Posts by Alby

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…

To the extent Damon Albarn is known in the United States, it's for his work with his side project, the virtual band Gorillaz. His real band, Blur, never cracked the…

Comic actor George Wendt, most famous for his role as "Cheers" barfly Norm Peterson, died at age 76 yesterday, the 32nd anniversary of the show's last episode. He appeared on…

Big news for fans of the Doors: The bust that decorated Jim Morrison's tomb, stolen 37 years ago and presumed lost forever, was found in Paris by police investigating unrelated…