Jon Fosse: "Trilogy" has entered the chat - He makes it feel natural to slide through different states of being, and I don’t know, having read about five of his books now, I’m starting to think that maybe it is. open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

Normalize the term PRO-FA snyder.substack.com/p/when-anti-...

First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.

Eleven song titles on Morgan Wallen's new album are mutant Taylor Swift titles. Who's the problem, now? open.substack.com/.../are-morg.... “I Got Better”-“Soon You’ll Get Better”/ “Eyes Are Closed”-“Eyes Open”/“Last Night”-“The Very First Night”/“Cowgirls”-“Cowboy Like Me” "Superman"-"Superman"...

#epstein youtu.be/VR5WY9xLjcE?...

Class War. Indigestion. Dystopia. Chaos. Here are my Songs of the Summer for 2025. open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

Jill Stein voters: How's she doing? You know I worry.

Daily Piece of Art 🎨 Patrick von Kalckreuth 🇩🇪 (1898 - 1970) 🖼️ The North Sea (1955) - oil on canvas #art

Song Demo: "Michelle Owes Me Twenty Bucks" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

New Song Demo: "I'll Be Gone" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

How’s this for a creative process: “Take a good large Quantity of New-made Urine of Beer-drinkers and evaporate it gently to the consistency of honey.” With video of me reading for the audiobook. On Substack open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

All killers, no filler. If you like hallucinations, or the writing process of those who create them, this is your stop. open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

No beach is worthy of these: A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

If you’ve ever wondered what my classes are like, now you can go to one as part of Lectures on Tap, “an event series where professors and experts give thought-provoking lectures inside of bars.” Prof life and gig life collide in a personal, on-stage Singularity. www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

Your School House Rock moment.....🤔

IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!

Jill wrote as if she were sitting on a park bench with a friend, making up extravagantly detailed histories of ordinary passers-by. Jill Sobule, "Karen by Night" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

Not bad for two years down the road. Thank you for checking it out. I really hope it’s helping you write what you came here to write. mikeerrico.bandcamp.com/merch/music-...

#caturday open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

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A man abused as a child at a Missouri Christian camp agreed to remain silent, and took his own life. His sister and other victims’ relatives are pushing several states to ban such nondisclosure agreements in cases of childhood sexual assault.

A student asked me, "Why do songs repeat?" There are a lot of theories, but I wondered if a universal answer might come from the universe itself. So I asked an expert. musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/cosmologis...

Who gets fired for this bullshit, @cnn.com ? www.cnn.com/interactive/...

I think about this all the time: "It’s a real moment of maturation to say, 'My time here is short—what can I do the most beautifully?' I think that’s a lesson in prose, but also in life." musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/george-sau...

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The common denominator between RESPECT, HOTTOGO, BANANAS, BEYINCÉ, and DIVORCE. musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/the-seven-...

A strange discovery at the bottom of a rabbit hole: The Seven-Letter Rule of Songwriting open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

Great work, everybody.

While shoveling, I realized how many books I love feature people who die in the snow. If you have others, please tell me. I think I'll make it my genre for the season. @bookshop-org.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

R physicians in the Senate green-lighting RFK: Roger Marshall (R-KS) 2021–present Bill Cassidy (R-LA) 2015–present Rand Paul (R-KY) 2011–present John Barrasso (R-WY) 2007–present www.senate.gov/senators/Phy...

Artists are contract workers. Meaning, if you crash your car while touring the album that you probably don’t own, the label can leave you in whatever ditch you’re in, and walk.You’ve seen the artist GoFundMe’s, I’m sure. That’s why. musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/chappell-r...

Ani DiFranco's song “Fuel” was included in Rolling Stone’s list of Top 100 Protest Songs of All Time, and while graciously accepting the honor, she took a moment to completely redefine the term. @righteousbabe @anidifranco musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/the-dual-a...

What I Think a Song Really Is open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

If you’re reading this, I want to offer you two better options for continuing to communicate: 1) My mailing list, which is at www.errico.com (there’s a pop-up that asks you to join); and 2) Substack, which is at musiclyricsandlife.substack.com. I hope to see you there.

Oh Carrie Underwood

Video and Setlist for the Mike Errico Holiday Show open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

If 2024 was a year for ignoring, dismissing, litigating and/or voting against women, the output of these artists can be understood as their barely-coded response. CNN asked me about Chappell, Charli, and Sabrina... open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...

Hot take: I don’t think it’s a stretch to place early Peanuts next to John Williams scores and the Goodfellas soundtrack. musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/a-charlie-...

This is the kind of thing that makes me aware that I'm not an adult. Are you? Want any of this tiny garbage? Then you might be.

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The Mike Errico Holiday Show: Live, or Livestreamed The highlight of the year, live or livestreamed open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...