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Song of the Day 3/19: The Clash, “Lost in the Supermarket”

By Alby March 19, 2020

Minnesota and Vermont have designated grocery store workers emergency personnel, making them eligible for free child care. While we rightly praise health-care personnel, grocery workers come into contact with hundreds…

Legislative Session Postponed Indefinitely

By Alby March 18, 20203 Comments

Just got this email from the House Democratic caucus: In response to ongoing concerns about the Coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf and Senate President Pro Tempore David McBride announced…

Song of the Day 3/18: Paul Simon, “The Boy in the Bubble”

By Alby March 18, 20202 Comments

I think Bubble Boy is the only person who won't have to change his routine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy5T6s25XK4 The third single from Simon's 1986 "Graceland" album, co-written with Forere Motloheloa, who plays…

Song of the Day 3/17: R.E.M., “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”

By Alby March 17, 20204 Comments

Doubling up on R.E.M. here, I know, but I was saving this one until I was certain the Good Old Days were well and truly over. Other people seem sure…

Song of the Day 3/16: R.E.M., “Stand”

By Alby March 16, 20202 Comments

A song for when everybody is on lockdown. Just stand in the place where you are. Listen to reason Reason is calling Your feet are going to be on the…

Song of the Day 3/15: The Specials, “Ghost Town”

By Alby March 15, 2020

I don't know about Wilmington, but Paris is, relatively speaking, a ghost town today, the first day of the ban on bars, cafes, bistros, brasseries and restaurants. The Specials released…

Song of the Day 3/14: Bobby Darin, “Call Me Irresponsible”

By Alby March 14, 2020

Donald Trump, at his mulligan coronavirus news conference yesterday, uttered the line Joe Biden should use in every campaign ad from now to November: "I don't take responsibility at all."…

Song of the Day 3/13: Carole King, “It’s Too Late”

By Alby March 13, 2020

Somebody play this for Donald Trump, who still thinks barring people from the country will stop the coronavirus. The song, from King's "Tapestry" LP, was a double-A-side single with "I…

Joe Shows What a Real President Sounds Like

By Alby March 12, 20209 Comments

Joe Biden gave a speech about the coronavirus a short while ago that ought to help people remember what they threw away on Nov. 9, 2016. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMxokey64pU

Song of the Day 3/12: Roxy Music, “Song for Europe”

By Alby March 12, 20202 Comments

Now that Europe and the US have a 30-day trial separation, this seems like the least we can do to succor our erstwhile allies. Nobody does world-weariness like Bryan Ferry.…

Song of the Day 3/8: Hoyt Axton, “Never Been to Spain”

By Alby March 8, 20203 Comments

This is the last day this song title will be true for me. A hit for Three Dog Night, who earlier took Axton's "Joy to the World" to No. 1,…

Song of the Day 3/7: McCoy Tyner, “Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit”

By Alby March 7, 20205 Comments

Jazz giant McCoy Tyner died Friday, age 81, at his New Jersey home. He was only 22 when he joined John Coltrane's quartet, and in the first half of the…

Song of the Day 3/6: Genesis, “Turn It On Again”

By Alby March 6, 2020

I missed this news earlier this week. Genesis -- the three-man version of Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford -- is getting back together for a tour. So far…