Song of the Day 2/13: Maureen McGovern, “The Morning After”
Apparently I missed an exciting football game that ended badly for the Eagles on a questionable call by an official. At times like this it pays to remember the immortal…
Song of the Day 2/12: Steve Miller Band, “Fly Like an Eagle”
What else did you expect? I already used the Eagles fight song before the NFC title game, so today's tune is the one chosen as the best-ever song about birds…
Song of the Day 2/10: Kent Nishimura, “25 or 6 to 4”
YouTube has brought some amazing musicians to broader public attention, but I haven't seen anyone finger-pick a guitar the way this 20-year-old Japanese kid does. Kent Nishimura first came to…
Confederacy-Loving Delaware Man Gets Three Years in Union Prison
Kevin Seefried, the Laurel drywall hanger who paraded a huge Confederate battle flag through the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and menaced a Capitol cop with it, was handed…
Song of the Day 2/9: Ronnie Milsap, “Any Day Now”
Burt Bacharach, the preeminent American tunesmith of the mid-20th century, died Wednesday at age 94. Though he's best remembered as an easy-listening composer for his the songs he wrote with…
Song of the Day 2/8: Honey Cone, “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show”
I didn't watch Biden's SOTU speech, but I saw plenty of still pictures of Marjorie Taylor Greene. They didn't remind me of a clown -- more like one of those…
Song of the Day 2/7: Spinal Tap, “Christmas With the Devil”
MAGAt Nation (motto: Nostra braccas semper nodantur, roughly "our knickers are in a perpetual twist") is raising holy hell about Sam Smith's performance at the Grammy Awards. Seems the British…
Atrios Nails It
Atrios wrote this as part of his explanation of why the Very Sensible Centrists are full of shit when they talk about trans kids, but it applies whenever they play…
Song of the Day 2/6: Tom Jones, “Delilah”
Many people don't listen to lyrics, and even those of us who do often know the chorus of a popular song but get hazy on the verses. You can hear…
Song of the Day 2/4: Lily Allen, “Air Balloon”
Look, up in the sky! It's a UFO! It's the moon! It's a...Chinese spy balloon! The media loves a balloon story -- remember the Balloon Boy Hoax of 2009? --…
Song of the Day 2/3: Iron Maiden, “The Writing on the Wall”
Despite its reputation as an industry tool, the Rock Hall of Fame has snubbed lots of popular bands and artists. I don't think any act on the outside has sold…
It’s Just Logic
So Republicans throughout America's Stupid Belt are trying to legislate against family drag shows, supposedly because some of the performers are pedophiles who are grooming children for...uh, homosexuality, I think...…
Song of the Day 2/2: The Spinners, “It’s a Shame”
The Rock Hall of Fame released its nominees for the class of 2023 yesterday. As usual, the contenders fall into a few predictable categories: * Superstars whose fame has nothing…