Posts by Alby

Tragedy has stalked 3 Doors Down, one of the most successful rock bands of the '00s, yet again. Lead singer and original drummer Brad Arnold, the last original member of…

H/t El Somnambulo, who wanted to know if this song was inspired by Levittown, the early suburban development whose 750-square-foot houses would qualify as "tiny homes" today. First off, El…

After 20 years of blathering about his intention to colonize the Red Planet, big-brained super-genius Elon Musk announced yesterday that because Earth and Mars only align every 26 months, he…

Try to contain your disappointment: Twisted Sister had to call off its 50th anniversary tour, its first comeback in a decade, because frontman Dee Snider unexpectedly quit, citing his declining…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Texas politics are looking better after a Democrat trounced the MAGA candidate last week in a special election, boosting the party’s chances to gain the…

"Everything Trump touches dies" is becoming nearly as immutable as the law of gravity. Bitcoin, the favorite pretend currency of money launderers and drug traffickers, experienced a sudden crash the…

Only half of the Epstein files have been released and already the sleaze quotient is off the charts – and this is with them redacting as much as possible to…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Where did all the hippies meet? The Orlons told us well before the 1967 summer of love in San Fransisco. They met in Philadelphia on…

It seems the Q nonsense was right in just one regard – lots of rich and influential people interacted with pedophile-peddler Jeffrey Epstein to one degree or another. The list…

Catherine O'Hara, who died unexpectedly Friday, was rightly praised for her comedic chops, but she could also sing a little. Her sister, Mary Margaret O'Hara, is a well-known vocalist in…

Bruce Springsteen isn't the only musician who has channeled his anger at the paramilitary occupation of Minneapolis into song. British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has always been politically outspoken. Like Springsteen,…

In the 1960s, starting with the civil rights movement and continuing throughout the war in Vietnam, popular music played a major role in opposing authority. Folk musicians were in the…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona In these times of snow and ice, thoughts naturally turn to the warm California sun. We’re not there, but there’s a song for that, “California…