Song of the Day 1/16: Dinosaur Jr., “Start Choppin'”
I have learned over the years that J. Mascis is an acquired taste that a lot of people failed to acquire, but this breakup song comes as close to mass…
Song of the Day 1/15: Steely Dan, “With a Gun”
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How do wingnut Congresswomen go to Congress? That's right, with a gun. This isn't one of the Dan's more celebrated tunes; it was hidden in the middle of side 2…
Song of the Day 1/14: Dandy Livingstone, “Rudy, a Message to You”
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Most rock fans know this song because The Specials reached No. 10 in the UK with a cover in 1979. This is the original rocksteady version by Jamaican-born British singer…
Song of the Day: Richard Thompson, “Oops I Did It Again”
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Congrats, Donnie Two Scoops, you're the first guy to do that getting impeached thing again. When a magazine asked Richard Thompson for a list of the best popular songs of…
Song of the Day 1/11: The Rolling Stones, “Play With Fire”
Insurrectionists are finding out that their little cosplay coup has produced repercussions IRL. Should have listened to Mick and the boys, though I suppose this song, originally the B-side of…
Song of the Day 1/10: Randy Rainbow, “Sedition”
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You have to wonder what Randy Rainbow's next gig will be in the post-Trump era. Will he turn into Vaughn Meader, the JFK impersonator whose career evaporated after Kennedy's assassination?…
Song of the Day 1/9: Was (Not Was), “Dad I’m in Jail”
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Lots of people who joined Vanilla Isis should be singing this one this morning, though maybe without the "Dad" -- I read somewhere that the average age of the cosplay…
Song of the Day 1/8: Elton John, “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”
The Republican rush for the exits had generated plenty of people saying "I-never-thought" and "we-only-meant," but one word has been conspicuously absent from any Republican I've heard. Guess what it…
Song of the Day 1/6: Old Crow Medicine Show, “Marching Through Georgia”
H/t Ben, for suggesting this as the song to listen to today. I'd like to hear it sung by a chorus led by Stacey Abrams, but I'm happy to settle…
Song of the Day 1/5: Ray Charles, “Georgia on My Mind”
Hey, Georgia is on everyone's mind today. Personally, I expect Democrats to be just as disappointed with the results as they were with the rest of 2020's senate elections, but…
Song of the Day 1/4: Gerry and the Pacemakers, “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying”
Gerry Marsden, lead singer and main songwriter for Merseybeat pioneers Gerry and the Pacemakers, died yesterday of a heart infection at age 78. Before Beatlemania became a worldwide phenomenon, Marsden…
Song of the Day 1/2: Brittany Howard, “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
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So I'm minding my own business the other night, reading online while my wife watched TV, when the speakers swelled with someone singing what sounded like a gospel song. I…
You Simply MUST Watch ‘Trial 4’.
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It's on Netflix. An incredible episodic documentary about a 1993 killing of a Boston policeman, and how the 'justice' system fixated on a Black suspect who spent 22 years in…