The Gazetteer

....They will always smear the one they fear most: Meanwhile... Darth Vader lives! .

AThumbStrummersBest FriendVille When C. decided to get her I was skeptical. Not because I didn't want a dog. But rather becau...

TheEndJustifiesAllMeans AllegedlyVille The 'Ontario Proud' facebook page was started by a fine fellow named Jeff Ballingall in 2...

MartiniBustsThe JukeboxVille Just putting this here so that those of you still listening on your phones (which is way more, percentag...

AllYourLogosAre ThemVille Mr. Kenney's finest of the fine guys have started their full-court, faux-journalistic press and it is st...

ChristmasEveWithOrWithout ADrunkTankVille Apparently, the real reason for the songs ultimate emergence was Pogue's banjo player J...

TheChangeWasMadeUptownWhenThe BigManJoinedTheBandVille While this tune was first made famous by Eddie Cantor on his radio show in 1934...

NevermindTheSpector OfPhilVille While Ellie Greenwhich and Jeff Barry (pictured above) wrote it, and the not yet completely insane wal...

NoPropIsGoodProp EverVille From last week's news... The Alberta government's energy "war room" says it will change i...

TheresNoneMoreScott'sThanThe ScottsAbroadVille Look. I know that the Clancy Brothers and their buddy Tommy Makem, who made this...

ThatDoesn'tEvenLookLike ParsonBrownVille The image above is of littler e. and her friend from days gone by. Not even a hint of ...

WhizzingLikeASabre JetVille Sure, there's the C. Berry version, but me I'm partial to Skynryd's . .

NeitherWilkesNor BoothVille 'Jingle Bell Rock' was first recorded by early rockabilly guy Bobby Helms. And while it immediate...

BrendaLeeIsComing OnStrongVille Brenda Lee was just 13 years old when she recorded this Johnny Marks tune in 1958. Since then it ha...

There'sNoHopeWithout CrosbyVille The guy who made this tune famous is also the reason the denim tuxedo was invented by Levi Strau...