Song of the Day 4/16: Matthew Sweet, “Evangeline”
The Trump administration seems to have declared war on the Vatican. Donald Trump commands the U.S. military's 1.3 million active personnel. The Pope is protected by the 135-man Swiss Guard.…
Song of the Day 4/15: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, “What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes”
Republicans love to claim they're cutting taxes, but a recent study found that thanks to Trump's tariffs, the net effect this year is to increase taxes on Americans in all…
Song of the Day 4/14: The Caulfields, “Devil’s Diary”
Trump finally did something that pissed off even his Christian nationalist supporters when he posted an AI collage centering on an image of himself as Jesus. After enough people called…
Song of the Day 4/13: Donald Byrd, “Fallin’ Like Dominoes”
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H/t Al Jackson Donald Trump's ongoing humiliation at the hands of Iran has revealed his weakness. Like any narcissist, he has to respond by looking tough. And what better way…
Song of the Day 4/12: Warren Zevon, “The Envoy”
The adage "never send a boy to do a man's job" seems to have originated in the 1850s and gained wide circulation during the American Civil War. It still applies…
Song of the Day 4/10: The Kingsmen, “Louie Louie”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Tomorrow is International Louie Louie Day. Not every song gets a Day, but “Louie Louie” isn’t every song. It’s been almost fanatically celebrated from the…
Song of the Day 4/9: Fred Astaire, “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
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It's an age-old story: Person gets elected, uses the office to get a cushy job in the NGO sector, then uses their government position to steer money to their non-government…
Song of the Day 4/8: Tyrone Davis, “Can I Change My Mind”
Trump earned his taunting "taco" sobriquet because he almost always makes bellicose threats and then backs down instead of following through on them. But I think everyone's glad he rescinded…
Song of the Day 4/7: Napoleon XIV, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa!”
After Donald the Trump posted his Easter screed, threatening Iran like Iran has never been threatened before – big, beautiful threatening, the greatest threatening they've ever seen, many people are…
Song of the Day 4/6: Queen, “Hammer to Fall”
Another day, another deadline. Mad Donald, ever projecting, says Iran had better "open the fuckin' strait, you crazy bastards" or tomorrow he'll commit more war crimes by bombing civilian targets.…
Song of the Day 4/5: Murray Head, “Superstar”
Before the movie, before the stage show, before even the concept album, "Jesus Christ Superstar" began with this single. Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice couldn't get financial backing to…
Song of the Day 4/3: The La’s, “There She Goes”
Buh-bye, Pam Bondi. The jangle-pop classic "There She Goes" stands as the crowning achievement of a songwriter who's been called "the J.D. Salinger of pop." Liverpool native Lee Mavers, frontman…
Song of the Day 4/2: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, “Against the Wind”
H/t to Cape Gazette editorial cartoonist Jim Paterson, whose recent cartoon used the title of the Bob Seger song as the headline for his take on the battle between the…