Song of the Day 5/10: Earth, Wind & Fire, “Mom”
The paean to his mother that Maurice White wrote tugs a little harder on the heartstrings when you realize that she didn't raise him. He was a boy when his…
Song of the Day 5/8: The Waterboys, “Don’t Even Have to Say His Name”
One welcome feature of European media: They don't bother with what Trump tweets, they report on what he does, so they don't dwell on the daily chaos that dominates American…
Song of the Day 5/7: Uncle Tupelo, “Whiskey Bottle”
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As El Somnambulo noted in the Open Thread news roundup, if Kash Patel doesn't want people to think he's a boozehound, maybe he should quit handing out personalized bottles of…
Song of the Day 5/6: Robert Hazard, “Escalator of Life”
Like most malls across the United States, North Wilmington's Concord Mall has been struggling for years. Now a Philadelphia-area developer that specializes in repurposing moribund malls wants to buy it…
Song of the Day 5/5: Liz Phair, “Cinco de Mayo”
Cinco de Mayo, like St. Patrick's Day, is observed more in the United States than in the country it honors, and for much the same reason: Beer. The Mexican military…
Song of the Day 5/4: David Allan Coe, “Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)”
I suppose Satan stopped worrying that David Allen Coe would take over, because the cantankerous country singer and songwriter finally got to meet Old Nick last week when he –…
Song of the Day 5/3: Wilco, “Impossible Germany”
Donald Trump, in another fit of pique against another erstwhile NATO ally, abruptly announced that the U.S. will move 5,000 of its troops out of Germany, apparently because its prime…
Song of the Day 5/2: Dan Fogelberg, “Run for the Roses”
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For decades, the first weekend in May has been circled on the calendars of Delaware's horse racing fans. The Kentucky Derby is always run on the first Saturday of the…
Song of the Day 4/30: Steely Dan, “Any Major Dude Will Tell You”
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As the breezy B-side to "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," the most successful single of Steely Dan's career, "Any Major Dude" got some airplay and has long been a fan…
Song of the Day 4/29: The Beatles, “I’ll Follow the Sun”
I knew the nation's NIMBYs will use any argument to fight the scourge of wind farms. The most prominent excuses are that they kill birds (true, but in far fewer…
Song of the Day 4/28: The Beau Brummels, “Laugh, Laugh”
Trump and his immigrant wife are insisting that ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel for joking that Melania had the "glow of an expectant widow." They insist this was an incitement to…
Song of the Day 4/27: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, “Blinded By the Light”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona Is “Blinded by the Light” a Bruce Springsteen song or a Manfred Mann song? Bruce wrote it in 1973 but people didn’t buy it. The…
Song of the Day 4/26: Nirvana, “Lithium”
H/t El Somnambulo's Sunday magazine item about lithium mining. Rechargeable batteries weren't on Kurt Cobain's mind when he wrote this "Nevermind" track in 1990 – back then lithium was best…