Author Archives: Ben Wilder

Caught her with the right hook

No, not Sandy Hook. Not a song hook. Fish hook. It’s a nickname my friends and I gave to a girl we once knew. Her name? I believe it was Nikki. Or Nicki. Definitely not Nicollete… which by the way is one of my favorite names. Nicki Nikki had a crush on one of us,Continue reading “Caught her with the right hook”

When you think to yourself, Crap I should’ve written that song!

Had another one of those moments yesterday when I heard Little Big Town’s new song “Girl Crush.” The verses are vivid and yet seem so easy that anyone could’ve written it. I guess that’s what professionals in any industry do. When they’re good, they make it look easy. But gosh darn it, I should’ve writtenContinue reading “When you think to yourself, Crap I should’ve written that song!”

Wacky Wednesday: You Say I’m Crazy

It isn’t just Sam Smith that gets called “crazy.” He was in love with a woman that appareeennnnntly cheated on him, per the lyrics of his hit song “I’m Not the Only One.” She calls him crazy because she doesn’t know he knows what she did. But he does know, and he even wrote aContinue reading “Wacky Wednesday: You Say I’m Crazy”