Posts by Alby

Music news these days is full of stories about octogenarians trying, and often failing, to perform for paying audiences. Barry Manilow, Lionel Richie and Rod Stewart, – all have had…

Was Trump trying to help himself or his buddy Vladimir when he agreed to buy boatloads of diesel fuel from Russia? Hey, why not both? Forget about the corruption, the…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona One of the most highly regarded guitar players of the past four decades has just sold about 80 of them for nearly $5 million. But…

Though Republican senators in even deep-red states face close re-election races, Democrats in some blue states are having trouble getting traction. In Maine, a purplish state that usually votes for…

If it doesn't seem like Elvis Costello's debut album, "My Aim Is True," is 50 years old, that's because it's not. It hit the stores in 1977, when British punk…

The devil had a busy day yesterday, reaping three souls disgraced by sex scandals in their foul lives. Dennis Hastert, 84, the former Speaker of the House who was convicted…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona This seems like a good time for songs that make fun of fascism, since we have so much of it going on at the White…

The baseball playoffs have entered their second round. In what has become an annual tradition, the Phillies didn't make it past the first round, but one surprising team did: the…

Backlash against Trump's GOP is so strong that Democrats have put ruby-red Texas in play in next month's midterm elections. The headlines have gone to Senate hopeful James Talarico, who…

Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt had it all set up to charge Jack Smith with lying to Congress. He made up a poster, the kind you slapped together for a class…

They Might Be Giants did not write this about a certain someone we all wish would ring down the curtain and join the choir invisible – it appeared on their…

This song dates to 1982, when it led off the debut album by The Call, the band fronted by guitarist and songwriter Michael Been. It could just as easily date…