Posts by Alby

Guest post by Nathan Arizona When folk singer and songwriter Mary McCaslin was 6 she and her family moved across the country from Indiana to California. She remembered being excited…

If you watched the aftermath of the World Cup match between the US and Australia last week you heard the jubilant crowd break into song, as soccer crowds often do.…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Ace the band was a one-hit wonder. The hit itself became a classic-rock staple. The lead singer became an important longtime figure in British rock,…

Post By Alby: Donald Trump has always been a fuck-up at everything except getting attention, so it's always fun to see him botch projects in his supposed area of expertise,…

We're not supposed to call people "homeless" anymore. Advocates prefer the term "unhoused," because "homeless" supposedly casts blame on the victims themselves. Others disagree. They think "unhoused" comes across as…

The weather forecast is iffy – scattered thunderstorms – but a lot of people would like to see Donald Trump's tacky UFC Brawn on the Lawn extravaganza tonight suffer the…

Whenever I've considered using "Evil Woman" as a topical song, I faced the problem of deciding which of the MAGA villainesses deserved the distinction. But one by one, the Clickbait…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Ironically, Frank Sinatra was at his most sensitive when he joined Antonio Carlos Jobim on Jobim’s song “How Insensitive." He needed to be. Jobim was…

In what I assume is a dry run for November, Republicans throughout the land are squawking that the mayoral primary in Los Angeles – along with all other elections in…

After inconveniencing tens of thousands of New Yorkers so he could watch game 3 of the NBA finals, Donald Trump did what we all wish he'd do more: He fell…

Irving Berlin wrote well over 1,000 songs during his 60-year career. Many are now standards that we hear frequently, a list headed by the all-time No. 1 holiday tune, "White…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona People are looking for Lewis and Clark again. Sure, the guys who explored the rivers, forests and mountains of President Jefferson’s newly purchased western territory…

Here's how hard up Trump is for acts willing to play his big birthday party for America: He's enlisted Lee Greenwood, of "God Bless the USA" fame, to warble that…