Jake's Final Notes: For my last Songitorial of 2006, I decided to end with a dream. I knew that I wanted the first half of the song to chronicle some of the horrors of this year, while I wanted the   

Jake?s Notes: This song is a tribute to James Kim, the father who gave his life trekking through the snowy, Oregon wilderness trying to save his wife and two girls who were stranded. I broke down in   

Jakes Notes: I'm all for the Iraq Study Group and their ideas for the war. However, I always wonder why these groups primarily consist of withered old men instead of younger men and women whose live  

Jake's Notes: As Christmastime approached, I started thinking about all of the odd yuletide traditions, like elves. Which Gospel are they from? Surely, elves preceded Santa; so, I threw myself into   

Jake's Notes: This song responds to the recent racist tirade of comedian Michael Richards. He and Mel Gibson have recently brought to the surface a racial rage that many people my age thought died ou  

Notes: I stuffed together every Thanksgiving memory over the years into one casserole of reminiscence, and I wound up with this sum-it-all-up ballad. Thanksgiving Stuff - Click here to listen By  

Jakes Notes: Hip, Hip Huzzah for Americas regime change. For once in my life, most of the candidates that I voted for turned out winners. So Long, It's Been Good to Know Ya? I sing to Red-Staters all  

Notes: The debate over America's official language has been raging since our country spoke its first word. This debate has recently re-emerged on the tip of the tongue. However, no one seems to hear   

Jake's Notes: Mark Twain may have best summed up political strategy when he wrote that it's better to be popular than right? May the best-looking candidate win! Don't Vote for Him - Click Here To L  

Notes: Maybe I'm morbidly satirical this week because I just finished re-reading Orwell's 1984. The biting similarities between The Party and our current administration startle me. Question: did we r  

Notes: If you haven't heard of YouTube.com yet, it's okay you're probably already on it. Yesterday (I regret to say), I watched a home video of a chubby lady on a beach listening to her iPod and sing  

Notes: The Lady of the Water in this song isn't a real lady at all, but rather a reference to the beautiful statue that adorns the center of downtown Cincinnati's most famous fountain. Recently, we'v  

Notes: This Cincinnati banks of the Ohio River will feel crowded this week with riverboats, banjoes, and yodels as the Tall Stacks Music, Arts, and Heritage Fest chugs to town. In Tall Stacks of yest  

Notes: Lots of folks believe that Cincinnati?s Coney Island stole its name from New York; according to legend, that ain?t right. The old timers in the area all know that the name hails from Pirate Co  

Notes: As the season of Fall approaches, I got to thinking about other falls that might be brewing in the world. Our leaders in the last few years have surely left us on fragile grounds in terms of o