Posts by Alby

The media is intent on milking this Trump-Musk feud for all it's worth – schadenfreude might bring in as many clicks as rage does, or at least they hope so.…

I'm not convinced it's permanent, but the Trump-Musk breakup looks real – it's apparently costing both of them money, and I can't imagine they'd take kayfabe that far. I can…

Lots of rock musicians have careers that read like soap operas, but few bands have had more bad luck than Heart. Ann and Nancy Wilson had to overcome industry misogyny,…

Among the credits I left out of Rick Derringer's CV the other day was his production of this 1973 No. 1 hit for the Edgar Winter Group, one of the…

I notice that when politicians and pundits talk about immigration, it's usually as an abstract concept – immigration, as opposed to immigrants. That makes it much easier to ignore the…

When he died last week at age 77, the obituaries for Rick Derringer all mentioned the two songs he was best known for: "Hang On Sloopy," a No. 1 hit…

New music is El Somnambulo's province, but he can't listen to (or like) everything, so occasionally I plug something new I've heard. This is one of those times. This tune…

I hear Trump is touchy about being called "TACO," an acronym for Trump Always Chickens Out, and you don't have to be Sigmund Freud to figure out he's touchy because…

Yet another Trump executive order has been struck down by the courts. This time the Court of International Trade got its licks in, rejecting the flimsy excuse the president used…

Elon Musk says he will no longer be involved in running his DOGE reign of error and won't donate money to politicians anymore. The media reports this without pointing out…

Considering how Trump is doling out pardons not just to his usual criminal cronies but even dead people like Pete Rose, how long until he's exonerating fictional crooks? I notice…

Another veteran rocker has hit the disabled list. Billy Joel has cancelled all his concerts as he deals with a neurological issue. Normal pressure hydrocephalus involves swelling of the ventricles…

War framed the title phrase as a lament. Trump and his crew view it as an objective. I have no idea why this band, despite several nominations, is not in…