Posts by Alby

You know the California fires are bad – Hollywood is cancelling movie premieres and awards shows. In a way, the victims are lucky this happened now and not next month,…

Axl Rose wrote it about an overenthusiastic female fan, but when a senile dolt elected president by a nation of dolts talks about going to war over Greenland, the only…

The approach of the Trump circus caravan has most right-thinking people experiencing a sense of dread, a mood Chris Cornell knew well. He once told Melody Maker, "Fell on Black…

Snow days ain't what they used to be. Global warming has made snow scarce, and even when schools close a lot of kids don't go education-free, because remote learning didn't…

"A Complete Unknown," the Bob Bylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet released Dec. 25, has gotten mostly good reviews, and even the critics who dismissed it praised Chalamet's performance. As well…

I know how much El Somnambulo likes Top 10 lists, so here, in reverse order, are 2024's top 10 Songs of the Day, measured by reader views. The No. 1…

Listening to this 1974 No. 10 hit for soul singer/songwriter/guitarist Bobby Womack, you'd never guess it started out as a traditional spiritual. Like much of the transformation of gospel into…

This is for El Somnambulo, and anyone else on Day 2 of their Dry January. Bartees Strange is one of his faves. I'm sure he's this song already – it's…

You probably don't know the name of this tune, but if you've ever seen a commercial for Philadelphia's Mummers Parade you've heard it. Ferko String Band sold 1 million copies…

There is something about the tune we use for Robert Burns' "Auld Lang Syne" that urges people to start singing. Listen to the start of this video of Dutch violinist…

Bleak times call for bleak songs. Lou Reed made this the centerpiece of his critically acclaimed 1989 LP "New York," and it topped Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for four…

It has been a long December, but I don't think anybody believes this coming year will be better than the last. Adam Duritz doesn't sound like he believes it when…

Sclerotic bully Donald Trump has been talking tough about Panama, which like, sure, Grandpa. I'm not the only one whose mind went to this 1984 Van Halen classic, which has…