Posts by Alby

I mentioned this song yesterday, comparing its opening verse to Paul Westerberg's original version of "Can't Hardly Wait" because the protagonists of both songs start their soliloquies by announcing they're…

Bob Dylan, now 80 years old, yesterday announced the resumption of his Never Ending Tour, which took its longest break since 1984 because of the pandemic. This probably won't make…

When Devo hit the mainstream in the late '70s, they espoused a philosophy that seemed as odd and silly as their electronica-inspired music: devolution, the idea that humans had stopped…

Judging by the hangover I definitely had too much of something yesterday, but I think it was Propofol. The Electric Prunes released this classic slice of psychedelia in late 1966.…

Judging by the visitors to our comments section today, I'm guessing it's walkabout day at the RWNJ adult-care center. They apparently take themselves very seriously, but if they expect anyone…

Writers lazily compare Squeeze's Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but they worked more like a musical theater team -- Difford wrote the lyrics, Tilbrook…