Arts and Entertainment – Page 102

Song of the Day 7/18: Dan Auerbach, “Shine on Me”

By Alby July 18, 20221 Comment

As centuries go, this one totally sucks so far, and I can't see it doing enough in the second half to make up for this shitshow. So I'm going to…

Song of the Day 7/17: Billy Bragg, “Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards”

By Alby July 17, 20221 Comment

Billy Bragg wrote this upbeat sing-along, a "wait 'til next year!" anthem for progressives, after Margaret Thatcher's Tories swept the 1987 general elections. He called it "my way of owning…

Song of the Day 7/16: The Delfonics, “La-La (Means I Love You)”

By Alby July 16, 2022

William "Poogie" Hart, whose soaring falsetto as lead singer of the Delfonics helped define Philly soul, died Thursday in Philadelphia at age 77. Hart and his brother Wilbert had formed…

Song of the Day 7/15: The New Pornographers, “The Laws Have Changed”

By Alby July 15, 2022

I have no idea what prompted Carl Newman to write "It was crime at the time but the laws we changed 'em" -- this song appeared on the band's second…

Song of the Day 7/13: Graham Gouldman and Brian May, “Floating in Heaven”

By Alby July 13, 20222 Comments

NASA has released the first batch of images captured by the Webb space telescope, and rock's top astrophysicist, Brian May, has teamed up with 10cc songwriter Graham Gouldman on a…

Song of the Day 7/12: Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind”

By Alby July 12, 20225 Comments

Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett is probably best known for producing the soundtracks to the Coen brothers' movies, particularly "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "Inside Llewyn Davis," but he's…

Song of the Day 7/10: The Heimatdamisch, “Highway to Hell”

By Alby July 10, 20221 Comment

It's not showing up on the GPS, but I'm pretty sure we're rolling down the highway to hell, which gets us there a lot faster than that old ferry boat…

Song of the Day 7/8: Chris Isaak, “Somebody’s Crying”

By Alby July 8, 2022

You've probably noticed that pronouns have become politically loaded. It's become more common for people to declare themselves non-binary and ask that people use "they" instead of "he" or "she"…

Song of the Day 7/7: The Who, “Boris the Spider”

By Alby July 7, 20221 Comment

Despite what Pete Townsend says in the introduction, it's not a very strange song -- it was just decades ahead of its time when it debuted on "A Quick One"…

Song of the Day 7/6: Elvis Presley, “That’s All Right”

By Alby July 6, 20221 Comment

Elvis Presley, it turns out, is still a box-office draw. Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" is officially a hit, moving not only movie tickets but lots the King's greatest hits albums too.…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes For June 2022

By El Somnambulo July 5, 20222 Comments

Dave Alvin singing about a train? Know any better way to kick off a best-of-the-month wrap-up? I don't. This belongs in the pantheon of their very best: This whole album's…

Song of the Day 7/4: Taj Mahal, “Ain’t Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo’)”

By Alby July 4, 20228 Comments

I dunno about you, but I'm not feeling all that patriotic today as a Confederacy-worshiping minority tries to steer the country back to the past. Nobody should be whistling Dixie…

Song of the Day 7/3: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”

By Alby July 3, 2022

The story of Randy Bachman's guitar came full circle this week. In case you missed the story when it broke last fall, Bachman lost the 1957 Gretsch guitar -- one…