Arthur D. Hlavaty

Tasteless

2021-12-03T11:26:54Z

I’ve never heard anything by Nickelback, but if I do, I fear that I will like it. I don’t know if I have actively bad taste in music or I am the musical analog of Tom Lehrer’s old mess sergeant whose taste buds were shot off in the war.

I am reminded of this because ’tis the season to rag on “Little Drummer Boy.” Granted that a drum solo is not what a new mother needs, but I like the sound. I liked it when the Hairy Simian Chorale did it, I liked it when Johnny Cash did it, and now my favorite is the doo-wop version by the Tokens. I also like “MacArthur Park,” melting cake and all, though I prefer the Waylon Jennings & the Kimberleys version to Dumbledore’s.

Oh yes, and I think that pineapple, unlike cruciferous vegetables, is a nifty thing to put on pizza.

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Rising above good taste

2017-08-04T09:33:33Z

Pink flamingos are back.

Thanx to Metafilter

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The death of tacky?

2016-08-22T10:31:40Z

TGI Friday’s goes minimalist.

Thanx to Metafilter

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Attack of the Good Taste Zombies

2014-12-17T10:36:54Z

Virginia DMV Revokes World's Greatest License Plate

Thanx to Avedon's Sideshow.

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"Winston Churchill also painted"

2013-02-09T11:54:38Z

Apparently serious newspaper loves George W. Bush's painting of his toesies.

Thanx to Charles P. Pierce.

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