Guitarist Richard Lloyd, who died at age 75 of bile duct cancer, was treated as punk rock royalty for his work with Tom Verlaine in Television, where they spiked punk's…
Guest post by Nathan Arizona What could be more calming in anxious times than watching newborn puppies 24 hours a day, or however long your tolerance for cuteness will let…
The blue tide in Texas swept through the Rio Grande valley, where Hispanics turned against the GOP in a big way. Among the beneficiaries was Tejano musician turned politician Bobby…
We've heard for days now that early voting is uncommonly heavy for a midterm election, demonstrating how eager many people are to give Trump his comeuppance. Proving yet again the…
Democrats have been waiting two years for the chance to slow America's descent into fascism, and tomorrow we'll finally find out if the voters have met the challenge. Will the…
Patrick Stewart--A Fighter Against Domestic Violence: When Patrick Stewart was growing up in the 1940s, he witnessed how, after his father beat his mother, home doctors and ambulance workers would…
Screamin' Jay Hawkins never made the Billboard charts, and he resented the adjective his record label affixed to his name. "If it were up to me, I wouldn't be Screamin'…
If you were raised in Delaware or nearby parts of Pennsylvania or New Jersey, you probably know the night before Halloween as Mischief Night, when children and adolescents engage in…
Just when I'd resigned myself to an anti-climactic year's end, a month like this comes along. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have: In which a well-meaning bloke…
Today is the deadline for WXPN's listener poll of the best songs from movies or television. Each voter gets to list 10 songs, and like El Somnambulo, I try to…
Neil Young is suing Donald Trump's political action committee again for the unauthorized use of "Rockin' in the Free World," and this time he's trying to hit them where it…
Do they serve the drinks with straws at the Cheesecake Factory? I hope so, because the GOP is grasping at them in its bid to stave off disaster. You might…
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Back when microbrew was a term that meant nothing, unless it was a tiny glass of beer, there were four primary national beers – Budweiser,…