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Material Girl flatlines: Puny sales of new Madonna album in second week dashes comeback talk
By Bill Van Rysdam
04.14.12 | 2:30 pm
Madonna’s newest album release — why do we still call them albums? — MDNA debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts. This immediately produced talk of her comeback being a ...
I Feel Fine
Snooki's spooky due date proves that the Mayans got it right: Run for your lives!
By Bill Van Rysdam
03.07.12 | 10:21 pm
Much ado has been made about the year 2012 and the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world. While doomsday prophecies are as common as failed weddings from the ...
Song Crisis
Jennifer Lopez nip slip & Ryan Seacrest baptism overshadow a real Oscar issue: The music dying
By Bill Van Rysdam
02.29.12 | 11:17 am
The Academy Awards provided many memorable moments for fans of the big screen and the glitz it attracts. From Jennifer Lopez’s alleged “Nip Slip” to Angelina Jolie proving her ...
Pinsanity reigns
Could Pinterest be the next Napster? Thorny copyright issues bedevil popular website
By Bill Van Rysdam
02.26.12 | 9:38 am
Forget “Linsanity." “Pinsanity” has officially taken over the Internet. I speak, of course, about the latest social media craze: www.pinterest.com. It seems everyone these days is surfing the ...
Nice Guys Finish Last
Houston needs to get ruder: National magazine ranks us far behind Dallas in being disdainful
By Bill Van Rysdam
01.29.12 | 4:43 pm
Once again, our fair city is taking a back seat to that mega-metropolis called Big D. Are we not as fit? Perhaps we’re not as fashion chic? No, it ...
Radio Wonder
Much better than a whiny Adele: The best music you've never heard
By Bill Van Rysdam
01.17.12 | 4:29 pm
Tired of hearing the same old same old on the radio? Between the exceedingly whiny Adele who can’t understand why her ex-boyfriend doesn’t want to still be friends ...
Long Lost Love Found
Peter Frampton plans to play his long-lost, plane crash guitar: 31 years gone and still rocking
By Bill Van Rysdam
01.05.12 | 1:36 pm
Peter Frampton changed the business of music forever in 1976 when he released his wildly successful double live album Frampton Comes Alive. In Wayne's World 2, Wayne Campbell acknowledged ...
The Irreplaceables
A heavenly lineup: From Amy Winehouse to Clarence Clemons, the deaths that stopped the music
By Bill Van Rysdam
12.30.11 | 11:31 am
The end of the year gives us an opportunity to pause, look back and remember the people who passed away, but will always be remembered for the music they made ...
An Old Friend In Distress
Running through the dead trees: "Enjoying" Memorial Park means watching the sad torture of oaks
By Bill Van Rysdam
12.19.11 | 10:59 am
A dear old friend of mine is not doing well these days. I'm speaking of one of the largest urban parks in the United States, Houston’s Memorial Park ...
In My Opinion
Only mean-spirited people root against Tim Tebow: The hate makes little sports sense
By Bill Van Rysdam
12.17.11 | 3:36 pm
Why do people hate Tim Tebow? For those of you who don’t follow football (and you know who you are), Tim Tebow is a second-year quarterback for the Denver ...
Complain & Bid Up
New White Coke can fizzles out — then becomes an eBay sensation
By Bill Van Rysdam
12.02.11 | 11:17 am
Once again, the country is facing a crisis of biblical proportions. It's not about the record deficit, or class warfare. This catastrophe involves the new white Coca-Cola can. The ...
In my opinion
A teachable moment in college football: Penn State should forfeit remaining games
By Bill Van Rysdam
11.12.11 | 8:47 am
There's a lot not to like about college football these days. All you have to do is look at what's happening at Penn State to know something is ...
Incredible mix of songs
The greatest (unnamed) rock album of all time? Led Zeppelin IV turns 40
By Bill Van Rysdam
11.08.11 | 9:31 pm
It was on this day in 1971 Led Zeppelin released its fourth album. The eight-song album came unnamed, but soon became known as Led Zeppelin IV, ZOSO, or Zep IV ...
Social media sites multiply
Should Facebook worry? Google+ opens its doors to everyone
By Bill Van Rysdam
09.24.11 | 5:29 pm
The long national nightmare is over. Google has opened up its social media venture, Google + to everyone. No longer is an invitation needed to join the latest attempt to usurp ...
In My Opinion
Why do we know the theme song to Gilligan's Island and not Modern Family?
By Bill Van Rysdam
07.16.11 | 8:00 am
Sherwood Schwartz passed away this week. For those of you outside the baby boomer bubble, Schwartz was the person who produced the iconic '60s television shows The Brady Bunch and ...
In my opinion
All the news that's fit to hack: When did "We got it first" replace "We got it right?"
By Bill Van Rysdam
07.06.11 | 6:01 pm
A shocking allegation is rocking the world of journalism. Scotland Yard is investigating reports that the British newspaper News of the World interfered in the investigation of Milly Dowler, an ...
My opinion
Houston, we have a problem — no Republican presidential candidate supports federal funding for NASA
By Bill Van Rysdam
06.14.11 | 4:54 pm
There was a fairly large brouhaha recently over the decision to give one of the retired shuttle orbiters to New York City instead of Houston. Politicians were up in arms ...
Fit to print?
How the media allowed crazies to hijack 9-11
By Bill Van Rysdam
09.11.10 | 5:04 pm
The anniversary of 9-11 is supposed to be a time of reflection — about all the lives lost, the way the world's forever changed — and maybe a call to volunteer ...
The cane attack of 1856
Mourning the death of civility in Washington — it's expiration date is older than you think
By Bill Van Rysdam
06.20.10 | 7:52 am
What has happened to civility? It seems that commodity is in very short supply these days. Both Republicans and Democrats have been fighting it out over the oil spill, immigration ...
And Paul Abdul's Idol return too ...
Lost, Lindsay Lohan and LeBron: The great mysteries of our time come together
By Bill Van Rysdam
05.22.10 | 3:15 pm
Things I don't understand ... Why it is OK to call something labeled a “cheese product”; cheese? President Obama doesn’t want the state of Arizona to ask people for ...
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