Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 2/15: Bad Company, “Young Blood”
The competition for scummiest asshole in Florida is so crowded it has to be held in categories, like drag races. In the congressional class, while Anna Paulina Luna is giving him a run for his money, Matt Gaetz still reigns supreme. While the Department of Justice has dropped its sex-trafficking investigation against him, former Rep. […]
Song of the Day 2/14: Penny and the Quarters, “You and Me”
It’s almost a miracle that “You and Me” ever reached our ears. The demo tape was recorded sometime in the early ’70s in Columbus, Ohio, for a tiny soul label, Prix, but was never released. It was rediscovered only in 2005, after the death of a man named Clem Price, who owned the studio where […]
Song of the Day 2/13: Professor Longhair, “Go to the Mardi Gras”
Happy Fat Tuesday! Legendary pianist Professor Longhair recorded this tune in 1949, but the 1959 version he did for Ron Records is the one that everybody has played ever since.
Song of the Day 2/12: Oasis, “Don’t Look Back in Anger”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced this year’s nominees for induction and, as usual, the list shows the institution has all but lost interest in rock music. Acts become eligible 25 years after their first commercial release, meaning everyone who debuted before Prince’s party date qualifies. Unfortunately for those who like actual rock, […]
Song of the Day 2/11: Thee Sinseers, “What’s His Name”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona An old music genre never really dies. Something’s always there to revive it. In the case of Chicano soul, sometimes called lowrider soul, streets and garages are still filled with souped-up, been-around cars. Folks still barbecue and drink beers on hot Sunday afternoons with the soundtrack of their summer playing […]
Song of the Day 2/8: Mojo Nixon, “Don Henley Must Die”
Mojo Nixon, who set his ribald mix of tabloid obsessions and anarchic politics to a raucous blend of punk and rockabilly, died Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the SiriusXM Outlaw Country Cruise he was hosting. Nixon, whose real name was Neil Kirby McMillan Jr., was 66. Nixon had been creating his parody songs […]
Song of the Day 2/7: Randy Newman, “Putin”
H/t Paul As expected, Tucker Carlson has interviewed Russian president Vladimir Putin. The Guardian is reporting that the interview will probably air Thursday. Wherever it eventually appears, I think it should be introduced with Randy Newman’s 2017 paean to the narcissistic strongman, which appeared on his last album, “Dark Matter.” Newman said it was more […]
Song of the Day 2/6: Toby Keith, “Wacky Tobaccy”
Country star Toby Keith died of stomach cancer yesterday at just 62 years old. Keith reached stardom during the country boom of the early ’90s but achieved his greatest notoriety in the wake of 9/11, when his jingoistic songs in support of the Bush administration’s military response to the attack topped the country charts. Keith’s […]
Song of the Day 2/5: Killer Mike, “Scientists and Engineers”
There’s no bad publicity, but maybe there’s such a thing as being too on-brand. Atlanta rapper and activist Killer Mike won three Grammy Awards and got arrested after the ceremony, apparently for shoving a security guard who didn’t get out of his way. This is the song that won him two of the awards, for […]
Song of the Day 2/4: Wayne Kramer, “Jail Guitar Doors”
Wayne Kramer, who died last week at 75, is in the Rock Hall of Fame because he was the lead guitarist for the MC5, icons of the late ’60s counterculture and punk progenitors. But his most impressive legacy might be Jail Guitar Doors USA, the music program for inmates he founded with Billy Bragg. The […]
Song of the Day 2/2: Talking Heads, “Road to Nowhere”
Coachella, the festival where bands go to reunite, this year will feature shows by Gwen Stefani’s old band No Doubt and Sublime, now fronted by the son of long-dead frontman Bradley Nowell. So SoCal’s 30-year-old ska-punk craze will be well represented. Rock might not be dead, but it’s sure getting old. One act organizers couldn’t […]
Song of the Day 2/1: Bruce Hornsby, “Circus on the Moon”
It doesn’t get a lot of coverage, but there’s an international space race going on. Target: the Moon. The most recent inductee to the League of Lunar Landers, Japan, joined the club in triumphant yet slapstick fashion last month. On the plus side, they managed to plunk their SLIM lander with unprecedented accuracy, just 55 […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: January 2024
The songs are more mainstream this month, the artists less diverse. Don’t know why, just worked out that way. The good news?: Some great songs in the mix, not a clunker in the bunch: My daughters first saw Madi Diaz at a Young Friends event. She then opened a really neat Coffee House show at […]
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