Arts and Entertainment – Page 157

Song of the Day 3/31: Joe Diffie, “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)”

By Alby March 31, 20204 Comments

Joe Diffie, who died of the coronavirus Sunday at age 61, was a reliable Nashville hitmaker in the early '90s, placing more than a dozen songs in the Top 10…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2020

By El Somnambulo March 31, 2020

How'zabout we stream some great tunes while keeping our physical distance? Sounds good to me. Betcha some of them sound good to you: Musta' missed this one last year. Correcting…

Song of the Day 3/30: Kasey Musgraves, “Burn One With John Prine”

By Alby March 30, 2020

Kasey Musgraves says this was one of the first songs she wrote when she moved to Nashville to pursue her career in country music. It's a crowd favorite in concert,…

Song of the Day 3/28: Widespread Panic, “Hope in a Hopeless World”

By Alby March 28, 2020

Listening to Trump pat himself on the back every day got you down? Here's a little pick-me-up to remind you that you can find hope in a hopeless world if…

Song of the Day 3/27: Bob Dylan, “Murder Most Foul”

By Alby March 27, 20203 Comments

Bob Dylan, without advance notice, dropped an original song at midnight last night, his first in eight years, along with this message: "Greetings to my fans and followers with gratitude…

Song of the Day 3/26: Bruce Cockburn, “Last Night of the World”

By Alby March 26, 2020

Another tune for your apocalypse soundtrack. Bruce Cockburn is a Canadian singer-songwriter who's well-known in his home country but has never made much of a mark in the U.S., where…

Song of the Day 3/25: Jackson Browne, “The Pretender”

By Alby March 25, 20201 Comment

We've now entered the phase of Covid-19 in which famous people, including well-known musicians, come down with the disease. The latest, at least as of this morning, is 71-year-old singer-songwriter…

Song of the Day 3/24: Moby Grape, “Hey Grandma”

By Alby March 24, 20202 Comments

Now that some Fox News talking heads, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and various other sociopaths on TV and the interwebs -- including the Orangutan in the Oval Office --…

Song of the Day 3/23: Warren Zevon, “Don’t Let Us Get Sick”

By Alby March 23, 20202 Comments

Can't think of a more appropriate song for our current crisis. Warren Zevon wrote and recorded this before he knew he had the mesothelioma that would kill him just a…

Song of the Day 3/22: Randy Rainbow, “Social Distance”

By Alby March 22, 20201 Comment

Randy Rainbow is saving America by lying on his couch, and keeping us entertained while we lie on ours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimbyL_25Nw

Song of the Day 3/21: Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

By Alby March 21, 20209 Comments

Kenny Rogers, singer, actor and roast-chicken entrepreneur, died yesterday at age 81. Say what you will, but Rogers scored more than 120 chart hits and sold more than 200 million…

Song of the Day 3/20: Ringo Starr, “Back Off Boogaloo”

By Alby March 20, 2020

Six feet, people, six feet! If someone is closer than that, tell them to back off. Adding the "boogaloo" is optional. This was Ringo Starr's second solo single, after "It…

Song of the Day 3/19: The Clash, “Lost in the Supermarket”

By Alby March 19, 2020

Minnesota and Vermont have designated grocery store workers emergency personnel, making them eligible for free child care. While we rightly praise health-care personnel, grocery workers come into contact with hundreds…