Chumbawamba circa 2000. Photo: Jill Douglas/Redferns. Thanksgiving is behind us for another year. For some that’s a sad thing, since Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness, family bonding, boundless gluttony and football. To those people, I’m glad you enjoyed your day. Of course, there’s another group, too. Those people…

Paula Abdul on Sept. 9, 1988 in Munich. Photo by Fryderyk Gabowicz/Getty Images. This week, huh? My original column topic was going to be songs with extremely memorable 20-second segments that made for good hand-washing timers. That was Tuesday morning. By Tuesday night it was already a driven-into-the-ground meme,…