Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

The weak lyrics of the Lennon-McCartney songs on “Please Please Me” and “With the Beatles” in 1963

Why does a teen idol like Taylor Swift interest even oldies like me?

The Basel-based vocal group OWK and their wide-ranging arrangements from Coltrane and Sinatra to Mitchell and The Bee Gees

Excellent commentary on BBC1 for the UEFA European Men's Football Championship

Jamming from The Velvet Underground’s 1967 song “I’m Waiting for the Man” into Traffic’s 1967 song “Dear Mr. Fantasy"

A giant red rose painted on my face and a Stevie Ray Vaughan concert, forty years ago today, 17 June 1984