Posts by Alby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfS6Nl962Qg A somewhat obscure item in the Petty catalog, "Walls" was written for Edward Burns' 1996 rom-com "She's the One" and released on the film's soundtrack album, which got far…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xhmPectY9U This time of year always reminds me of the first verse of this song -- Christmas has come and gone, and every kid has broken at least one toy…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H29UNZCYQbg A little obvious, maybe, but see if it doesn't warm you up a little on this cold, cold, cold day. From 1972's "Sailin' Shoes."

Take a look at this New York Times puff piece on their state's shape-shifting, Wall Street-friendly, Jesus-humping junior senator taking her presidential campaign to Iowa. Ms. Gillibrand put emphasis on…

The progress is slow and compromised, but it's still highly unusual to get a murder conviction when a cop kills a civilian. Yet the Chicago trial of then-officer Jason Van…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gQEDwjhaDE Panicky Trump trolls are active this morning, hollering "fake news!" like a bunch of 9/11 truthers because they're starting to realize they've been played for the fools they are.…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHm7uIC84YM Dr. Feelgood occupies a unique slot in rock history -- the band that bridges the otherwise incomprehensible gap between England's pub rock and punk rock scenes. Pub rock was…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frCr6eq2Vfc I quoted the title of this song the other day with a friend whose knowledge of '50s and '60s music is deeper than mine and was surprised when he…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL5CDt_1xcE You probably know about Randy Rainbow, the pre-eminent political musical parodist of the Trump age. He released this one two days ago and it's gotten 360,000 plays on YouTube…