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Song of the Day 2/17: Paul Anka, “Wonderwall”

By Alby February 17, 20191 Comment

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”

By Alby February 16, 20191 Comment

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…

Song of the Day 2/15: Ten Years After, “I’d Love to Change the World”

By Alby February 15, 20192 Comments

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

By Alby February 14, 201987 Comments

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

By Alby February 14, 20196 Comments

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”

By Alby February 14, 2019

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”

By Alby February 13, 2019

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”

By Alby February 12, 20195 Comments

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”

By Alby February 11, 20198 Comments

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”

By Alby February 10, 20191 Comment

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”

By Alby February 9, 20193 Comments

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

By Alby February 9, 20197 Comments

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”

By Alby February 8, 2019

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…