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Confederacy-Loving Delaware Man Gets Three Years in Union Prison

By Alby February 10, 202312 Comments

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”

By Alby February 9, 20235 Comments

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”

By Alby February 8, 20231 Comment

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”

By Alby February 7, 20232 Comments

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

By Alby February 7, 20232 Comments

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”

By Alby February 6, 20231 Comment

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”

By Alby February 4, 20237 Comments

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”

By Alby February 3, 20231 Comment

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…

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”

By Alby February 2, 2023

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…

Song of the Day 2/1: Ozzy Osbourne, “Patient Number 9”

By Alby February 1, 20232 Comments

Rock's Prince of Darkness, Ozzie Osbourne, announced today that his physical condition has forced him to cancel a tour of the UK and Europe planned for spring and summer of…

Song of the Day 1/31: Dwight Twilley Band, “I’m on Fire”

By Alby January 31, 2023

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Dwight Twilley was one of those shoulda-been coulda-been rockers. But he’ll never really be forgotten by any fan of twangy power-pop. Twilley’s “I’m on Fire”…

Song of the Day 1/30: Tom Verlaine, “Breakin’ in My Heart”

By Alby January 30, 20231 Comment

Back in the '60s, teenagers Tom Miller and Richard Meyers ran away from Sanford School in Hockessin (it was a boarding school back then) and went to New York, where…