Song of the Day 3/11: Deep Purple, “Hush”
Of all the illegal acts Donald Trump has committed, its appears lying about his hush-money payment to a hooker is the one that will get him indicted first. It's worth…
Song of the Day 3/10: The Dave Clark Five, “Catch Us If You Can”
Stop me if you've heard this one: The leader of the Trump crime family is about to be indicted. Yeah, sure he is. He's been indictable for 40 years and…
Song of the Day 3/9: Disturbed, “The Sound of Silence”
Sometimes it takes a cover to show everyone how great a song can be. "The Sound of Silence" was the song that made Simon & Garfunkel famous, but not right…
Song of the Day 3/8: Ted Hawkins, “Cold and Bitter Tears”
A lot of people have never heard Ted Hawkins, the singer-songwriter who spent most of his career busking on the boardwalk in Venice Beach, where he earned, he said, about…
Song of the Day 3/7: Sweet, “Fox on the Run”
The Dominion lawsuit against Fox "News" has provided receipts showing the Murdoch media empire is nothing but a propaganda arm of the international fascist movement, which isn't news to anybody…
Song of the Day 3/6: Wayne Shorter with the Miles Davis Quintet, “Footprints”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona From Miles to the Multiverse. That’s the trajectory Wayne Shorter took as he established himself over a 67-year career as what the New Yorker called…
Song of the Day 3/3: The Ramones, “Punishment Fits the Crime”
I suppose there's a reason America's laughably labeled "news" channels covered some South Carolina ass clown's murder trial as if it were OJ 2.0 -- I didn't experience this first-hand,…
Song of the Day 3/2: Big Louisiana, Willy Rafus and Arthur Davis, “Let Your Hammer Ring”
A bunch of millionaires known as "U.S. senators" have been sitting around in their Washington, D.C., offices pretending that the richest country in the history of the world simply can't…
Song of the Day 3/1: Laura Jane Grace, “Lolo 13”
If drag shows freak Republicans out, I wonder how freaked they'd be by an actual transgender performer like Laura Jane Grace. Born Thomas James Gabel, Grace came out in 2012…
Song of the Day 2/28: Aerosmith, “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
As anyone who follows the news knows, Republicans have a hard on for drag queens -- uh, maybe I should rephrase that. Or maybe I shouldn't. Southern states must be…
Song of the Day 2/27: Albert Hammond, “It Never Rains in Southern California”
The weather in the USA has been weird lately -- 50-degree temperature swings, February tornadoes and snow in Southern California. Maybe the lyrics of this song need an update --…
Song of the Day 2/26: Iris DeMent, “Goin’ Down to Sing in Texas”
Singer-songwriter Iris DeMent isn't usually described as a folk singer, I suppose because much of her work sounds like country music, but some of her compositions are as pointed as…
The Straight Dope on Masks
For some reason, a few MAGAts got tired of buffing their muskets and decided to weigh in on scientific matters that they don't understand. Don't be too hard on them…