Arts and Entertainment – Page 103

Song of the Day 7/23: Queen, “Bicycle Race”

By Alby July 23, 20221 Comment

This year's Tour de France isn't over, but the winner was determined this morning when teammates Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard finished 1-2 in Stage 20, a 40-km individual…

Song of the Day 7/22: Elvis Costello, “Radio, Radio”

By Alby July 22, 20225 Comments

WDEL is holding an open house today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and I'll be on the air with Rick Jensen at 11 a.m.…

Song of the Day 7/21: David Bowie, “I’m Afraid of Americans”

By Alby July 21, 2022

David Bowie included this one, co-written with Brian Eno, on his 1997 album "Earthlings." As is so often the case, its point has been sharpened in the years since its…

Song of the Day 7/20: Little Anthony and the Imperials, “Tears on My Pillow”

By Alby July 20, 20228 Comments

In honor of my cat, Little Anthony, who passed on this morning, age 17. Jerome Anthony Gourdine started out as the lead singer for the group that became the Imperials,…

Song of the Day 7/19: War, “Slippin’ Into Darkness”

By Alby July 19, 20221 Comment

After two albums with Eric Burdon, who left the band in the middle of a tour, War was on its second LP without him when it scored its first hit…

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"…