Johnny Cash poses for a portrait in Memphis in 1957. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. In three of the last four years (as I explained in one of them, I was a bit preoccupied in 2020) I’ve attempted to find secular Easter songs that were appropriate but not…

AFI emerged in the late 1990s, one of the last bands to get in on that era’s wave of anthemic, melodic emo bands. At the time they were known for Misfits-worship and Alan-Forbes-drawn album covers. Since then, AFI has charted repeatedly on Billboard, made a gold record, and developed…

Mars rover Perseverance, courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech. I’m losing my mind over here and it’s gonna be at least a month or two until I’m vaccinated. So it’s important to take time to focus on the positive: Mars. Humanity landed another robot on Mars. This one is an atomic-powered, car-sized Mars…

“Danse Macabre” (1493) by Michael Wolgemut. Not pictured: Ghost’s “Dance Macabre.” OK, enough dancing around it. I’ve done three editions of my Halloween Month and basically none of them has been a legit Halloween list. I’m writing this in advance so there’s no telling what unspeakable horrors have befallen…

Photography was not allowed at The Original Misfits show in Oakland for any of the bands. OAKLAND — Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only, and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein—the original members of legendary punk band The Misfits touring as, appropriately enough, The Original Misfits—headlined a five-hour show also featuring punk rock…