Song of the Day 4/22: Loudon Wainwright III, “Hard Day on the Planet”
This seems like an appropriate song for Earth Day in the age of Trump. Nearly every affliction Loudon Wainwright listed back in 1986 is still a problem today. He knows…
Song of the Day 4/21: The Stanley Brothers, “Angel Band”
Pope Francis has rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible, apparently after a surprisingly active Easter considering he was at death's door last month. Also, it seems that…
Song of the Day 4/20: The Beatles, “Got to Get You Into My Life”
It wasn't until 1997 that Paul McCartney revealed that this song wasn't written about someone but rather something. "It's actually an ode to pot," he acknowledged, "like someone else might…
Song of the Day 4/18: John Lennon, “Power to the People”
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Welcome to the resistance...what? Who? David Brooks? Seriously? Milquetoast center-right New York Times columnist David Brooks is calling for widespread resistance to the Trump regime? You better believe it, baby.…
Song of the Day 4/16: The Gun, “Race With the Devil”
The notion that the devil has all the best tunes didn't start with rock and roll. It goes all the way back to the 18th century, when Anglican cleric George…
Song of the Day 4/15: Johnny Paycheck, “Me and the I.R.S.”
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It's too bad Johnny Paycheck didn't live long enough to see what Trump and Musk have done to the Internal Revenue Service: A projected $500 billion will go uncollected because…
Song of the Day 4/14: Chicago, “An Hour in the Shower”
You probably didn't notice this last week, what with the destruction of the world economy and all, but Donald Trump renewed his war on water efficiency standards. He took time…
Song of the Day 4/13: Kraftwerk, “Computer Love”
OK, from now on the tariff on Chinese goods is ... eleventy jillion percent! Oh, wait, hold on a sec ... um, except for smartphones and computers and stuff like…
Song of the Day 4/11: T’Pau, “China in Your Hand”
Master negotiator Donald Trump claims he lured China into this trade war, which I suppose makes him a master baiter, and I'm not above pointing it out. He thinks he's…
Song of the Day 4/10: 10cc, “The Wall Street Shuffle”
Credit where it's due: Turns out that all sorts of scandals pale to insignificance when you threaten to destroy the global economy, and if you time everything right there's money…
Song of the Day 4/9: Duran Duran, “Hungry Like the Wolf”
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Government-funded science research might be a thing of the past, but private enterprise is there to pick up the slack. Why just this week, the sciencey entrepreneurs at something called…
Song of the Day 4/8: Willie Nelson, “Whiskey River”
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As nations around the world play tit-for-tat with Trump's tariffs, one American export seemed to bear the brunt of international ire: Bourbon. Kentucky whiskey was removed from shelves to great…
Song of the Day 4/7: Ohio Players, “Love Rollercoaster”
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I was all set to go with "Free Fallin'," but the stock markets fluctuated wildly this morning, so the Ohio Players it is. "Love Rollercoaster" became their second No. 1…