285: All the Rage Bait Oxford English Dictionary editor Fiona McPherson talks to host Mike Vuolo about the terms that caught her attention this year. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexic... #lexiconvalley #oed #woty #ragebait #aura #aurafarming #biohack #onlanguage #podcast

#QuickSidenote Ann Peebles appeared on the January 18, 1974 episode of Bert Sugarman’s The Midnight Special. Thought I’d include it in the thread. #AnnPeebles #MidnightSpecial #OneHitWondered

Time

In 1953, Sands Hotel dancer - Sally McCloskey - climbed to the top of Mount Charleston in Nevada to perform an interpretive dance. Meanwhile less than 40 miles away behind her an atomic bomb explodes on a Nevada Nuclear Test Site.

#OneHitHistory The week ending December 19, 1970, 🇺🇸 country superstar Lynn Anderson earned US #OneHitWonder honors when her Joe South-penned #1 country crossover “Rose Garden” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #40. It spent 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3. #LynnAnderson #OneHitWondered

Love. This. Movie. SLAP SHOT (1977) Remembering the late great Oscar-winning director — GEORGE ROY HILL #director #film #filmmaker #movie #cinema

Bertrand Russell

#QuickSidenote “Venus” spent the week ending February 7, 1970 at the #1 spot on the #Billboard #Top40. They were knocked out of the top spot the following week by the double A-side release by Sly & the Family Stone: "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"/"Everybody Is A Star.” #OneHitWondered

The late great GEORGE CARLIN on…stupid people.

Last regular episode for the year! TheESP – Ep. #510 – Wat Are They Sinking? theesp.eu/podcast_arch...

#OneHitHistory Happy birthday to Latvian-American turntablist DJ Lethal, #BOTD in 1972. The co-founding member of 🇺🇸 hip-hop trio House of Pain earned US #OneHitWonder honors when the ‘springy’ classic ‘90s jam “Jump Around” spent 25 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #3. #OneHitWondered

#OneHitHistory T. Tex bringin’ a classic #OneWeekWonder! The Viscounts earned US #OneHitWonder honors with their version of the smoky instrumental “Harlem Nocturne.” Their brooding take actually charted on the Hot 100 twice, finally creeping into the #Top40 in 1966 for 1 week. #OneHitWondered

Bonus: From Onism to Perdickety John Koenig weighs in on a few of Mike Vuolo's obscure sorrows — what are yours? 🔑 Unlock bonus episodes to listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexic... #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast #onism #perdickety #neologism #obscuresorrows

R.I.P. Joe Ely (1947-2025), great singer/songwriter and a pioneer of alt-country. youtu.be/kEwUVT3aEgc?...

Chancellor Merz: It’s a war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine,against Europe.If Ukraine falls,it won't end.Just as the Sudetenland wasn't enough in 1938 Putin doesn't stop.Anyone who still believes he's had enough should carefully analyze his strategies,documents,speeches,public appearances

New Friday, new episode! TheESP – Ep. #509 – Skepticism is Hard – Even For Geniuses theesp.eu/podcast_arch...

There are many great Pogues songs to counter Fairy tail of New York this commercial giving season....but here's my favourite.... youtu.be/s11BuatTuXk?...

ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground. Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse. Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.

284: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Author John Koenig talks about inventing words for those subtle emotions that hitherto had no name. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexic... #lexiconvalley #anemoia #obscuresorrows #dictionaryofobscuresorrows #onlanguage #podcast

#OneHitHistory The week of December 8, 1958, country singer Billy Grammer earned US #OneHitWonder honors when his country crossover version of “Gotta Travel On” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #30. The single spent 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4. #BillyGrammer #OneHitWondered

#QuickSidenote Wouldn’t be right to not post Nancy Sinatra’s Theme… #NancySinatra #OneHitWondered

#QuickSidenote As a quick sidenote… Rod Temperton also wrote this classic for George Benson. #RodTemperton #GeorgeBenson #OneHitWondered

TheESP – Ep. #508 – How Many Lobsters Can You Eat? theesp.eu/podcast_arch...

Winter is here

#OneHitHistory During the week ending December 3, 1966, Brit novelty ‘group’ The New Vaudeville Band (studio musicians brought together by the song’s producer Geoff Stephens) claimed the top spot on the US Top 40 with “Winchester Cathedral.” #GeoffStephens #OneHitWondered

1975 BMW R90S #ClassicMotorcycles #Motorcycle

Remembering PHILIP LARKIN - who left us 40yrs ago today, aged 63.

Worth listening to hear his absolute DERISION at the whole IDEA of "fog of war" (the exchange starts around 12:15) slate.com/podcasts/wha...

6 7: Everything You Don't Know About the Word of the Year Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield join and The Gist’s Mike Pesca @milkepescs.bsky.social to talk #67 —from rapper Skrilla to the basketball court to #wordoftheyear. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexic... #podcast #lexiconvalley

Truth be told

Agree or disagree?

I remember ending eve shift surgical unit Medical Center At Princeton. Driving to visit family roads were icy.. snowing hard.. then hearing on the radio. Cried the whole trip. It was disbelieved, heartbreaking, question filled shocking news across the globe …Not him… No 💔🎸 youtu.be/-fWLuSPen_g?...

“The man hunched over his motorcycle can focus only on the present… he is caught in a fragment of time cut off from both the past and the future… and so he has no fear, because the source of fear is in the future, and a person freed of the future has nothing to fear. Milan Kundera, “Slowness”

This week's episode is out! TheESP – Ep. #507 – Freebirthing 101: 'Dead is Dead' theesp.eu/podcast_arch...

#OneHitHistory Jimi would’ve been 83 today… #BOTD in 1942, legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix became, possibly, the unlikeliest of US #OneHitWonder honorees in 1968. “All Along The Watchtower,” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, spent 8 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #20. #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly Chas Chandler of The Animals saw Jimi Hendrix at Cafe Wha? In NY in September 1966, heard the way Jimi reimagined blues & R&B, and made his pitch: come to London and cut a single. London was the rocket fuel Jimi craved. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was born. #Jimi #OneHitWondered

#QuickSidenote In 1966, Tim Rose recorded a slowed-down, haunting version of “Hey Joe” (credited as his arrangement of a traditional song) adding to the confusion around its origins. His is the version that supposedly influenced Jimi… #TimRose #HeyJoe #OneHitWondered

#QuickSidenote ​​Authorship of “Hey Joe” is murky and disputed. It’s widely credited to folk singer Billy Roberts, who copyrighted it in 1962. This is supposed to be Billy Robert’s version of the song. #BillyRoberts #HeyJoe #OneHitWondered

1966 Harley Davidson XLCH Sportster #ClassicMotorcycles #Motorcycle

Bonus: The Original Maverick The story of the word maverick has many versions. This one is true. 🔑 Unlock bonus episodes to listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexic... #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast #maverick

The keen-eyed among you will hopefully recognise some of The Second City comedy troupe from this photo of them in Toronto in 1975.

the guitar in this always reminds me of james calvin wilsey's work on wicked game : www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSR9...

This week's episode is out! TheESP – Ep. #506 – Who? theesp.eu/podcast_arch...

Maybe it wasn’t really about Zelensky’s suit after all? 🤨

#QuickSidenote In 1969, Steam earned US #OneHitWonder honors with “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.” Steam was a studio project built by producer Paul Leka, engineer Warren Dewey & singer Gary DeCarlo... So, Paul Leka is a US #OneHitWonder honoree, too! #Steam #PaulLeka #GaryDeCarlo #OneHitWondered