Sorry for all the James Taylor lately -- I've been suffering from insomnia -- but the chance to belittle Ted Cruz was just too strong to pass up. Cruz is…
Gee, sure is cold in Texas. Just goes to show that, on occasion, hell freezes over. That was the name of the 1994 reunion tour on which introduced this tune,…
With apologies to El Som, I actually hear other new music once in a while, though not nearly so much as he does because I'm so technologically inept. I'm so…
Something special for Valentine's Day: A song Eric Stewart wrote because his wife complained that he rarely told her he loved her."I had this crazy idea in my mind that…
The Senate Republican caucus could adopt this as a theme song, but their voices wouldn't -- ahem -- do it justice. James Taylor's wrote this bittersweet lullaby for his then-girlfriend…
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There were few more polarizing figures in jazz than Chick Corea, who died Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. But there was never any…
Snow has persisted on the ground for more than a week now, something that's noticeable is you walk a dog every day. Hence this tune, an example of Frank Zappa's…
Mary Wilson, the Supreme who stuck it out until the end, died yesterday at 76. In the group's early days, all three Supremes took turns singing lead. Wilson's deeper, grittier…
Gotta say, this new Biden administration and the invigorated Democratic Congress has far outstripped every expectation I had coming out of Trump's Reign of Error. The change in the mood…
Christopher Plummer, the accomplished Shakespearian actor made famous in a role he despised, died yesterday at age 91. Though he considered the movie he called "The Sound of Mucus" sentimental…
My pick for the new Republican Party theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjQa5-FD72g I still find it incredible Fleetwood Mac fired the guy most responsible for their superstardom, but when the band had…
If, like me, you wondered what Randy Rainbow was going to do with Trump out of the White House, you'll be happy to hear that a new target has appeared…
The GOP House caucus -- motto: "More shitbags than a colostomy clinic" -- gave Marjorie Taylor Greene a standing ovation at a closed-door meeting over her "controversial" (translation: batshit loony)…