Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 7/1: Johnny Cash, “God Bless Robert E. Lee”
Statues are coming down and names scrubbed from buildings as once-revered figures are recast as traitors and racists. The Lost Cause has no greater hero than Robert E. Lee, whose myth rested on the idea of him as a reluctant rebel who turned down command of the Union army out of patriotism towards his home […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2020
This set sure runs the gamut. I done found you some real good stuff: Hey, this band is seriously cool. I want one more, meaning you’re gonna get one more: Phoebe Bridgers can do anything she wants to. My fave album of the year so far: Dylan And Whitman: 1967 called. They want their song […]
Song of the Day 6/30: David Bowie, “I’m Afraid of Americans”
The European Union has banned tourists from the United States because of our nation’s inability to get a handle on its COVID-19 pandemic, making fear of Americans an official policy. Frankly, given some citizens’ quick resort to firearms during any disagreement, I think fear of Americans is an entirely rational default setting, virus or no […]
Song of the Day 6/29: Randy Rainbow, “Cover Your Freakin’ Face”
Randy Rainbow dropped this timely public-service message this morning. It’s a simple message, but too many simpletons are resisting it.
Song of the Day 6/28: Neil Young, “White Line”
Neil Young’s deep vault of unreleased material is legendary, but one important tranche is unreleased no longer: This week Young finally released his 1975 LP “Homegrown” in its entirety. Several of its songs appeared on Young’s later releases — “White Line” surfaced in 1990 on the “Ragged Glory” album, “Love Is a Rose” on “Decade” […]
Song of the Day, 6/27: Spinal Tap, “Hell Hole”
With the European Union’s decision to ban American tourists, it’s pretty clear we’re living in a hellhole, so maybe we should adopt this as our new national anthem. Most people know this song only from the snippet that plays in the film; this is the ’80s-era MTV video, complete with every cheesy cliche the period […]
Song of the Day 6/26: Michael Stipe and Aaron Dessner, “No Time for Love”
I’m so old I can remember when record companies would have made a big deal about a collaboration between Michael Stipe, late of R.E.M., and Big Red Machine, itself a collaboration between Aaron Dessner of the National and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. In these times of COVID, they do it differently. Stipe and Dessner, […]
Song of the Day 6/25: Old Crow Medicine Show, “Quarantined”
Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor released this song a month ago, when armed lamebrains were clamoring for an end to self-isolation and asserting their right to a haircut. Now that the states whose governors succumbed to pressure and reopened too soon are seeing record numbers of infections, talk of more quarantines is back […]
Song of the Day 6/23: The Ramones, “Somebody Put Something in My Drink”
Hey, kids, ‘memba that story last week about the three New York cops who got “poisoned” at Shake Shack? Turns out it wasn’t just embellished, it was made up out of whole cloth. This story — from the New York Post, so you know it’s not fake news — details the real chain of events: […]
Song of the Day 6/22: Johnniqua Charles, “Lose Yo Job”
The Black Lives Matter protests have a new theme song, thanks to Johnniqua Charles. When a security guard detained her outside a strip club back in February, the 27-year-old Charles broke into an impromptu chant and dance that was recorded by another security guard on the scene. He posted to social media with the note, […]
Song of the Day 6/21: Broadway cast of Hamilton, “The Room Where It Happens”
The title John Bolton chose for his White House tell-all turns out to be ironic. Bolton won a Pyrrhic victory Saturday when a court ruled “The Room Where It Happened” could be released over White House objections, mainly because it was already out there. His problem is that he has no supporters to buy it; […]
Song of the Day 6/20: Eric Clapton, “Tulsa Time”
Donald Trump, flailing about for a way to stop his losing streak, takes his circus to Tulsa tonight, and I swear the press hasn’t slavered for blood this intently since Evel Knievel’s attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon. Let’s hope tonight is just as big a dud (if you’re too young to remember it, […]
Song of the Day 6/19: Aretha Franklin, “Never Gonna Break My Faith”
This song, originally performed with Mary J. Blige, won Aretha Franklin the last of her 18 Grammy Awards in 2006. To celebrate Juneteenth this year, Sony released a version of Aretha singing the whole song solo, with a bit of backup by the Boys Choir of Harlem. The song was co-written by Bryan Adams — […]
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