Song of the Day 12/14: John Coltrane Quartet, “My Favorite Things”
I totally get it if you're one of those people who can't stand Christmas music. Even people who don't mind it are sick of it by this date. I therefore…
Song of the Day 12/13: Prince, “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”
In his heyday, Prince was often compared to Michael Jackson, but while both could sing and dance like nobody else, Prince also wrote his own songs, produced his own albums…
Song of the Day 12/12: The Tubes, “What Do You Want From Life?”
The Tubes were -- actually, still are -- a comic theater-rock troupe that formed in San Francisco in the early '70s. They never sold all that many records, but their…
Coons Better Watch Out
Encouraging news for those who want to see Sen. Chris Coons face a meaningful primary: Data for Progress, a progressive think tank, conducted polling in Delaware that found signs Sen.…
Song of the Day 12/10: Sammy Davis Jr., “The Candy Man”
Today's song is in honor of former White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson, who yesterday filed to run for Congress in a deep-red Texas district. Dr. Jackson, who also served…
Song of the Day 12/9: Nick Winters (Bill Murray), “Star Wars”
There's no avoiding it, I'm afraid; it's coming around again. No, not Christmas -- Star Wars. The neverending movie franchise is at last coming to an end, or rather its…
New York City 1, Amazon 0
Remember back when states and cities were prostrating themselves before Amazon in hopes of landing a new headquarters? Lots of people, not all of them Republicans, castigated Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and…
Song of the Day 12/6: The Rolling Stones, “You Got the Silver”
It was 50 years ago today that the Peace 'n' Love era ended with the free concert at Altamont Speedway outside Oakland, infamous for the stabbing death of a young…
Song of the Day 12/4: Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, “It’s All Going to Pot”
Weed-culture icon Willie Nelson told a TV interviewer the other day that he's given up smoking marijuana because his 86-year-old lungs won't take it anymore. So in tribute to America's…
Song of the Day 12/3: Robbie Robertson and Van Morrison, “I Hear You Paint Houses”
Martin Scorsese's new film "The Irishman" has sent the book it's based on, Delaware prosecutor-turned-author Charlie Brandt's Frank Sheeran confessional "I Heard You Paint Houses," to the top of the…
A Serious Question
And one you'll never get corporate-humping journalists to ask corporate-humping Democrats: Why are proposals from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders called "unrealistic" when the favorite centrist candidate, punch-drunk Joe Biden,…
Song of the Day 12/2: The Who, “All This Music Must Fade”
Pete Townshend of the Who sat for a fascinating interview in yesterday's New York Times magazine in which he looks back on his career, the history of rock and what…
Song of the Day 12/1: Tom Jones w/ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Long Time Gone”
How weird was America in 1969? This weird: Welsh singer Tom Jones not only had a TV show, "This Is Tom Jones," he invited all manner of counter-culture artists on…