In a breaking news story that we continue to follow, Ray’s Musings has discovered that the Country Music Awards was televised Wednesday night for the 53rd time in their 54-year history. Personally, I have watched the show, uh . . . hmmmm . . . let’s see . . . uh . . . never.... Continue Reading →
“Give us what we’re used to expecting”, shouted My Daughter Diandra quite jubilantly after this week’s episode. Except for the fake After the Final Rose interlude with Chris Harrison and his successfully betrothed Clare and Dale, what we experienced was a return to normalcy: Multiple mentions of the “journey” in the first few minutesCitation of... Continue Reading →
Hey everybody! Watcha been up to? Me? I’ve been, uh, busy. You have to hand it to Chris Harrison and the Evil Genius Producers. In spite of a pandemic that has literally upended just EVERYTHING; Chris saying this is a season like no other; and Chris congratulating Clare (the Chaos Queen) for blowing up The... Continue Reading →
As if this week’s episode didn’t have enough Dale . . . Dale . . . Dale . . . Dale, the magic of the interwebs provided a wonderful precursor to the proceedings. Some sleuthy person twittered that Dale . . . Dale . . . Dale . . . Dale models for Party City!... Continue Reading →
[Publisher’s note: In last week’s blog, Mr. Linder suggested Stronger by Kristine W. as a song to describe the newly empowered Clare. We regret his poor choice as clearly the Britney Spears song Stronger was a much better fit - But now I'm stronger than yesterday/Now it's nothing but my way/My loneliness ain't killing me... Continue Reading →
In the beginning, in 1978 when Eddie Van Halen changed everything, I wasn’t there. At the time I was living in a particularly radio-starved area of upstate New York and found the music in my own collection far more interesting than the insubstantial stuff playing over those airwaves. Then I moved to the DC area... Continue Reading →
31 males came on a journey for Clare’s heart. But she is already quite smitten with only one – hot, ex-footballer Dale [cue Luther Vandross The Rush]. He seems to be right there, too, as the chemistry between those two was totally off the chain. And yet, the previews of coming attractions suggest that there... Continue Reading →
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