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…
Song of the Day 4/6: Steely Dan, “Home at Last”
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This song from the 1979 album "Aja" is unique in Steely Dan's catalog: It's the only one with solos by both Donald Fagen, on synthesizer, and Walter Becker on guitar.…
Song of the Day 4/4: Randy Newman, “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country”
Randy Newman wrote an advance obit for the USA a while back that seems as if it were written to run today (h/t Lawyers, Guns & Money). It first appeared…
Song of the Day 4/3: R.E.M., “Man on the Moon”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona In a post-Andy Kaufman world, it was perfectly natural for R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe to question the moon landing in “Man on the Moon.” The song…
Song of the Day 4/2: Killing Joke, “Pandemonium”
I'll be traveling today, so I'll be spared whatever freakout ensues from whatever bilious bullshit Trump spews. I am, however, assuming pandemonium as the baseline outcome. Killing Joke's 40-year career…
Song of the Day 4/1: The Rolling Stones, “Fool to Cry”
Stock markets have been wobbly in anticipation of tomorrow's Trump dumbfuckery. Crying or not, there are enough fools running American industry to cover not just today but every day of…
Song of the Day 3/31: Bruce Cockburn, “If I Had a Rocket Launcher”
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Haven't we all thought this in the past few months? Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn was a folkie who had written just a few political songs before he joined a 1983…
Song of the Day 3/30: The Damned, “Smash It Up”
I don't know whether to dedicate this one to Elon Musk or the protesters who are taking out their fury on his Tesla dealerships. It's the signature song by the…
Song of the Day 3/29: Cheap Trick, “Surrender”
Major law firms are knuckling under to Trump, but Delaware lawmakers one-upped them: They surrendered to Elon Musk himself. Unfortunately, they fucked up by not following Cheap Trick songwriter Rick…