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Song of the Day 5/9: The Judds, “Mama He’s Crazy”

By Alby May 9, 20221 Comment

The Judds ruled country music in the '80s. This song was their second single, the first of a nearly unbroken string of 14 that reached No. 1 on the country…

Song of the Day 5/7: Dave Alvin, “Plastic Rose”

By Alby May 7, 20224 Comments

When Dave Alvin released his second solo album, "Blue Blvd," in 1991, the Washington Post reviewer complimented it by saying the songs were like Raymond Carver stories. Alvin once told…

El Som’s One-Song Concert Sales Pitch: Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs

By El Somnambulo May 6, 2022

No, it's not an outlier. You're gonna get a whole evening of N'Awlins party music if you join me at the Arden Gild Hall, Friday, May 13 at 8 pm…

Song of the Day 5/5: Beck, “Loser”

By Alby May 5, 20221 Comment

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2022 is weak even by the institution's abysmal standards. The best-known inductees are Dolly Parton (despite her request not to be…

Song of the Day 5/4: Graham Parker, “You Can’t Be Too Strong”

By Alby May 4, 2022

A lot of critics think this song, whose lyrics provided the title for Graham Parker's 1979 album "Squeezing Out Sparks," is the best he ever wrote. But if you ever…

Song of the Day 5/3: Johnny Cash, “Camptown Races”

By Alby May 3, 20221 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona The Kentucky Derby is Saturday. Somebody will bet on the bay. Doo Dah. The singer in Stephen Foster’s “Camptown Races” did not bet on the…

Song of the Day 5/2: Squeeze, “The Day I Get Home”

By Alby May 2, 2022

"I eat the lines ahead of me." Chris Difford wrote that line more than 30 years ago, before you had to take your shoes off at the airport. From the…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: April, 2022

By El Somnambulo May 2, 20221 Comment

No better way to start out this month than with one of my fave artists of recent times. I love this song: If you like(d) Ought like I do (did):…

Song of the Day 5/1: The Motown Manifestos, “Papa Was a Running Dog Lackey of the Bourgeoisie”

By Alby May 1, 2022

Happy International Workers' Day, or la Fête du Travail as the government here prefers to call it. Workers just call it May Day. John Lennon once remarked that "Imagine" was…

Song of the Day 4/30: The Boo Radleys, “Wake Up Boo!”

By Alby April 30, 20221 Comment

Not woke yet, or just feeling a bit lacking in the wokeness department? Let the Boo Radleys remedy that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXPTnPmm78 The Boo Radleys were an early '90s Liverpool indie four-piece…

Song of the Day 4/29: Kool and the Gang, “Too Hot”

By Alby April 29, 2022

Maybe it's too common to be news anymore, but the Indian subcontinent is suffering under a brutal heat wave. Temperatures have been 10 degrees above normal for weeks and have…

Song of the Day 4/28: Gary Glitter, “Rock and Roll (Part 1)”

By Alby April 28, 2022

There's no other way to put it -- the French just think differently from everybody else. Paul Gadd was just 15 when, calling himself Paul Raven, he cut his first…

Song of the Day 4/27: The Replacements, “Androgynous”

By Alby April 27, 20222 Comments

Republicans are like an aging band that doesn't realize they're playing stale oldies for a graying audience. They've been trying to relitigate the 1960s for 50 years now without coming…