Scott Robinson
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Cynthia was not the only one who loved John deeply and was hopeful of intimacy with him. Brian Epstein felt pretty much the same way....
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Scott Robinson
Jul 31, 202211 min read
Nature's Nerds
We must stress, from the outset, that to be a nerd is not an entirely learned skill. Nerds occur in nature: Gentoo penguins use D&D-style...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 30, 20224 min read
The Dark Nerd
Then again... Could Batman do a credible job of being me? Bear with me, here, I’m perfectly serious: can we ask whether Batman could pass...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 30, 20224 min read
The Dork Knight
It is natural, I think my Gentle Reader will agree, for any dad to want to be his kids’ hero. And, of course, when dad is a nerd, he has...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 30, 20222 min read
Teenage Emo Grammy Queen
She came out of nowhere, looking like Wednesday Addams and a voice like Barbra Streisand and Tori Amos had a baby. Streisand, because...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 30, 20221 min read
The Best Nickelback Jokes Ever
Without apology... Fire alarms should just play Nickelback. I left some Nickelback tickets on my dashboard. When I got back to my car,...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 30, 20227 min read
In the Mind of the Nerd
So, we’ve looked at how nerds are defined and seen by others. But what, in the mind of the nerds themselves, are the distinctions? How do...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 30, 20229 min read
The Elder Statesman
He is first-generation grunge, from the trio that defined the genre. He was born in the Sixties, an age he still inhabits daily in his...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 30, 20225 min read
A Nerd Taxonomy
Where does the word nerd come from? Believe it or not, we may have good ol’ Dr. Seuss to thank. In his classic If I Ran the Zoo, which we...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 3, 20224 min read
Immaculate
Robert Christgau, still the reigning dean of rock music critics, took sufficient notice of Lady Gaga to reposition her in the context of...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 2, 20228 min read
The Boomer Olive Branch
If truce is to be had between any two generations at odds, it surely favors the Boomers and the Millennials. The Boomers stood no chance,...
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Scott Robinson
Jul 2, 20224 min read
Hit It, Then Quit It: The Death of the Love Song
Popular music reflects, for better or worse, the culture it services, at any given point in time. That’s as true in the new millennium as...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 30, 20225 min read
Postscript: Reelin' in the Years
It’s now the summer of 2022, and the generations roll onward. The Millennials are slowly beginning to middle-age, and Gen Z is beginning...
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Scott Robinson
Jun 18, 20226 min read
Piano Men
I came of age in the Seventies – and given my family background, there could not have been a more perfect time for it, where my musical...
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Scott Robinson
May 6, 20226 min read
Beatles Love Letters on the Radio
We've noted that each of the three songwriting Beatles wrote songs to the women in their lives – songs that were explicitly biographical,...
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Scott Robinson
May 5, 20226 min read
Pattie Boyd's Greatest Hits
Pattie Boyd Harrison Clapton – possibly the most written-about woman in all of rock. As recorded above, Pattie became the third Beatle...
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Scott Robinson
May 5, 20223 min read
The Women of Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul is widely regarded as a transitional album for the Beatles. Released in December 1965, it represents the beginning of the...
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Scott Robinson
May 5, 202214 min read
Pepper, in Particular
The classical touches in the Beatles canon are all over their work, and only increased and improved with time. A culmination can be seen,...
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Scott Robinson
May 5, 202216 min read
Quoting the Classics
It’s one of the oldest clichés in music that the best artists steal from other artists. It should be a comfort to know that the great...
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Scott Robinson
May 5, 20226 min read
The Feminist Beatles
Earlier, we excoriated the Beatles for their misogynistic missteps. Below, we praise them for their emergent feminism. To fully...
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