Posts by Alby

Let's state right up front that the only thing Donald Trump knows about war is how to avoid serving in one, so he has no idea what form the blowback…

For roughly 90% of the human population, this will be the longest day of 2025, marking the start of astronomical summer. The atmosphere above Delaware will drive home the point…

I was shocked to learn this morning that Juneteenth is still being celebrated. With everything that doesn't code as white and male under attack, I assumed Trump had done away…

I'm old enough to remember when John McCain caused a stir on the campaign trail in 2007 when someone asked about his stance on Iran and he jokingly sang "bomb,…

Add Paul Simon to the long list of musicians whose opening farewell did not mean goodbye. Now 83, Simon is on a 20-city tour of small venues performing two-set concerts,…

You know who doesn't love a parade? Donald Trump. After going to all the trouble and expense of making it the centerpiece of a big, beautiful birthday celebration, he sulked…

Political assassination has a long history in human affairs. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyric in 1969, the year after the MLK and RFK murders (John always wrote to Taupin's lyrics,…

Brian Wilson's musical genius was not matched by a way with words – he almost always co-wrote with a lyricist. For "Pet Sounds" he wanted to move beyond the teen-oriented…

I won't rhapsodize about Brian Wilson's talent – he always maintained it wasn't genius, it was hard work – because the entire music world has already done that. Even his…

Sly Stone, who died Monday at 82, didn't invent funk music – that honor goes to James Brown – but he's the first one who took it beyond the dance…

Of course Donald Trump sent the marines to Los Angeles. What's left of his mind was formed by the same John Wayne films Tom Lehrer cited when he wrote this…

Thanks to the Trump administration's desire to declare marshal martial law and its constant need to change the subject from its latest fuck-up, the excitable homunculi in charge are treating…