Posts by Alby

The Senate Republican caucus could adopt this as a theme song, but their voices wouldn't -- ahem -- do it justice. James Taylor's wrote this bittersweet lullaby for his then-girlfriend…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona There were few more polarizing figures in jazz than Chick Corea, who died Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. But there was never any…

Snow has persisted on the ground for more than a week now, something that's noticeable is you walk a dog every day. Hence this tune, an example of Frank Zappa's…

Mary Wilson, the Supreme who stuck it out until the end, died yesterday at 76. In the group's early days, all three Supremes took turns singing lead. Wilson's deeper, grittier…

Gotta say, this new Biden administration and the invigorated Democratic Congress has far outstripped every expectation I had coming out of Trump's Reign of Error. The change in the mood…

Christopher Plummer, the accomplished Shakespearian actor made famous in a role he despised, died yesterday at age 91. Though he considered the movie he called "The Sound of Mucus" sentimental…

My pick for the new Republican Party theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjQa5-FD72g I still find it incredible Fleetwood Mac fired the guy most responsible for their superstardom, but when the band had…

The GOP House caucus -- motto: "More shitbags than a colostomy clinic" -- gave Marjorie Taylor Greene a standing ovation at a closed-door meeting over her "controversial" (translation: batshit loony)…

In Punxatawney, Pa., Phil the groundhog somehow saw his shadow through the snowflakes, meaning it's six more weeks of winter. But the view from my window, snow blanketing anything, looked…