Song of the Day 4/24: Old & In the Way, “Old and In the Way”
This one's for Dianne Feinstein who, almost everyone agrees, is both old and in the way. Feinstein was on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors when those hippies Jerry Garcia…
Song of the Day 4/21: Katrina and the Waves, “Walking on Sunshine”
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For no better reason than the nice weather, a slice of sunshine pop that's become a standard since its release in 1985, when it reached No. 9 on the Hot…
Song of the Day 4/20: Charlie Worsham, “I Hope I’m Stoned (When Jesus Takes Me Home)”
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John Carney's attitude toward cannabis is the same as Nancy Reagan's -- he just says no, and there's no way that will change today. Especially not today. Mississippi singer-songwriter Charlie…
Song of the Day 4/19: The Bar-Kays, “Soul Finger”
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Is Bear man the local version of Florida man? Back in the Before Times, in December 2017, Bear man Michael Rohana went to an Ugly Christmas Sweater party at the…
Song of the Day 4/18: George Thorogood and the Destroyers, “I Drink Alone”
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Get-well wishes go out to homeboy George Thorogood, who announced the cancellation of the first month of his 50th-anniversary tour due to "a very serious medical condition that will require…
Song of the Day 4/17: The Beatles, “Tomorrow Never Knows”
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The Dominion-Fox lawsuit has been postponed until tomorrow. Will it even happen, or will the parties reach a settlement first? As Ringo Starr once put it, tomorrow never knows, an…
Song of the Day 4/14: Crash Test Dummies, “At My Funeral”
For a friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RBtabpXjZE
Song of the Day 4/13: Eric Clapton, “Let It Rain”
Fort Lauderdale got two feet of rain in about 6 hours yesterday, so I think this should be the city's new tourism song/slogan. Eric Clapton included this now-classic track on…
Song of the Day 4/12: Manic Street Preachers, “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona In times like these, you’d think there’d be more protest songs with lyrics about shooting fascists. You’d expect more songs with titles like “If You…
Song of the Day 4/11: Bob Dylan, “When I Paint My Masterpiece”
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This song ran through my head after a visit to the Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The Dutch master was only 43 when he died in 1675 in…
Song of the Day 4/10: The Turtles, “Outside Chance”
Donald Trump has always skated beyond the law's reach, and this has always been his motto: You don't stand an outside chance, but you can try. They seem to be…
Song of the Day 4/9: The Swan Silvertones, “Oh Mary Don’t You Weep”
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The Swan Silvertones were one of the seminal gospel groups of the 1940s and '50s. "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" dates from antebellum times, when slaves sang spirituals with coded…
Song of the Day 4/7: Nathalie Merchant, “Tower of Babel”
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With apologies to El Somnambulo, who's in charge of new music here, Natalie Merchant is releasing a new album, "Keep Your Courage," next week, her first in nine years. The…