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Song of the Day 3/28: Widespread Panic, “Hope in a Hopeless World”

By Alby March 28, 2020

Listening to Trump pat himself on the back every day got you down? Here's a little pick-me-up to remind you that you can find hope in a hopeless world if…

Why Did WDEL Lay Off Allan Loudell?

By Alby March 28, 202023 Comments

Jason 330 asked, "Is the business really that hand to mouth, or is this crisis a handy pretext?" Broadcast radio has the same problem newspapers do -- it's a bygone…

Song of the Day 3/27: Bob Dylan, “Murder Most Foul”

By Alby March 27, 20203 Comments

Bob Dylan, without advance notice, dropped an original song at midnight last night, his first in eight years, along with this message: "Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude…

Watch the Ad That Has Trumpies Shitting Bricks

By Alby March 26, 20205 Comments

Diaper Donnie's campaign has sent a letter to TV stations airing this campaign ad from Priorities US not only demanding that they refuse to air it, but that their broadcasting…

Song of the Day 3/26: Bruce Cockburn, “Last Night of the World”

By Alby March 26, 2020

Another tune for your apocalypse soundtrack. Bruce Cockburn is a Canadian singer-songwriter who's well-known in his home country but has never made much of a mark in the U.S., where…

Song of the Day 3/25: Jackson Browne, “The Pretender”

By Alby March 25, 20201 Comment

We've now entered the phase of Covid-19 in which famous people, including well-known musicians, come down with the disease. The latest, at least as of this morning, is 71-year-old singer-songwriter…

I’m So Old That…

By Alby March 25, 20202 Comments

...I can remember when Republicans invented fictional "death panels" so they could accuse Democrats of wanting to kill Grandma.

Song of the Day 3/24: Moby Grape, “Hey Grandma”

By Alby March 24, 20202 Comments

Now that some Fox News talking heads, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and various other sociopaths on TV and the interwebs -- including the Orangutan in the Oval Office --…

Song of the Day 3/23: Warren Zevon, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick”

By Alby March 23, 20202 Comments

Can't think of a more appropriate song for our current crisis. Warren Zevon wrote and recorded this before he knew he had the mesothelioma that would kill him just a…

Will Collaborationists Coons and Carper Vote for McConnell’s Corporate Giveaway?

By Alby March 22, 202010 Comments

Mitch McConnell and his Repugnant caucus get their corporate bailout/worker fuckover bill through the Senate? They need Democratic votes to do it. Will Carper and Coons play along? Given their…

Song of the Day 3/22: Randy Rainbow, “Social Distance”

By Alby March 22, 20201 Comment

Randy Rainbow is saving America by lying on his couch, and keeping us entertained while we lie on ours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimbyL_25Nw

Song of the Day 3/21: Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

By Alby March 21, 20209 Comments

Kenny Rogers, singer, actor and roast-chicken entrepreneur, died yesterday at age 81. Say what you will, but Rogers scored more than 120 chart hits and sold more than 200 million…

Song of the Day 3/20: Ringo Starr, “Back Off Boogaloo”

By Alby March 20, 2020

Six feet, people, six feet! If someone is closer than that, tell them to back off. Adding the "boogaloo" is optional. This was Ringo Starr's second solo single, after "It…