Song of the Day 6/8: Astrud Gilberto, “The Girl from Ipanema”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Turns out the Girl From Ipanema was also a Girl From Philadelphia. After Astrud Gilberto died there on Tuesday, many were surprised to hear that…
Song of the Day 6/7: Klaatu, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”
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I don't know if you saw this, but a whistleblower with a high security clearance says there's a secret government program that has retrieved wreckage of non-human origin. This isn't…
Song of the Day 6/6: The Beatles*, “Grow Old With Me”
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The asterisk is because this isn't really the Beatles. People who worry about the AI menace have been too busy fretting about job losses and armageddon to notice it much,…
Song of the Day 6/5: Max Frost and the Troopers, “Shape of Things to Come”
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Cynthia Weil, the lyricist who with her composer husband Barry Mann wrote some of the hits that made the Brill Building famous, died last week at age 82. Their biggest…
Song of the Day 6/4: Guster, “Demons”
In the modern Republican Party, the measure of success is the ability to attract media attention, which is why Lauren Witzke is the leader of Delaware's cackle of hyenas. She…
Song of the Day 6/3: Rufus Thomas, “Do the Funky Chicken”
Being a Republican must be exhausting. You have to be on high alert at all times, sensitive to every threat to Our American Way of Life, plus you have to…
Song of the Day 6/2: Oasis, “Falling Down”
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Joe Biden tripped and fell on stage at the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony yesterday, thereby demonstrating, according to the wingnutosphere, his absolute unfitness for the office of the presidency.…
Song of the Day 6/1: The Police, “Wrapped Around Your Finger”
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Remember those Danish documentarians who followed Roger Stone just before and after the 2020 election? They've released their film, "A Storm Foretold," in Denmark, and it's got some bombshell moments…
Song of the Day 5/31: Little Feat, “Fat Man in the Bathtub”
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With Donald Trump in legal quagmire and Ron DeSantis flailing, the GOP's scrubs see opportunity. Only Mike Pompeo has figured out that he has no constituency. The rest -- Nikki…
Song of the Day 5/30: The Zombies, “Care of Cell 44”
It looks like Elizabeth Holmes is finally headed to prison for defrauding investors (who included Rupert Murdoch and Betsy DeVos so, y'know, limited sympathy) with her bogus blood-testing device. Will…
Song of the Day 5/29: Mike Oldfield, “Tubular Bells”
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Fifty years ago last week, a new record label debuted with an unusual offering -- an LP that consisted of two side-long compositions by a 19-year-old guitarist, Mike Oldfield, who…
Song of the Day 5/27: Brad Paisley, “Alcohol”
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The News Journal's Ryan Cormier has a paywalled story about the latest trend in college drinking in Newark, where the University of Delaware apparently remains among the nation's top party…
Song of the Day 5/26: The Rascals, “A Beautiful Morning”
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It is indeed a beautiful morning, but gardens aren't going to stay beautiful long if we don't get some rain soon. Don't worry, not on the holiday weekend -- no…