My relationship with this song is a strange one. Decades ago,  I used to watch Taxi , and I remembered an episode where Alex experie...

This started off as a tack-on for my last post on Sunflower, but then I realized that, even for this blog, which trades in twists and tu...

Everybody says don't Everybody says don't Everybody says don't, it isn't right, Don't, it isn't nic...

I've been on a bit of a Stephen Sondheim kick lately, maybe because of his longtime connection with Anthony Perkins, one of my perennial...

There's a story behind this song. I posted the lyrics yesterday because I think they're stunning: Stephen Sondheim mixes cliches wit...

I remember sky -- It was blue as ink. Or at least I think I remember sky I remember snow -- Soft as feathers Sharp as thumbtacks Coming dow...