Posts by Alby

It looks like Elizabeth Holmes is finally headed to prison for defrauding investors (who included Rupert Murdoch and Betsy DeVos so, y'know, limited sympathy) with her bogus blood-testing device. Will…

Fifty years ago last week, a new record label debuted with an unusual offering -- an LP that consisted of two side-long compositions by a 19-year-old guitarist, Mike Oldfield, who…

The News Journal's Ryan Cormier has a paywalled story about the latest trend in college drinking in Newark, where the University of Delaware apparently remains among the nation's top party…

It is indeed a beautiful morning, but gardens aren't going to stay beautiful long if we don't get some rain soon. Don't worry, not on the holiday weekend -- no…

On her final visit to the United States in 2019 for the opening of a musical about her life, Tina Turner, who died Wednesday at 83, reflected on how far…

Kyrsten Sinema is one of the more curious political cases out there. How does someone start out a Green and wind up a corporate tool? Whatever the reason -- after…

This song must be having a moment. I heard it three times on the radio, on three different stations, in the past two weeks, and even though it's one of…

For the second time in less than a year, Jimmy Buffett has cancelled concerts due to health issues that required immediate attention. Now 76, the country's second-richest Buffett -- his…

I haven't listened to much hyperpop, but this song by 100 gecs, from their recent album "10,000 gecs," caught my ear with its syncopated rhythm and aggro lyrics that seem…

Seems Dodderin' Joe Biden is doing it wrong again. After saying he wouldn't negotiate on raising the debt ceiling -- itself a negotiating stance -- he's now negotiating on raising…

Colorado Congressclown Lauren Boebert has been demonstrating those Republican family values again, this time by serving her husband with divorce papers. He reportedly didn't take it well; the process server…

Everyone knows the version by the Brothers Johnson, a. No. 5 hit in 1977. Fewer realize that it's a cover of a tune written by guitar prodigy Shuggie Otis, who…