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Song of the Day 1/26: Daniel Deitrich, “Hymn for the 81%”

By Alby January 26, 20202 Comments

Most people outside the evangelical community, believers and unbelievers alike, are struck by the hypocrisy of these Bible thumpers who claim to follow the teachings of Jesus the Nazarene while…

Song of the Day 1/25: Randy Rainbow, “That Don”

By Alby January 25, 2020

I know his fans, which is just about everyone, have seen the latest Randy Rainbow video. It's funny and catchy, as always, but though the tune was familiar I couldn't…

Song of the Day 1/24: The Band, “It Makes No Difference”

By Alby January 24, 2020

I listened to Adam Schiff's closing speech last night, and thought of this song -- not just the title, but the sense of regret and resignation Rick Danko expresses so…

Song of the Day 1/23: Bruce Springsteen, “Prove It All Night”

By Alby January 23, 20201 Comment

Adam Schiff's new theme song. If Midnight Mitch insists, Schiff and the House impeachment managers can indeed prove Trump's abuse of power and obstruction all night. The song appeared on…

Song of the Day 1/22: J.J. Cale, “After Midnight”

By Alby January 22, 2020

Thanks to Moscow Mitch McConnell, anyone who wants to watch the Senate trial of the Marmalade Menace will have to stay up after midnight. I think J.J. Cale summed up…

Song of the Day 1/21: Pigmeat Markham, “Here Come the Judge”

By Alby January 21, 20202 Comments

Some say this was the first rap song, which would be quite a distinction for Chitlin' Circuit vaudevillian Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, born 1904, whose "here come the judge" routine was…

Song of the Day 1/20: Bob Dylan and Clydie King, “Abraham, Martin and John”

By Alby January 20, 20201 Comment

Everybody who's old enough remembers the Dion version of this response to the twin assassinations of 1968, penned, incongruously, by Baton Rouge musician Dick Holler, the same guy who wrote…

Song of the Day 1/19: Generation X, “Your Generation”

By Alby January 19, 2020

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”

By Alby January 18, 2020

"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”

By Alby January 17, 2020

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

By Alby January 16, 20205 Comments

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”

By Alby January 16, 20204 Comments

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

By Alby January 15, 202010 Comments

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…