Posts by Alby

Guest post by Nathan Arizona When Michael Stipe first sang “Exhuming McCarthy” with R.E.M. in 1987, the title alluded to the early ‘50s right-wing, commie-hunting, fear-mongering U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy.…

Donald Trump has always had a capacious caboose, but as El Somnambulo points out in today's Open Thread, these days something else is going on back there. Even a diaper-covered…

Some guys just don't know when to hang it up. Back in May Frankie Valli, who sold more records in the '60s than anyone except the Beatles, canceled a string…

One of the longest-running feuds in rock history was put to bed last Wednesday, for one night at least, when guitarist Ritchie Blackmore joined the current iteration of Deep Purple…

Rod Stewart, now 81, has canceled the remaining dates on his farewell tour after a heart operation to insert a stent in a cardiac artery. His announcement said the shows…

Donald Trump's escape from Turkey via a catering cart has already become the stuff of legend, and not in a good way. While journalists fume about being used as decoys,…

Donald Trump is physically decomposing. He's so decrepit he can barely move from one golf cart to another, making his latest club championship a true work of art – the…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Solos by even the most famous jazz musicians rarely get a huge national audience and become part of America's aural landscape. But that happened with…

One of the foulest MAGAts in Congress, Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee, lost his primary last week. His victorious opponent, dairy farmer Charlie Hatcher, is also a pro-Trump conservative, though…

Even with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's fondness for '50s vocal groups, it's rather surprising the Dells made it in. Formed as a doo-wop group by high school…

It sounds like the pitch for an SNL skit – RFK Jr. does a cooking show! Except, in the bizarro world we inhabit, it's real. Or, as some critics have…

The media loves to celebrate round-number anniversaries, even when nobody cares. The American semiquincentennial is a good example. Was anyone jazzed about celebrating it? Not that I could tell. Still,…