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Song of the Day 6/22: Death Cab for Cutie, “Cath…”

By Alby June 22, 20191 Comment

Huzzah! Tonight's Firefly lineup actually includes a band whose name I recognize. After a string of successful albums in the '00s, Death Cab seemed to peak in 2008 with its…

More News That’s Not About Trump

By Alby June 21, 20191 Comment

Against all evidence, events occur in the nation and world that have nothing to do with the tangerine tyro, or Americans’ obsession with him. To wit: Philadelphia refinery explosion visible…

Song of the Day 6/21: Yes, “Your Move/All Good People”

By Alby June 21, 20191 Comment

A message slipped into this chess metaphor was as close to political as Yes ever got. If you only heard it on AM radio when it was released as a…

Kerri Evelyn Harris Says What No Other Delaware Democrat Dares

By Alby June 20, 20193 Comments

Kerri Evelyn Harris joined scores of black politicians in condemning Joe Biden's inarticulate-at-best remarks about getting along with segregationist senators early in his career. She told the Huffington Post, “That…

News That Isn’t About Trump

By Alby June 20, 20193 Comments

Hard as it may be to believe, or find evidence of in our media, things occur in the nation and world that have nothing to do with the marmalade menace,…

Song of the Day 6/20: Neil Young, “Let’s Impeach the President”

By Alby June 20, 2019

Neil Young wrote and recorded his 2006 "Living With War" album in 10 days, and it often sounds like it. Granted, this isn't a very good song if you remove…

Song of the Day 6/19: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, “Kitty’s Back”

By Alby June 19, 20192 Comments

As an antidote to the new Bruce Springsteen album, a pleasant enough departure from his usual sound but about as energetic as a Perry Como record, here's the song that…

Song of the Day 6/18: The Thorns, “No Blue Sky”

By Alby June 18, 2019

The Thorns was an interesting experiment. Solo artists Shawn Mullins, Pete Droge and Matthew Sweet began working together as a CS&N-style acoustic harmony group in 2002 for an album that…

Song of the Day 6/17: Al Kooper, “God Sheds His Grace on Thee”

By Alby June 17, 20193 Comments

Al Kooper is one of rock's Zelig characters. His career started in the 1950s as a member of the Royal Teens, responsible for the single "Short Shorts." In the 1960s…

Song of the Day 6/16: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, “Fanfare for the Common Man”

By Alby June 16, 2019

This is probably the only piece of music in the classical canon inspired by a political speech. Henry A. Wallace, FDR's third-term vice president, proclaimed in early 1942, "Some have…

Song of the Day 6/15: The James Gang, “Tend My Garden/Garden Gate”

By Alby June 15, 2019

Back when Midwestern power trios like Grand Funk Railroad ruled American rock, none was better than the classic lineup of the James Gang -- Jim Fox on drums, Dale Peters…

Song of the Day 6/14: Baltimora, “Tarzan Boy”

By Alby June 14, 2019

After that '80s-sounding song yesterday, I got to wondering what would be the most '80s song ever -- the one that best embodied the sound of the decade, for good…

Song of the Day 6/13: Billy Ocean, “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going”

By Alby June 13, 2019

This song was born in the wrong decade. If it had been written and released before the mid-'70s it would be considered a Carolina beach music classic -- it's got…