Song of the Day 5/2: Buffalo Springfield, “For What It’s Worth/Mr. Soul”
Back in the '60s it took a long time for the older generation to realize that rock and roll was, as the saying goes, here to stay. As late as…
Song of the Day 5/1: The Hold Steady, “Sequestered in Memphis”
In El Somnambulo's roundup of his favorite tunes from April, he wondered if Craig Finn was the Raymond Carver of songwriters. I'm not sure about that. I might go with…
Song of the Day 4/30: The Click Five, “Just the Girl”
The Click Five was a power pop band founded in the mid-aughts in Boston, where most of them attended the Berklee School of Music. They scored a hit right out…
Song of the Day 4/29: Wildwood Kin, “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution”
I love covers that expand the original. I love harmonizing girl groups. And I love Tracy Chapman's "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution" as deconstructed and re-imagined by British indie folk-pop trio…
This, Exactly
David Akadjian's post at Daily Kos splits the arrow in the bull's eye with this explanation of why Democrats might as well do the right thing instead of looking for…
Song of the Day 4/28: The Wood Brothers, “I Got Loaded”
Another video by the New Orleans outfit that put musicians in the back of mule-drawn carriages in the French Quarter for acoustic sets on wheels. This time it's the Wood…
Song of the Day 4/27: Hurray for the Riff Raff, “Look Out Mama”
I don't know what Our Man in New Orleans has on his agenda, but he'd be a fool to pass up a chance to see this homegrown Crescent City band…
Grassley Makes Carper Look Spry
Delaware's Tom Carper isn't the only doddering old geezer blocking up the halls of the Senate. Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley showed what happens when an aged, out-of-touch political lifer holds…
Song of the Day 4/26: Van Morrison, “Real Real Gone”
This is Van Morrison's best soul rave-up since "Jackie Wilson Says." It was originally recorded in 1980 but wasn't released until Van re-recorded it for 1990's "Enlightenment." At this tempo…
Song of the Day 4/25: Buddy Holly, “Oh, Boy!”
I was reading about Ed Sullivan the other day and came across a tidbit I never heard before. I knew the legendary variety show host was known for holding grudges…
Can You Feel the Joementum?
The Democratic frontrunner for the 2020 presidential nomination reportedly will make his candidacy official tomorrow, either on video or in person, either someplace or in cyberspace. His heart is really…
Take the Biden Challenge
It's simple: Name something Joe Biden has been involved with that he didn't fuck up. The Anita Hill hearings, the "new Jim Crow" crime bill, his first two presidential runs,…
Song of the Day 4/24: Charles Bradley, “Changes”
When Charles Bradley was discovered by Daptone Records around the turn of the millennium, he was nearly 50 years old and performing a James Brown impersonation as Black Velvet. (Earlier…