Thank you, Mr. Erg. You are a warm and starry night here. I have enjoyed your posts here for, well, years I guess. Beautiful song. I will say that I am partial to Nina Simone’s version, but will never argue with going with the songwriter himself.

Hope you feel better soon. Yeah, I’ve been here since 2001 so I ain’t going back anytime soon. I’ve long since lost all my hearty Midwesterness.

Obvious, but obligatory, given the torrential rains hitting many folks and the political shitstorm raining down on the rest of us. Hard Rains Gonna Fall.

Hadn’t heard this before. Thanks for posting. Always find something new here.

The mayor’s idea of putting a kangaroo in there seems reasonable to me. If the kangaroo doesn’t die or get blown up then they’re probably safe. They’ll just have to, you know, stay away from the kangaroo.

True story. In 6th grade my dickhead PE teacher threw me out of class and gave me detention for wearing my track uniform during PE class.

Indeed, that was a treat. When it's on the radio, I can never say no to the g-funk. Thank you shoryuken!

I’ve always suspected the mention of the triple double. Who keeps stats during pickup games? (That’s a Bieber thing to do.) My contention is that he DID NOT play basketball that day and, in fact, had never played much pickup basketball at all during his formative years. This is consistent with his own words in his…

Thank you for this. I always love to stumble across some Iggy and this did not disappoint.

Measured and balanced.

No shit, the Cheif Judge in East Lansing’s 54-B District Court where, no doubt, Draymond would be arraigned is none other than Richard D Ball. Don’t ask me how I knew this.

Heard a lot of music in my 40+ years, but never heard this. Thank you for showing me something new. Sincerely.