Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 10/24: Blind Melon, “No Rain”
Move over, Dry January. Philadelphia and the surrounding region are experiencing a dry October – there has been no measurable rainfall this month, and there isn’t expected to be any through Election Day. Blind Melon was a one-hit wonder in large part because their lead singer, Shannon Hoon, died of a drug overdose in 1995. […]
Song of the Day 10/23: The Hollies, “King Midas in Reverse”
It’s long been noted that everything Donald Trump touches turns to shit, and the past few days supplied more evidence for the theory: Trump pretended to work at a McDonald’s as a campaign stunt, and days later the fast-food chain is hit with a deadly E. coli outbreak. Graham Nash wrote this single for the […]
‘Bulo’s XPN Top Ten Songs Of The 21st Century
For all of you, those of you, any of you(?) clamoring for more musical content, I’m your man. This year, XPN is counting down the 885 Best Songs Of The 21st Century as chosen by You, The Listeners. It’s an impossible task, so here’s what I did. I made a list of favorites that I’m […]
Song of the Day 10/22: Faith No More, “Falling to Pieces”
From all reports, Donald Trump has gone from sounding like the guy at the end of the bar to the guy who lives under the bridge. It won’t cost him any votes, of course, but it does bring up the prospect of an epic power struggle among Republicans should he win. It will be a […]
Song of the Day 10/21: AC/DC, “Meltdown”
H/t to DFL, who suggested this one the other day. It was released on the 2000 LP “Stiff Upper Lip.”
Song of the Day 10/18: James Brown, “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World”
Among the tracks spun by DJ Donnie Two Scoops in Oaks, Pa., the other day was this James Brown classic. Originally released in 1966, it reached No. 8 on Billboard’s Hot 100, Brown’s first Top 10 single, and No. 1 on the R&B chart. You can see why the overtly chauvinistic title would appeal to […]
Song of the Day 10/16: Five for Fighting, “100 Years”
Jimmy Carter entered hospice care two years ago, and his relatives say the end is near. But before he turned 100 on Oct. 1 he said he wanted to live long enough to cast a vote for Kamala Harris. He got his wish Wednesday when he filled out a mail-in ballot. The milestone isn’t as […]
Song of the Day 10/16: Red Rider, “Lunatic Fringe”
You might remember this song from 1985, when it was used on “Miami Vice” and the movie “Vision Quest,” but you probably don’t remember the band. Red Rider never reached the Top 40 in the United States, but they were major rock stars north of the border, where all their albums went platinum. They ruled […]
Song of the Day 10/15: The Doobie Brothers, “Listen to the Music”
I don’t know who’s DJing Donald Trump’s rallies, but after seeing the partial playlist from yesterday’s question-and-answer session turned listening party, I think he needs some new material. “Ave Maria” and “YMCA” in the same set? Andrea Bocelli and James Brown? Apparently Trump likes to play DJ at Mar-a-Lago, and these are among his favorite […]
Song of the Day 10/14: Captain Beyond, “Sufficiently Breathless”
Supergroups have been a thing in rock since 1966, when Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ditched their former bands to form Cream, named because each was the cream of the crop on his instrument. The trend picked up steam late in the decade after Crosby, Stills and Nash (and later Young) soared up […]
Song of the Day 10/11: Renaissance, “Northern Lights”
Thanks to an unusually strong solar flare, the aurora borealis made a rare appearance over Delaware last night. Fittingly, I suppose, “Northern Lights” was a rarity, too. It was the only track by British rock band Renaissance to reach the singles charts, and that was only in their native UK – a bit ironic, considering […]
Song of the Day 10/10: Parliament, “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)”
Hurricane Milton didn’t do as much damage as it might have, but you’re probably seen the photos of St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field. The storm did, indeed, tear the roof off the sucker. I can never keep straight which band name any particular George Clinton song was released under; this one was on 1975’s “Mothership Connection,” […]
Song of the Day 10/9: Johnny Neel, “Talking About People”
Wilmington native Johnny Neel, who died this week at age 70, was legendary in Nashville. Best known to the broader public for his stint with the Allman Brothers Band, he made his mark in Music City as a songwriter, session musician, charismatic performer – and as the subject of countless stories of his carrying on […]
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