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This Time Biden’s Hands, Not His Mouth, Will Be His Undoing

By Alby April 1, 201910 Comments

Joe Biden's coterie of allies and advisors angling for campaign jobs moved their defense of his hands-on approach toward women into high gear in the past 48 hours, swearing on…

Song of the Day 4/1: The Doobie Brothers, “What a Fool Believes”

By Alby April 1, 20191 Comment

"What a fool believes, he sees. No wise man has the power to reason away what seems to be." The song is about a long-past love affair, but those words…

Song of the Day 3/31: Rolling Stones, “Dead Flowers”

By Alby March 31, 20192 Comments

The Rolling Stones have postponed their North American tour because Mike Jagger is undergoing medical treatment for an unspecified reason. So for now we'll have to make do with YouTube…

Song of the Day 3/30: Shades of Blue, “Oh How Happy”

By Alby March 30, 2019

The sweet soul music of the '60s was so intoxicating that lots of white groups tried their hands at it, giving rise to what became known as blue-eyed soul. Even…

Judge Clears Cabela’s in Straw Buyer Lawsuit

By Alby March 30, 20192 Comments

A Delaware judge dismissed a lawsuit against Cabela's, which sold a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol that was later used in a murder. The woman who bought it, Brilena Hardwick,…

Joe Biden Is a Hands-On Candidate

By Alby March 29, 201910 Comments

The case against Joe Biden for president is about to get stronger. This afternoon New York magazine's The Cut published an account by Lucy Flores, a 2014 Democratic candidate for…

Song of the Day 3/29: Matthew Sweet, “I’ve Been Waiting”

By Alby March 29, 2019

Let's cheer things up with a little '90s power pop, courtesy of one of its top practitioners. "I've Been Waiting" was the second single from Sweet's 1991 album "Girlfriend," declared…

Song of the Day 3/28: The (English) Beat, “Stand Down Margaret”

By Alby March 28, 20191 Comment

British pop lost another voice this week when Ranking Roger of the English Beat died of cancer at just 56 years old. The Beat was at the forefront of England's…

Biden Condemns ‘White Man’s Culture’

By Alby March 27, 201920 Comments

One of Joe Biden's quirks is that he thinks nobody notices when he changes. He's had two hair-plug operations and an eye job, but nobody ever talks about it so…

Song of the Day 3/27: The Walker Brothers, “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”

By Alby March 27, 20194 Comments

UK music critics and fans are mourning the March 22 death of Scott Walker, pop idol-turned-avant garde composer. He's most widely known as lead singer of the Walker Brothers, a…

New Jersey Harshes the Legal Marijuana Mellow

By Alby March 26, 20192 Comments

The road to recreational marijuana legalization was closed for repairs in New Jersey yesterday, when a wide-ranging bill that would have both legalized weed and made it easier to expunge…

Song of the Day 3/26: Was (Not Was), “Somewhere in America There’s a Street Named After My Dad”

By Alby March 26, 20196 Comments

When Detroit natives David Weiss and Don Fagenson formed Was (Not Was), they both adopted the surname Was and combined to create music based on a simple philosophy. In the…

Song of the Day 3/25: Jay and the Techniques, “Keep the Ball Rollin’ “

By Alby March 25, 2019

Most soul music of the '60s came out of Detroit, or Memphis, or Chicago. But sometimes it came from the most unlikely places, like Allentown, Pa. That's where singer Jay…