Rick Astley is 60 today (2/6/2026)

Happy birthday to Rick Astley! Here’s a link that explains who he is and why he is famous.

Nice try.

I swear to god I almost clicked on that link.

But it’s actually valid in this case! The one time that it isn’t a prank!

“Do you remember Rick Astley?
”He had a big fat hit, it was ghastly.”

–Nick Lowe.

I didn’t click. I did laugh for real. So well done there anyhow @TroutMan !

Are we ever going to give that up?

Doing so wouldn’t make me cry.

As you’d expect, xkcd was all over this over a decade ago:

from xkcd: Party

The album he put out in 2023 has some surprisingly good gems on it. This one’s a blue-eyed soul number that sounds like something out of Motown.