Marilyn Monroe

Certain Songs #264: Dan Bern – “Marilyn”

July 28, 2015 by Jim Connelly

Album: Dan Bern
Year: 1997

They don’t really make “New Dylans” any more, do they? That was a big thing for a very long time: the singer-songwriter who was going to somehow takeover the mythical place in the cosmos previously occupied by Bob Dylan.

However, after a half-century of getting their asses kicked by the old Dylan, that concept has pretty much fallen by the wayside.

There were a lot of singer-songwriters who got the “New Dylan” hype were pretty awesome. For example, Bruce Springsteen, who you might have heard of. Or Dan Bern, who had the temerity to actually sound like Dylan.

Why Heidi & Spencer Are The Final Proof We Should Get Out of Iraq

July 23, 2008 by Jim Connelly

So here’s the deal: apparently Hills twits Spencer Pratt & Heidi Montag are planning a trip to entertain the U.S. troops in Iraq. Normally, a story like this would immediately be tossed into my “who gives a rats ass” pile and I’d go back to obsessing over the new Paul Westerberg & Hold Steady albums and wondering why more people aren’t watching The Middleman.

However, it struck me that Heidi & Spencer being allowed to go over and entertain the troops is actually the most compelling reason yet to immediately bring our boys back home from Iraq.

If Heidi & Spencer are going to Iraq, it means that we’ve been there for so long we’ve run out of actual, real entertainers for our troops.