Arts and Entertainment – Page 155

Song of the Day 7/27: Asylum Street Spankers, “Leaf Blower”

By Alby July 27, 2020

H/t to El Somnambulo, without whom I would never have heard of this now-defunct Austin collective of actor/musicians, let alone their song about noise pollution and those who perpetrate it.…

Song of the Day 7/26: Fleetwood Mac feat. Peter Green, “Black Magic Woman”

By Alby July 26, 20202 Comments

To most Americans, Fleetwood Mac is a Los Angeles-based pop-rock group. To most Brits, it was among the best bands of the late-'60s electric blues explosion behind its singer and…

Song of the Day 7/25: The Rolling Stones, “Street Fighting Man”

By Alby July 25, 20203 Comments

If I had any skillz I'd set this to video of Portland dudes deploying leaf blowers against the federal fascists who tear-gas them. Protests sure have changed since the '60s.…

Song of the Day 7/24: Bryan Ferry, “Positively 4th Street”

By Alby July 24, 2020

Bob Dylan has had some excellent musical interpreters over the years -- the Byrds, the Band, early Rod Stewart -- but one of the most consistent and surprising is Roxy…

Song of the Day 7/23: Graham Parker, “Local Girls”

By Alby July 23, 20203 Comments

Graham Parker is nearly forgotten today, but back in the '70s, during British music's transition from pub rock to punk/new wave, Parker was viewed as one of the scene's angry…

Song of the Day 7/22: Randy Rainbow, “Gee, Anthony Fauci!”

By Alby July 22, 20202 Comments

With apologies to bamboozer, another topical tune, the latest number from Randy Rainbow, this one to the music of "Gee, Officer Krupke" from "West Side Story." There are lots of…

Song of the Day 7/21: Squeeze, “Crying in My Sleep”

By Alby July 21, 2020

Another one for Diaper Donnie's lachrymose playlist. I can keep this up until they pry his oval orifice out of the Oval Office. From the album I consider Squeeze's masterpiece,…

Song of the Day 7/19: Ben Folds, “2020”

By Alby July 19, 2020

Ben Folds was in the midst of an Australian tour when the coronavirus struck, and he's been there ever since. He's staying put and is recording his next album. Last…

Song of the Day 7/18: MGMT/Earth, Wind & Fire, “Kids/September”

By Alby July 18, 20201 Comment

I'm rather unforgiving about mash-ups. I think most of them try too hard at melding disparate songs whether they really blend well or not, because the editing tools people use…

Song of the Day 7/17: Hildegard von Blingin’, “Pumped Up Kicks”

By Alby July 17, 20205 Comments

I probably spend too much time on YouTube, which is how I stumbled across music's hottest new trend: Bardcore, in which modern songs are played on flutes, drums and various…

Song of the Day 7/16: Hüsker Dü, “Makes No Sense At All”

By Alby July 16, 20201 Comment

Our man-baby president punked the media yesterday by calling a news conference and instead vomiting forth a rally speech that was incomprehensible even for him. Hence this Bob Mould song,…

Song of the Day 7/15: Sheila E. and Ringo Starr, “Come Together/Revolution”

By Alby July 15, 2020

I just caught up with last week's online concert to celebrate Ringo Starr's 80th birthday. Not only does the show, viewable in full on YouTube, contain lots of great tunes,…

Song of the Day 7/14: Paul Henreid and the cast of “Casablanca,” “La Marseillaise”

By Alby July 14, 20205 Comments

It's not just a great national anthem, it's a great Nazi-fighting anthem. And Paul Henreid, forever to be known as "Casablanca" Nazi-fighter Victor Laszlo, was the right man to sing…