Song of the Day 2/25: Queen, “I’m in Love With My Car”
As expected, Rami Malek won the Oscar last night for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody." More surprisingly, the show opened with the current incarnation of the band…
Biden Is Running, Isn’t He?
Jason's prediction is looking more likely by the day, as the Associated Press released a big story about how Joe Biden's vast foreign policy experience makes him unique in the…
Song of the Day 2/24: Marc Martel, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Not being a movie person, I have no opinion about who should win anything at tonight's Academy Awards. But I did see "Bohemian Rhapsody," and while the movie has been…
Song of the Day 2/23: The Records, “Starry Eyes”
The Records were a British power-pop band of the late '70s-early '80s, one of the post-punk, skinny-tie, jangly-guitar outfits that carried the torch for rock 'n' roll against its deformed…
Dying of Whiteness
I came across this anecdote in an interview with physician and social scientist Jonathan M. Metzl, whose book, “Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s…
Song of the Day 2/22: The Monkees, “For Pete’s Sake”
Peter Tork of the Monkees died yesterday at age 77. Tork was 24 and playing folk music in Greenwich Village when his friend Stephen Stills urged him to audition for…
Song of the Day 2/21: The Knife, “Heartbeats”
The Knife was a brother/sister Swedish band that was so quirky it didn't perform live until two years after releasing its album "Deep Cuts" in 2003. Critics loved it, especially…
Carney Addresses the Statewide Property Tax
In what has become an annual custom, Mark Brainard, grand poobah of Delaware Technical and Community College, is asking the General Assembly for a new statewide property tax to raise…
Song of the Day 2/20: Steely Dan, “Only a Fool Would Say That”
Every time I hear another attack on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this song pops into my mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06a19-S77F4 Some people say this is the Dan's answer to John Lennon's "Imagine," (Lennon, remember,…
Song of the Day 2/19: The Rolling Stones, “Hand of Fate”
The star of this track is a guy who almost became a Rolling Stone. Wayne Perkins was a session guitarist out of Muscle Shoals, one of a half-dozen or so…
Song of the Day, 2/18: The Nazz, “Open My Eyes”
It's hard for those who didn't live through the '60s to appreciate how large the Beatles loomed over pop culture. Not only did their music spawn entire new genres, they…
Song of the Day 2/17: Paul Anka, “Wonderwall”
That Ryan Adams cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall" is great, but it's so gloomy. Paul Anka, on his album of rock covers, gave it a much more upbeat, ring-a-ding-ding reading that…
Song of the Day 2/16: Ryan Adams, “Wonderwall”
Ryan Adams has found himself in a world of trouble for something rock stars used to consider one of the perks of the job: Smutting around with underage girls. The…