Tag: songs
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American Downfall Annual Sounds Haul: 2022 in Tunes, PART ONE

Introduction OK—end of the year, time to account for the last twelve months of spins. And since I recently spent a few months “between jobs,” and consequently am still on the Lyndon Johnson lunchtime diet (depicted below), I’m gonna try to keep it short this time. We’ll see how that turns out. Still, it shouldn’t…
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Left Ogres: Anatomy of a Shrek Song

An Expedition Through the Cultural Swamp in Search of Happily Ever After Cinematic Swamp Sounds This shouldn’t surprise you, but Shrek, based on the 1990 children’s book by William Steig, is the second highest grossing animated film franchise of all time. From the movies themselves, to the decades-long avalanche of schlocky merchandise, to its horrendous…