Song of the Day 2/15: Ten Years After, “I’d Love to Change the World”
This song, the highlight of the band's 1971 album "A Space in Time," was by critical consensus the pinnacle of British blues guitarist Alvin Lee's career, though I have to…
Bezos Pulls Out
Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man except for Vladimir Putin, is having a rough year. First he announced his divorce, but that turned out to be his way of getting…
What Chris Coons Gets for His Bipartisanship — Trump in His Face
Politico posted a story yesterday about Donald Trump's supposed growing embrace of Christianist ideals, and chose as its opening anecdote this vignette starring none other than our senator, Fightin' Chris…
Song of the Day 2/14: Syl Johnson, “Is It Because I’m Black”
Once upon a time in America, people didn't tiptoe around issues of race. The fight for civil rights legislation was hard and bitter, and the racists didn't keep their feelings…
Song of the Day 2/13: Flash Cadillac, “She’s So Fine”
When I got to thinking about bands that sound like throwbacks, I realized that sometimes they do it on purpose -- for example, when a movie is set in the…
Song of the Day 2/12: IBM 7094, “Daisy Bell”
Yesterday Jason slagged Greta Van Fleet for sounding "old," because their classic-rock sound and Robert Plant-manque lead singer make them sound like a 50-year-old band, Led Zeppelin. Well, I'm here…
Song of the Day 2/11: Greta Van Fleet, “Highway Tune”
Last night's Grammy Awards got the Song and Record of the Year right -- Childish Gambino's "This Is America" won both -- but no Grammy Awards ceremony would be complete…
Song of the Day 2/10: Childish Gambino, “This Is America”
With the Grammy Awards on TV tonight, here's a song nominated for song of the year, record of the year and best music video, and it deserves to win all…
Song of the Day 2/9: Jackson Browne, “Doctor My Eyes”
Jackson Browne came of age at the dawn of the Southern California singer-songwriter boom, releasing his first album in 1972. This song, with its bouncy beat undercut by bleak, despairing…
National Enquirer Business Plan Could Save Journalism
As you've heard by now, the National Enquirer tried to blackmail Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, threatening to publish his dick pics if he didn't back off investigating AMI, the…
Song of the Day 2/8: Pete Seeger, “Old Dan Tucker”
With all the controversy over blackface this past week, I thought I'd demonstrate that minstrelsy is anything but gone. Given that it was the most popular form of live entertainment…
Song of the Day 2/7: Bob Dylan and Friends, “My Back Pages”
Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden was 27 years ago now, but this video of the show's climactic number has aged pretty well. Highlights include a typically…
Yes, Virginia, Democrats Can Be Racists, Too
The Democratic Party's zero-tolerance chickens have come home to Virginia to roost. When Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook photo was "discovered" last week, Democrats fell over each other to…