Arts and Entertainment
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 […]
Song of the Day 1/31: Joni Mitchell feat. Neil Young & The Stray Gators, “Turn Me On I’m a Radio”
Joni Mitchell is going to sing at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, the first time she’s ever performed at the ceremony, and I admit to mixed feelings. It’s great that Brandi Carlile has coaxed Mitchell into making her first public appearances in years, and I’m sure the fans will be thrilled to see her, just […]
Song of the Day 1/30: Alice in Chains, “Lab Monkey”
The residents of a small town in Georgia are about to be outnumbered by monkeys, and they’re not happy about it. Bainbridge, Ga., population 15,000, recently approved construction of a $396 million facility to breed macaques for medical research that will eventually house 30,000 of the creatures. Laboratories have been scrambling for monkeys since China […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024
Right-wing radicals billing themselves the Army of God took to the road yesterday in a border-bound trucker convoy. They departed Virginia Beach and planned to attract participants along the way, claiming they’d arrive at the Rio Grande with 700,000 people. So far they’re about 699,900 short, partly because – cue Admiral Ackbar – IT’S A […]
Song of the Day 1/29: Prince, “Check the Record”
Prince Rogers Nelson did not have a will when he died of a fentanyl overdose in 2016, so his estate went into probate and was awarded in equal shares to his six half-siblings, who split into two camps. After six years in court the sides agreed to a 50-50 split and promised to share decision-making. […]
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