Song of the Day 7/22: Dave Mason, “We Just Disagree”
A message for people who know who they are. Dave Mason is one of those rockers who, like Mick Ronson, was famous as a sideman but never became a front-rank…
Song of the Day 7/20: Aaron Neville and Jim Henson (as Ernie), “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon”
It's been 50 years since we got there and there's still nobody living on the moon. Heck, we don't even visit any more. But that's not really what this Sesame…
Song of the Day 7/19: Jonathan King, “Everyone’s Gone to the Moon”
The 50th anniversary of the first moon landing has triggered a wave of nostalgia for the space race of the '60s. This song was written and recorded in 1965 by…
Song of the Day 7/18: Johnny Clegg, “Scatterlings of Africa”
South African musician and anthropologist Johnny Clegg, who died Tuesday at age 66, had a brief window of exposure in the U.S. back in the '80s, when apartheid came under…
News That’s Not About Trump
It's hard to find, but news occurs that doesn't have anything to do with the Commander 'n' Thief almost every day. A representative sampling: Tennessee Cops Warn Flushed Drugs Create…
Song of the Day 7/17: The Gourds, “Gin and Juice”
Snoop Dogg wrote and Dr. Dre produced this hip-hop classic in 1994, and the Gourds covered it less than two years later. An alt-country band from Austin, The Gourds recorded…
Pelosi Does Trump’s Work for Him
Remember how criticism of corporate Democrats -- for example, a certain former presidential nominee -- was billed as "doing the Republicans' work for them" by her supporters? Just a reminder…
Song of the Day 7/16: Roomie ft. Christine O’Donnell, “I’m Not a Witch”
Hey kidz, 'memba the innocent days of nine years ago? Mike Castle was running for Senate and when he was challenged by Christine O'Donnell we all had a good laugh.…
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Song of the Day 7/14: Jake Xerxes Fussell, “The River St. Johns”
Jake Xerxes Fussell is an old-fashioned folk musician, interested mostly in preservation of songs that are still in the public domain. This song, the single from his newly released album…
Song of the Day 7/13: Janis Joplin, “To Love Somebody”
Most of Janis Joplin's hits were reworked blues songs, often re-arranged to the point where the original song was barely recognizable. That's pretty much the case with the Bee Gees'…
News That’s Not About Trump
Hard as it is to tell by our bozo-besotted media, the Persimmon Peril is not involved in everything happening on Earth. Here are stories that were eclipsed by Trump's giant…
Song of the Day 7/12: Incubus, “Drive”
Maybe the problem with out old, out-of-touch Democrats in Congress is that they've never heard one of the 114 million plays this song has on YouTube, never mind iTunes and…