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Song of the Day 12/17: Louis Armstrong w/ Benny Carter and his Orchestra, “Christmas Night in Harlem”

By Alby December 17, 2019

TRIGGER WARNING: When this was written by Raymond Scott in 1934, it was perfectly acceptable for white men to mock black society and call it comedy (this was shortly after…

Song of the Day 12/16: Johnny and Edgar Winter, “Please Come Home for Christmas”

By Alby December 16, 20192 Comments

Brothers singing harmony always sound special, but we rarely got to hear these two together because they each led their own bands. Both Johnny and Edgar were musical prodigies, performing…

Song of the Day 12/15: Donny Hathaway, “This Christmas”

By Alby December 15, 20194 Comments

Donny Hathaway had a lofty goal when he wrote and sang what's easily the most soulful song ever to attain the status of a Christmas classic -- he wanted it…

Song of the Day 12/14: John Coltrane Quartet, “My Favorite Things”

By Alby December 14, 2019

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”

By Alby December 13, 20191 Comment

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?”

By Alby December 12, 2019

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

By Alby December 11, 20193 Comments

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”

By Alby December 10, 20191 Comment

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”

By Alby December 9, 20193 Comments

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…

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”

By Alby December 6, 20191 Comment

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”

By Alby December 4, 201910 Comments

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”

By Alby December 3, 2019

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…