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White Man Rules Prevail

By Alby August 14, 20221 Comment

Armed Trump supporters protest outside of FBI office in Phoenix. Let's play a little game I like to call "If Ammon Bundy Was Black."

Song of the Day 8/13: Nena, “99 Luftballons”

By Alby August 13, 20223 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona A lot of sabers are rattling these days, except nobody uses sabers anymore. The threat from Russia in the Ukraine and maybe China in the…

Song of the Day 8/12: The Seekers, “I’ll Never Find Another You”

By Alby August 12, 20222 Comments

A great Australian singer died last week, but it wasn't Olivia Newton-John. Few Americans recognized the name Judith Durham, but many more would recognize the voice that propelled this 1964…

Song of the Day 8/11: Olivia Newton-John, “If Not For You”

By Alby August 11, 20228 Comments

I don't mean to speak ill of the dead. Olivia Newton-John seemed to be a nice person, devoting time, money and energy to various worthy charities, never being involved in…

Song of the Day 8/10: Bananarama, “Cruel Summer”

By Alby August 10, 20221 Comment

Now Republicans think it's a banana republic? Gee, I thought that happened when they all fell in line behind a known criminal. Cruel summer, ain't it, bitches? This song became…

Song of the Day 8/9: The Supremes, “Stop! In the Name of Love”

By Alby August 9, 2022

We'll leave the Aussies for tomorrow -- Lamont Dozier of Holland-Dozier-Holland fame died yesterday at age 81. He and his partners churned out an astounding 15 No. 1 singles for…

I Demand to See the Body Cam Footage

By Alby August 8, 20225 Comments

The FBI raided Mar a Lago today. I want to see if his Secret Service agents put up a fight. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/08/us/trump-fbi-raid

Song of the Day 8/8: Free Energy, “Free Energy”

By Alby August 8, 2022

Cleaning out a CD rack this weekend I ran across "Stuck on Nothing," the debut album from this Philadelphia-based power pop quartet. Critics mostly loved it, and Rolling Stone called…

Carper and Coons, Craven to the Core

By Alby August 8, 202211 Comments

Ever since SCOTUS pulled its gangland-style execution of Roe, Josh Marshall over at Talking Points Memo has been stumping for Democrats to make the issue the centerpiece of the midterm…

Song of the Day 8/7: Nini Music, “LongMa”

By Alby August 7, 20221 Comment

I bet when Nancy Pelosi was digging to China as a little girl, she didn't think she'd find Taiwanese folk metal when she got there. I assume this showed up…

Song of the Day 8/6: The Undertones, “Teenage Kicks”

By Alby August 6, 20221 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Iconic British DJ John Peel called it his favorite song ever. He cried when he first heard it. He had lyrics from it carved on…

Song of the Day 8/5: Canned Heat, “Going Up the Country”

By Alby August 4, 20222 Comments

California hippie-rockers Canned Heat, founded by blues aficionados Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, had their biggest US hit with this tune. It became an anthem for the back-to-the-country movement that…

Song of the Day 8/3: Gary Lewis and the Playboys, “This Diamond Ring”

By Alby August 3, 20222 Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona It must have been weird being the son of Jerry Lewis. Did the comedian make funny faces and flop onto the floors around the house…