miss it, don't you miss it! Some of you people just about missed it.

Scorch Update for April 2026

Scorch is back... again!

And he's got a new idea... again!

He's going to do a new iteration of PFG-TV... again!

He is both doing great, rockin' and rollin', and also is destitute, down and out. It is a roller-coaster and we truly live in exciting times.

Norm Tribute

The story goes that someone had recorded Norm in 2016 and has now rediscovered the tape. The recording is now set to animation.

Popcorn in Bed - Awakenings

If you haven't seen "Awakenings," go watch it before watching this.

This is one of my favorite films, I think it's Robin Williams' best performance and Robert De Niro's best performance. Fun fact: the nurse love interest is Julie Kavner, who you usually know as Marge Simpson.