Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 5/21: Fred Willard and Catherine O’Hara, “Midnight at the Oasis”
The late, great Fred Willard couldn’t sing, and you can prove it by the lack of video clips showing him doing it. His brief vocal turn in “Waiting for Guffman,” as travel agent/community theater leading man Ron Albertson (with Catherine O’Hara as his wife/leading lady Shiela), reveals limits to both his range and his ability […]
Song of the Day 5/20: Weird Al Yankovic, “Fat”
She spends a lot less time slinging insults than Trump does, but Nancy Pelosi absolutely owned the All-Too-Visible Enemy with a little concern trolling Monday, pointing out that he probably shouldn’t be taking hydroxychloroquine given his age group and “weight group…morbidly obese.” She then dunked on him yesterday, claiming, I didn’t know that he would […]
Song of the Day 5/18: Stevie Nicks, “Stand Back”
This is the theme song for my mandatory two-week quarantine. I play it for anyone who wants to visit, right after I explain to them that for some reason two-thirds of the people working at London Heathrow couldn’t be bothered to wear masks. Though he isn’t credited as co-writer, this song owes its existence to […]
Song of the Day 5/17: Linda Ronstadt and Chuck Berry, “Back in the USA”
There’s quite a backstory to this live performance from 1987 in St. Louis, Chuck Berry’s hometown, at the first of two concerts to celebrate his 60th birthday. “Back in the USA” wasn’t one of Berry’s biggest hits. He wrote it in 1959, after returning from an Australian tour, but it made it only to No. […]
Song Of The Day 5/16: Ronnie Love-Chills And Fever
A song about social distancing? Didn’t think so. Tom Jones gave it the ol’ white boy college try: Samantha Fish shows how it should be done:
Song Of The Day 5/15: David Crosby, “Almost Cut My Hair”
As Alby is in transit, today’s song is all about me. Oh, sure, I might have been short-changed in the height department, and I might be one or two (or so) pounds over my ideal weight, but there is no denying my Samsonesque locks. Women have been remarking about my hirsute hotness for decades now. […]
Song of the Day 5/14: Thompson Twins, “Doctor! Doctor!”
Dr. Anthony Fauci has gotten on Trump’s nerves for weeks now, and even a reporter for the Associated Press noticed that it’s making the Man-Baby Menace furious. Has Fauci noticed? Can’t he see Trump is burning, burning? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APyl6Cnbfzw This was the Thompson Twins’ follow-up to their monster 1984 hit, “Hold Me Now.”
Song of the Day 5/13: Ice Cube, “Your Money or Your Life”
Pollsters asked people whether they were more worried about public health or the economy. Among Democrats, public health was more important by a 72-16 margin. Republicans, the economy won out, 55-38. So, in essence, a majority of Republicans are like Jack Benny — forced to choose between their money or their life, they’d have to […]
Song of the Day 5/12: Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, “Forget About Georgia”
Though a few states never shut down to deal with the coronavirus, Georgia was the first to ease its lockdown restrictions. Gov. Brian Kemp apparently thought he was doing it with the approval of Trump, but the pee-resident slagged him for it within 24 hours. Now the state’s residents have made their feelings known: Only […]
Song of the Day 5/11: Roy Zimmerman and the ReZisters, “Vote Him Away (The Liar Tweets Tonight)”
I can’t even count how many internet wags have repurposed “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” to the Trump era by singing “The Liar Tweets Tonight.” Roy Zimmerman released a different version two years ago, but he’s now updated it for the COVID crisis with references not just to Trump’s pandemic pratfalls but to “Tiger King” Joe […]
Song of the Day 5/10: Little Richard, “Tutti Frutti”
Many critics consider this song, released in 1955, as the first rock ‘n’ roll record, and while Richard Penniman rarely got as much credit as Chuck Berry or Bill Haley, “Tutti Frutti” embodied the raucous spirit of the new music better than any of them. It earned Little Richard a spot in the Rock and […]
Song of the Day 5/9: Trout Fishing in America, “The Window”
There’s an apocryphal story about the Russian space program. The United States, according to the legend, spent millions of dollars trying to invent a ball-point pen that would work in the zero-gravity environment of space. The Russians, faced with the same situation, spent nothing. They just used pencils. So while the CIA came up with […]
Song of the Day 5/8: Bob Dylan, “False Prophet”
Bob Dylan dropped another new song last night, this time with an announcement that it’s a cut from a new album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” set for release June 19. This one’s a slow bluesy number. Lyrics below. Another day that don’t end Another ship goin’ out Another day of anger, bitterness, and doubt I […]
Recent Comments