Posts by Alby

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…

Most Americans know little and care less about Eurovision, the annual international music contest that's sort of a cross between the Olympics and a Simon Cowell sing-off. Each participating country…

Happy Mother's Day. Get off your feet and onto a couple of sofas. From "One Size Fits All," the 1975 LP that was the last one credited to the Mothers…

Before Bob Marley recorded this song with the Wailers for his last LP, "Uprising," he recorded a series of demos, experimenting with its key and tempo. Some of them sound…

Imagine Dragons, in case you don't keep up with such things, is about as corporate as rock bands get these days, selling out arenas with a generic sound that has…

Been waiting for months for a day like this, and I don't mean just the weather. This 1977 smooth soul classic was Bill Withers' last Top 40 solo single. Though…