Arts and Entertainment – Page 105

The Beach Boys Usher In Summer

By El Somnambulo May 30, 20226 Comments

I mean, who else? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoDm_flnwxc Let Summer Begin!

Song of the Day 5/28: The Black Keys, “Tell Me Lies”

By Alby May 28, 2022

There's so much lying in public life that the media has become numb to it -- producers and editors aired and printed Trump's lies with a shrug and without bothering…

Song of the Day 5/27: Emitt Rhodes, “You Should Be Ashamed”

By Alby May 27, 2022

This one's for all the people who think that gun violence can be curtailed by doing anything other than restricting access to guns. The song, released on Rhodes' eponymous 1970…

Song of the Day 5/26: Nilsson, “Jump Into the Fire”

By Alby May 26, 2022

I didn't even have to finish reading the headline about actor Ray Liotta's death at age 67 for this song to start playing in my head. As any Scorsese fan…

Song of the Day 5/25: Candlebox, “I’ve Got a Gun”

By Alby May 25, 2022

Candlebox released this cri de coeur about gun violence in 2016, long after the Seattle band's grunge-era heyday. Frontman Kevin Martin, asked about the song's inspiration by Songfacts, said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otzfCw87_fo…

Song of the Day 5/22: The Velvet Underground, “All Tomorrow’s Parties”

By Alby May 22, 2022

Andy Warhol, who launched the Velvet Underground by making them part of his Exploding Plastic Inevitable, called this first single from the band's debut album his favorite VU song. Composer…

Song of the Day 5/20: Kevin Morby, “This Is a Photograph”

By Alby May 20, 20221 Comment

With apologies to El Somnambulo, who handles the new music feature round these parts, I've been in the car a lot the past few days and have heard this one…

Song of the Day 5/18: Eric Clapton, “Change the World”

By Alby May 18, 20221 Comment

Eric Clapton, who's been in the news several times during the pandemic for his anti-vax and anti-quarantine views, has had to cancel some concerts because, inevitably, he's caught Covid. What's…

Song of the Day 5/17: Cheryl Wheeler, “If It Were Up to Me”

By Alby May 17, 2022

Folksinger Cheryl Wheeler wrote this in 1998, in the aftermath of the Jonesboro, Ark., school shootings. They were shocking at the time because the murderers were just 13 and 11…

Song of the Day 5/15: Spinal Tap, “Rock and Roll Nightmare”

By Alby May 15, 20221 Comment

They're not asking for my two cents, but I think the Rock Hall of Fame is squandering a golden opportunity by not enshrining Spinal Tap. Not only are they known…

Song of the Day 5/14: Big Thief, “Little Things”

By Alby May 14, 20224 Comments

I know El Somnambulo doesn't care for this band all that much, but this was the first thing I heard by them when it came out last year and I…

Song of the Day 5/12: Leonard Cohen, “Everybody Knows”

By Alby May 12, 20222 Comments

I assume everybody knows this Cohen classic, if not from his 1988 album "I'm Your Man," then from its plentiful covers and frequent use in movies and TV soundtracks. But…

Song of the Day 5/10: Steve Miller Band, “Living in the U.S.A.”

By Alby May 10, 2022

For historical context, musicians like Steve Miller were trashing the emptiness of American culture way back in 1968, when Boz Scaggs was still in the band and Miller still delivered…