Song of the Day 1/19: Generation X, “Your Generation”
Before Douglas Coupland's book, before demographers' appropriation of the term, a bunch of louts from London led by a bloke named William Broad formed a band to take advantage of…
Song of the Day 1/18: The Clash, “Wrong ‘Em Boyo”
"London Calling," the Clash double LP released 40 years ago this month, stunned audiences who thought punk rockers were just a bunch of low-talent yobs by presenting a array of…
Song of the Day 1/17: Dave Matthews Band, “The Best of What’s Around”
The Rock Hall of Fame, like the NFL's, announces a list of nominees for the honor, then excludes a bunch of them in a final vote, which always struck me…
White-Power Extremists Headed for Va. Nabbed in Newark by FBI
This is what we get for being so close to Virginia. From WDEL: Three suspected members of a white supremacist extremist group were arrested on federal firearm and alien-related charges…
Song of the Day 1/16: T. Rex, “Hot Love”
Better late than never, T. Rex has finally been admitted to the Rock Hall of Fame in its newest class, along with such rock-adjacent artists as Whitney Houston and Biggie…
Democrats Shouldn’t Dawdle on Gun Bills [UPDATE]: Virginia Braces For Gung-Ho Gun Nuts
As you might recall through the haze of Trumpian scandal, the Virginia legislature flipped to Democratic control in November. After the election, Democrats pledged to pass a package of gun-control…
Song of the Day 1/15: Brook Benton, “A House Is Not a Home”
In honor of Sen. Dave McBride (h/t El Somnambulo), whose house in New Castle County is not his home, though we never need an excuse to showcase a Burt Bacharach/Hal…
A SuxCo Republican Tells the Truth
The New Journal story about the Sussex County GOP meeting at which Nelly Jordan was ousted from her post included this inadvertent bit of truth-telling from a rank-and-file member of…
Song of the Day 1/14: The Band, “Chest Fever”
Sorry I've been absent for a couple of days -- I came down with one of the various viruses (non-computer variety) making the rounds. I doubt it was actually "chest…
Song of the Day 1/11: Rush, “Tom Sawyer”
Neil Peart, widely considered among the best drummers in rock history, died this week at age 67, three years after learning he had brain cancer. Though he joined Rush after…
Song of the Day 1/10: Badfinger, “Come and Get It”
This song was released in the U.S. 50 years ago -- Jan. 12, 1970 -- and it kicked off the tragic career of the recently renamed Welsh band The Iveys,…
Song of the Day 1/9: Peter Gabriel, “Games Without Frontiers”
Peter Gabriel's anti-war song was released on his third self-titled album, an effort rejected by his record company as "commercial suicide." Atlantic rued the decision when Gabriel took the album…
Song of the Day 1/7: The Turtles, “Eve of Destruction”
Though Barry McGuire's anguished version is the one that hit No. 1 on the charts, it was the Turtles who first recorded the song by P.F. Sloan ("Secret Agent Man")…