Song of the Day 6/25: Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, “Too Late to Turn Back Now”
So let me get this straight: The revolt of the Wagner mercenaries got halfway to Moscow and then turned back. I'm no warlord, but I don't think that's the way…
Song of the Day 6/24: The O’Jays, “Backstabbers”
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The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary forces is marching 25,000 soldiers on Moscow, and Vladimir Putin has responded in classic fascist fashion, describing it not just as treason but that…
Song of the Day 6/23: Randy Rainbow, “Donald in the John With Boxes”
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Randy Rainbow just dropped his latest, a ditty about Trump's reading habits and storage facilities set to the tune of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zDXVw0aatQ I suppose any…
Song of the Day 6/22: Stray Cats, “Cat Fight (Over a Dog Like Me)”
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Republicans always seem to stick together, if only because they're the minority party in the U.S. so they're doomed if they don't. Give them a scrap of power, though, and…
Song of the Day 6/21: Fountains of Wayne, “Sink to the Bottom”
I've detected a distinct lack of sympathy for the well-heeled victims of the OceanGate disaster (pro tip: never use the word "gate" in your name), so what the fuck, I…
Song of the Day 6/20: A.L. Phipps and the Phipps Family, “The Great Titanic”
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Five people have been lost descending to the wreck of the Titanic in a small submersible craft. A frantic search for them is underway, but unless the story gets a…
Song of the Day 6/19: The Rascals, “People Got to Be Free”
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How does an old white guy celebrate Juneteenth? I'm going with blue-eyed soul from some of its early practitioners, the Rascals. The sentiment sounds hokey today -- they don't play…
Song of the Day 6/17: Mungo Jerry, “In the Summertime”
Some people insist summer starts with the equinox on June 21. Bollocks. June, July and August constitute "the summer," and the people prove it every year by swarming the country's…
Song of the Day 6/16: Pat Benatar, “Hell Is for Children”
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We all realize that Republicans live in a heavily insulated bubble, but I don't think we can grasp how weird it is in there. Every once in a while, though,…
Song of the Day 6/15: Rod Stewart, “Handbags and Gladrags”
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Old-timers bitching about the feckless younger generation has been a constant throughout human history, and it always seems to find an eager audience. Consider this song, written in 1967 by…
Song of the Day 6/14: Frank and Nancy Sinatra, “Somethin’ Stupid”
Republicans are always saying something stupid, but it's rarely "I love you." When this song surged up the charts in 1967 the lyrics puzzled me -- how could the singer…
Song of the Day 6/13: Dave Matthews Band, “Busted Stuff”
Unless I'm missing some nuance, MAGAt Nation is threatening to bust stuff up just because their hero is being called to account for his lawbreaking. Yes, nothing says "we're the…
Song of the Day 6/12: AC/DC, “Highway to Hell”
Yesterday's I-95 fire and overpass collapse in Northeast Philadelphia quickly acquired a soundtrack. Somebody posted to social media a drive-by of the fire a few minutes before the collapse, black…