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Song of the Day 12/2: Jordan Mailata, “Hold”

By Alby December 2, 20221 Comment

I have a strict policy on holiday music -- the 12 Days of Christmas Songs. You're probably getting as much as you can stand from other sources, so I start…

Song of the Day 12/1: Chicken Shack feat. Christine Perfect, “It’s Okay With Me Baby”

By Alby December 1, 2022

Christine McVie, who died Wednesday at age 79, is being remembered as a pop singer and songwriter for Fleetwood Mac. Rightly so -- several of the band's best-known tunes were…

Song of the Day 11/30: Stevie Wonder, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”

By Alby November 30, 20222 Comments

By request of Mediawatch, in honor of El Somnambulo's dive into New Castle County Council's developer-funded political machine. Stevie Wonder had Top 10 hits throughout the '60s, but this 1970…

Song of the Day 11/29: Jimmy Buffett, “Volcano”

By Alby November 29, 20224 Comments

Mauna Loa's eruption brought to mind my son's favorite Deep Thought by Jack Handy: "If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because…

Aye, Laddie, Ye Kin Wear Yer Kilt

By Alby November 29, 20225 Comments

Lappy's foster father, computer repairman John Paul Mac Isaac, was interviewed on the far-right newsfotainment site Newsmax. He laid out his conditions for telling Congress his side of the wayward…

Song of the Day 11/28: The B-52s, “Rock Lobster”

By Alby November 28, 20226 Comments

Fox News is running out of things to freak out about. When Joe Biden put up the White House Christmas tree extra early, their "War on Christmas" standby failed, so…

Song of the Day 11/27: Blind Faith, “Presence of the Lord”

By Alby November 27, 2022

"Presence of the Lord," Eric Clapton's contribution to Blind Faith's only album in 1969, was his first outing as a lyricist. Its message is personal, but Steve Winwood delivers it…

Song of the Day 11/26: Wilko Johnson, “When I’m Gone”

By Alby November 26, 2022

Regular readers know I consider Dr. Feelgood one of the most important British bands of the 1970s. The creative force behind the punk pioneers, guitarist Wilko Johnson (born John Wilkinson)…

Song of the Day 11/24: World Party, “Thank You World”

By Alby November 24, 2022

Rather than list all the things to be thankful for, I'm going to go Karl Wallinger's route and simply thank the world. Wallinger was World Party for most of its…

Song of the Day 11/23: Thin Lizzy, “Fight or Fall”

By Alby November 23, 20221 Comment

Fans of Irish rockers Thin Lizzy all have the same lament: If you went by classic rock radio you'd think the band only released three songs. Their breakthrough hit, at…

Investigate Hunter Biden? Have At It, Fellas

By Alby November 23, 20225 Comments

Right-wing trolls who visit the site all make the same mistake -- they think we're cheering for our football team vs. their football team, and so we must love the…

Song of the Day 11/22: The Electric Prunes, “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)”

By Alby November 22, 20223 Comments

Garage rock wasn't called that when bands were actually playing it in the mid-'60s -- the name came a few years later, when the "Nuggets" collection was released in 1972…

Song of the Day 11/20: The Undisputed Truth, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”

By Alby November 21, 20224 Comments

This song won a Grammy for the Temptations in 1972 and is considered one of their greatest tracks. But it was first recorded and released earlier that year by a…