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James Canupp singing Looking for a City, plus other versions of the hymn by Vestal Goodman, Jimmy Swaggart, etc.

Gasoline prices were lower when President Obama took office. Can you remember why the price of gas was so low?

In Chronicles: Volume 1, Bob Dylan gives us enjoyable autobiography, from early 1960s New York to recording Oh Mercy in New Orleans.

Ryan Gosling stars in Lars and the Real Girl as a delusional man in love with a sex doll.

Jim Carrey stars as Steven Russell in this wild, true story — which feels less true because it stars Jim Carrey.

Grover Norquist, with his Americans for Tax Reform pledge, is a rehash of the Grimm tales story of Rumpelstiltskin.

From Roughing It, a Mark Twain quote about how he tried surfing in Hawaii in 1866.

Philip Seymour Hoffman gives us several strong moments of humans close to the breaking point.

Depending on who you ask, the coal ash released into Lake Michigan from the Oak Creek Power Plant is either very dangerous, or a harmless ingredient.

John Coltrane’s The Ultimate Blue Train, Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill are all $5 each.

TV shows that both feature imagination, writing, acting, and production — and are both rooted in the world of fairy tales.

Dry Bones: The Book of Ezekiel is the basis for both a short animated film and the spiritual song that became a 1940s hit.

Michael Lewis on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Fresh AIr with Terry Gross, and Charlie Rose, promoting his new book Boomerang.

NAR endorsers who were involved with Rick Perry’s Houston prayer rally seek Christian dominion in government.

Four Chicago media personalities discuss Reinventing a Media Career on Alternative Platforms.

When remembering 9/11, are soldiers who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom to be counted among the casualties of the War on Terror?

No state income tax is paid by Wisconsin’s SC Johnson companies, according to veteran journalist David Cay Johnston.

The Allstate insurance Mayhem commercials starring Dean Winters have burrowed deep into my mental attic.

Music video from Kate Voegele’s latest album Gravity Happens that I can’t stop playing.

When TV programmers keep us guessing about a show’s airtime, we might decide we don’t really need to watch it after all.