That time Taylor Swift sang the National Anthem

Country music has some strange things going on these days. On one end you have the more traditional sounding hitmaker Lainey Wilson (check out my take on her video for “4x4xU”) but at the very same time, there’s the TikTok propelled “Bar Song” by Shaboozy and the country song nobody was really asking for inContinue reading “That time Taylor Swift sang the National Anthem”

Is cheering AGAINST the U.S. Women’s soccer team my patriotic duty?

After the U.S. women’s final group stage World Cup game against Portugal, it’s just too easy to point out how Megan Rapinoe adds nothing to the team anymore. Errant passes, baffling miscues, I won’t even get into that because I’m sure plenty of other people will talk about it today. Today, the day the teamContinue reading “Is cheering AGAINST the U.S. Women’s soccer team my patriotic duty?”

Ten Hot Takes of the Week – November 7

Welcome to the second edition of “Ten hot takes of the week.” If you missed the first set of hot takes, check them out here. Moving on to this week, which includes an election on Tuesday, some of the hot takes below are political. If you have a few to add, share them in theContinue reading “Ten Hot Takes of the Week – November 7”

Sometimes there are only two choices in sports, music, and entertainment. 

I was talking with someone recently about a couple of popular TV shows in the 1990s. It seems as though you are either a big fan of one and not the other, or you love the other one but not both. You might know which shows I’m talking about but I’ll give you a coupleContinue reading “Sometimes there are only two choices in sports, music, and entertainment. “