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Song of the Day 5/29: Eurythmics, “Would I Lie to You”
Elon Musk says he will no longer be involved in running his DOGE reign of error and won’t donate money to politicians anymore. The media reports this without pointing out that Musk’s track record is one of a serial liar. The follow-up question to anything he says should be an automatic “Why should we believe […]
Song of the Day 5/27: Ron Moody, “You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two”
Considering how Trump is doling out pardons not just to his usual criminal cronies but even dead people like Pete Rose, how long until he’s exonerating fictional crooks? I notice that all these malefactors he’s so concerned about were convicted of financial crimes, so I think somebody, just for shits and giggles, should get him […]
Song of the Day 5/26: Billy Joel, “And So It Goes”
Another veteran rocker has hit the disabled list. Billy Joel has cancelled all his concerts as he deals with a neurological issue. Normal pressure hydrocephalus involves swelling of the ventricles in the brain – fluid-filled sacs inside the organ that act as shock absorbers – causing problems with mobility and cognition. It’s treatable, but he’s […]
Song of the Day 5/23: War, “The World Is a Ghetto”
War framed the title phrase as a lament. Trump and his crew view it as an objective. I have no idea why this band, despite several nominations, is not in the Hall of Fame. As a single this title track of the band’s fifth album went to No. 7 on the Hot 100, one of […]
Song of the Day 5/22: Blur, “Barbaric”
To the extent Damon Albarn is known in the United States, it’s for his work with his side project, the virtual band Gorillaz. His real band, Blur, never cracked the Top 40 in the U.S. despite enormous success in Britain. During the heyday of Britpop in the ’90s, Blur vied with Oasis as the genre’s […]
Song of the Day 5/21: Gary Portnoy, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” (“Cheers” theme)
Comic actor George Wendt, most famous for his role as “Cheers” barfly Norm Peterson, died at age 76 yesterday, the 32nd anniversary of the show’s last episode. He appeared on dozens of TV shows before and after the 11 years he spent on the sitcom, but was indelibly identified with the character he once said […]
Song of the Day 5/20: The Doors, “Touch Me”
Big news for fans of the Doors: The bust that decorated Jim Morrison’s tomb, stolen 37 years ago and presumed lost forever, was found in Paris by police investigating unrelated financial crimes. Morrison died in a Paris bathtub in 1971 and was interred in the city’s historic Père-Lachaise Cemetery, where his tomb, like Oscar Wilde’s […]
Song of the Day 5/18: The Electric Prunes, “Get Me to the World on Time”
Most of Donald Trump’s brain might be mush, but he’ll always retain a few things, like his fear of sharks and his childish habit of insulting people in terms that would sound weak coming from a sixth-grader. So when Bruce Springsteen called out the whiny bitch who likes to pretend he’s a strongman, the strongman […]
Song of the Day 5/16: Sam and Dave, “Wrap It Up”
Donald Trump is a big-hearted guy. He doesn’t require people bribing him to go to a lot of trouble. No need to wrap it up, he’ll just take it. Sam and Dave poured their usual double dose of soul into the David Porter/Isaac Hayes composition that ended up on the B-side of “I Thank You,” […]
Song of the Day 5/15: Bruce Springsteen, “Chimes of Freedom”
Bruce Springsteen was once hailed as a new Dylan. The comparison never fit – the young Dylan came to fame by writing the best songs to come out of the Great Folk Music Scare, while young Bruce mostly sang about getting out of New Jersey. But once Springsteen started writing about issues of social justice, […]
NEA Cuts Delaware Arts Funding: A Masterclass in Trump/DOGE Stupidity
Guest post by Jason330 Well, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is on the chopping block. That means 100% of its funding to Delaware for FY25 is probably gone. That’s right – poof! Zeroed out. Vanished. In 2024, the NEA granted the Delaware Division of the Arts a modest $950,000. Not exactly a king’s […]
Song of the Day 5/13: Tom Waits, “Looks Like I’m Up Shit Creek Again”
Of all the people in Trump’s As-Seen-On-TV cabinet, the downright weirdest might be RFK Jr. While just as deluded and fear-aggressive as any MAGAt, he’s at war with an entirely different set of threats and menaces. Human biology appears to be at the top of the list. Washington, like Wilmington, has a combined sewer system, […]
Song of the Day 5/12: Angus and Julia Stone, “Big Jet Plane”
As far as Donald Trump is concerned, the best part of being president is that people give you stuff for free – catnip to the kind of grasping poseur Trump has always been. So naturally he’s not just ready to take a jumbo-jet sized bribe from the Qataris, he’s bragging about it. I’m only surprised […]
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