Song of the Day 12/11: The Mavericks, “Here Comes the Rain”
Raul Malo, founder and lead singer of the Mavericks, died of cancer Monday at 60, silencing one of the best voices of his generation. Malo, the son of Cuban immigrants,…
Song of the Day 12/10: Simple Minds, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There’s an ‘80s revival going on. It’s been going on since about 1990. It’s the decade that wouldn’t die. Eighties pop culture nostalgia spiked in…
Song of the Day 12/9: Vince Guaraldi Trio, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind”
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Donald Trump's War on Wind – a particularly stupid fixation given AI's soaring demand for electricity – suffered a setback yesterday. A federal judge ruled his abrupt cancellation of all…
Song of the Day 12/8: Gloria Gaynor, “Fida Known”
Trump played MC for the Kennedy Center Honors last night, and managed to get through the evening while keeping the cringe to a minimum. But it's Trump, so he couldn't…
Song of the Day 12/7: Steve Cropper & the Midnight Hour, “Talkin’ Bout Politics”
Steve Cropper, who died Dec. 3 at 84, did as much as anyone to make Stax a soul powerhouse in the '60s – playing guitar in the house band, Booker…
Song of the Day 12/5: Mark Knopfler, “Sailing to Philadelphia”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona Two Englishmen sail west across the Atlantic and finally spy “the capes of Delaware.” They have a big job ahead. As this Mark Knopfler song…
Song of the Day 12/4: The Beatles, “Rocky Racoon”
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Things are so bad in this country that even the wildlife is getting hammered. A liquor store in Virginia was ransacked by a raccoon that was found passed out drunk…
Song of the Day 12/3: The Byrds, “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better”
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Alina Habba, the pride of Widener Law School, has been disqualified as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey after an appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration's ploy for appointing…
Song of the Day 12/2: Green Day, “Brain Stew”
Trump's rapid unraveling is getting hard to ignore, but I'm not seeing many stories about the man-child rage-tweeting into the wee hours to spout ever-more-incredulous fabblegab. My personal favorite: in…
Song of the Day 12/1: Cat Stevens, “King of Trees”
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The march of development can seem unstoppable, especially in eastern Sussex County. Most protests about it take the form of debates about traffic impact and emergency response times, but sometimes…
Song of the Day 11/29: “The Rebels”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona In his new PBS series about the American Revolution, Ken Burns doesn’t pull any punches when he describes many of the people who supported or…
Song of the Day 11/28: Jesse Welles, “Join ICE”
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Jesse Welles might seem like an overnight sensation, but like most overnight sensations it took him more than a decade to get to the big night. Now he's there, capturing…
Song of the Day 11/27: Big Star, “Thank You Friends”
Finding stuff to feel thankful for might be more difficult than usual this year, but you can take some inspiration from Alex Chilton, who wrote "Thank You Friends" for Big…