Posts by Alby

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…

For reasons that are obvious to me, if nobody else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6diadP-g_7s Even more than Randy Newman, Laura Nyro was a singer's songwriter. Despite her soaring mezzo-soprano voice and compositions that…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona I believe there are some hipsters out there who still haven’t gotten on the Lana Del Rey bandwagon. Sure, the wagon leads to some darkish…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Have you heard the news? This is National Puzzle Day. Alby, who usually fills this spot, would never embarrass himself by using National Puzzle Day…

Folk music has had either about a hundred revivals since the one in the ‘60s or it has never gone away. I vote for the latter. Styles seem to flow…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona There’s a scene in the Oscar-winning movie “La La Land” where we see a musician noodling on a synthesizer in a band at a pool…

Editor's note: Guest post by Nathan Arizona Many of Elvis Presley’s early hits were written and performed by black rhythm & blues artists. His first single, “That’s All Right Mama,”…