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Song of the Day 8/12: Johnny Horton, “North to Alaska”
What’s left of Donald Trump’s brain? There already were blank spaces where common knowledge should be, but yesterday’s senior moment was a doozy. I get that he says dumb stuff about drug prices dropping 1,000%, because math is hard and he’s never shown any aptitude for it, hence the bankruptcies. But I did think he’d […]
Song of the Day 8/11: David Bowie, “Starman”
As far as I’m concerned, time travel has been proved impossible. I base this on the simple premise that if it could happen, somebody would have come back in time to rid us of Trump. UFOs, on the other hand, offer a glimmer of hope. If aliens have been keeping tabs on us, as some […]
Song of the Day 8/10: Lynn Anderson, “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona No, Trump never promised us a rose garden. But maybe there was a shred of hope his tiny mind wouldn’t land on something like paving it over with concrete. It’s even worse than that. It always is. He plans to use the space as a path to a new White […]
Song of the Day 8/9: The Dillards, “Dooley”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona The first time most people saw the Dillards, they were playing idiot hillbillies on “The Andy Griffith Show” who drifted lazily into town from their home in a mountain holler that made Mayberry look like the big city. When they weren’t being nuisances to Sheriff Andy they sang bluegrass tunes […]
Song of the Day 8/8: The Clash, “Police on My Back”
A song for the Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas for Illinois to prevent a mid-decade redraw of the state’s congressional districts. Texas Sen. John Cornyn, in danger of losing a primary to a more troglodytic MAGAt, called for their arrest by the FBI, and our bizarro-world J.Edgar Hoover, Kash Patel, quickly agreed to do so. […]
Song of the Day 8/7: Steve Carlisle, “WKRP in Cincinnati” theme
Guest post by Nathan Arizona When you think of the old TV show “WKRP in Cincinnati,” the first thing you might remember is mousy newscaster Les Nessman tossing live turkeys out of an airplane and being shocked that they went splat when they hit the ground. Or it might be the song that opened the […]
Song of the Day 8/6: The Drifters, “Up on the Roof”
H/t El Somnambulo. It’s his favorite song of all time. It’s also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s “500 songs that shaped rock and roll.” It’s appropos now because Donnie Dotard took time out of his busy TV-watching schedule to take a stroll on the White House roof yesterday. He wasn’t up […]
Song of the Day 8/5: Gil Scott-Heron, “Whitey on the Moon”
The distractions from Donald Trump’s presence on the Epstein List grow ever more desperate. Reality show contestant-cum-NASA administrator Sean Duffy announced that the U.S. will build a nuclear reactor on the moon. China, you see, has a more realistic plan to do the same, and it’s making us look bad. Considering the explosion-to-launch ratio at […]
Song of the Day 8/4: The King Cole Trio, “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
I heard this tune the other day and it struck me that this should be the theme song of MAGA World, sung by Donald Trump, because it’s basically the credo of the conman set to music. It’s a Barnum and Bailey world Just as phony as it can be But it wouldn’t be make-believe If […]
Song of the Day 8/2: Spinal Tap feat. Elton John, “Stonehenge”
It took forty-odd years, but it seems legendary hard rockers Spinal Tap have finally perfected the staging of their classic track “Stonehenge.” As shown in this clip of Marty DiBergi’s upcoming documentary, “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the boys invited Elton John, who as Reg Dwight grew up listening to the New Originals, to […]
Song of the Day 8/1: Barbara Lynn, “You’ll Lose a Good Thing”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Aretha Franklin recorded “You’ll Lose a Good Thing” in 1964. She sounded great. Of course she did. She was Aretha. Barbara Lynn had recorded the soul tune two years earlier. In fact, she wrote it. She sounded great too. But she had something that Aretha never did: an electric guitar […]
Song of the Day 7/30: Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, “The Girl Is Mine”
Donald Trump’s latest excuse-cum-confession in L’Affaire D’Epstein demonstrates the depths of not just his depravity but his narcissism as well. Confronted with the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s procurer, recruited 15-year-old victim Virginia Gioffre from a job in the spa at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said Epstein “stole” his underage employee. Two almost-billionaires arguing over ownership of […]
Song of the Day 7/29: The Zombies, “She’s Not There”
Controversial NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers has had only three confirmed concussions in his career, but he sure acts like he has brain damage. He’s in the news now because, after a stormy history with women, he says he recently got married – but nobody can confirm the woman exists. Rodgers started talking about “Brittani” back […]
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