Time to Face Facts: Joe Biden Is an Irredeemable Dick
In January 2018, Joe Biden had a message for millennials. Asked about the plight of young adults facing expensive housing and huge student debt, Mr. Cuddles said, “I have no…
Song of the Day 8/3: Stevie Wonder, “You Haven’t Done Nothin”
Don't know if you saw it, but Charles Barkley made an unwelcome-by-Democrats point during this week's debate coverage: “I think all politicians take black folks for granted,” Barkley told reporters.…
Song of the Day 8/2: The Beach Boys, “Darlin'”
The lead track on "Wild Honey," the Beach Boys' back-to-our-roots album following the "Smile" disaster, this soul-flavored confection was a throwback even in 1967. The Beach Boys were considered has-beens…
Song of the Day 8/1: Elvis Presley, “Burning Love”
Elvis' last No. 1 hit -- and that only in Cashbox, not Billboard -- in its first live performance, about two weeks after he recorded it in late March 1972.…
Song of the Day 7/31: Frank Sinatra (Joe Piscopo) and Stevie Wonder (Eddie Murphy), “Ebony and Ivory”
This SNL skit dates to 1982, when Ronald Reagan was president. Would he have been elected if the "African monkeys" tape had been released to the public? Given what we…
Song of the Day 7/30: Five Americans, “Western Union”
Technological progress has rendered some old songs obsolete -- "Please Mr. Postman" and "The Letter," for example, are set in an era when people still used snail mail to communicate…
A 6-Year-Old Boy Dies Because Some White Supremacist Was Really Angry
This is the price of the 2nd Amendment: A 19-year-old kid in California got ahold of a military-style rifle, cut a fence to elude security and shot 15 people before…
Song of the Day 7/29: 10cc, “Oh Effendi”
This was written in the wake of the first Arab oil embargo, but it's remarkable how little the geopolitics of the Middle East have changed in decades since. The only…
Song of the Day 7/27: The Temptations, “I Wish It Would Rain”
El Somnambulo considers David Ruffin of the Temptations the greatest soul singer of all time, and I'm not going to disagree. And it's not just because of his great voice…
Song of the Day 7/26: Rod Stewart, “True Blue”
The lead-off track to "Never a Dull Moment," the 1972 follow-up album to Stewart's mega-hit "Every Picture Tells a Story," finds Rod the Mod struggling with his new-found success. Like…
Song of the Day 7/25: Sly and the Family Stone, “Hot Fun in the Summertime”
Though it's a quintessential summer song, the single, recorded for an album but rushed into release shortly after the band's triumphant set at Woodstock, didn't reach its No. 2 chart…
Song of the Day 7/24: Toots and the Maytals, “Monkey Man”
Jane Goodall met Prince Harry yesterday and they enacted a "chimpanzee greeting." As you can see at the link, it's not much different from a human greeting, because we are…
Song of the Day 7/23: The National, “Secret Meeting”
I once heard The National described as "REM for the 21st century," and the comparison makes some sense. Both groups are guitar-driven alternative bands that feature inward-looking, literate, cryptic lyrics…