Posts by Alby

Yesterday he was a provocateur. Today he's a martyr. I'm talking about the guy who said, "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new…

You might have heard this song while you were watching the Paris Olympics last year, or Wes Anderson's "Darjeeling Limited." It was a huge hit for Joe Dassin in 1969,…

Supertramp was a band that couldn't survive success. The band was founded by organist Rick Davies and guitarist Roger Hodgson, who shared lead vocals and songwriting duties. They began drifting…

Earlier this year Bruce Springsteen released seven previously unreleased albums from the vaults, but didn't include the one fans have clamored for since the '80s – the full-band version of…

Mark Volman, who co-founded the '60s pop band the Turtles with his friend Howard Kaylan, died in Nashville Friday at age 78. He had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia…

There are so many awful women in Trump's inner circle it's impossible to decide which one to dedicate this song to. We don't know who Lee Moses was singing about,…

Some great, classic songs by great, classic artists were released as singles in 1969. "Get Back" by the Beatles. "Honky Tonk Women" by the Stones. Sly's "Everyday People," Creedence's "Proud…

Most people who've heard of the Ndlovu Youth Choir encountered them back in 2019, when they reached the final round of "America's Got Talent," despite hailing from Limpopo, South Africa.…

Donald Trump has finally found a way to get people to stop talking about the Epstein Files: Let them think he's dying. His bruised hands and cankles and lack of…

Happy Labor Day, I suppose, though I don't see much to celebrate under a president who makes Reagan seem like a friend of the working man. This song from the…

Hey, Matt Meyer! This one's for you! One of the deep cuts from "#1 Record," the 1972 debut album by Big Star that's regarded as one of the founding documents…

In 2012 somebody posted three songs to YouTube, purportedly by an obscure soul group from the early '70s, Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings. All three were covers, soul arrangements of…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona If you wonder how a lunkhead (I mean regular guy) like Travis Kelce landed the teen-girl whisperer who became the most powerful woman in the…