Arts and Entertainment

I listened to Adam Schiff's closing speech last night, and thought of this song -- not just the title, but the sense of regret and resignation Rick Danko expresses so…

Adam Schiff's new theme song. If Midnight Mitch insists, Schiff and the House impeachment managers can indeed prove Trump's abuse of power and obstruction all night. The song appeared on…

Thanks to Moscow Mitch McConnell, anyone who wants to watch the Senate trial of the Marmalade Menace will have to stay up after midnight. I think J.J. Cale summed up…

Some say this was the first rap song, which would be quite a distinction for Chitlin' Circuit vaudevillian Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, born 1904, whose "here come the judge" routine was…

Everybody who's old enough remembers the Dion version of this response to the twin assassinations of 1968, penned, incongruously, by Baton Rouge musician Dick Holler, the same guy who wrote…

Before Douglas Coupland's book, before demographers' appropriation of the term, a bunch of louts from London led by a bloke named William Broad formed a band to take advantage of…

"London Calling," the Clash double LP released 40 years ago this month, stunned audiences who thought punk rockers were just a bunch of low-talent yobs by presenting a array of…

The Rock Hall of Fame, like the NFL's, announces a list of nominees for the honor, then excludes a bunch of them in a final vote, which always struck me…

Better late than never, T. Rex has finally been admitted to the Rock Hall of Fame in its newest class, along with such rock-adjacent artists as Whitney Houston and Biggie…

In honor of Sen. Dave McBride (h/t El Somnambulo), whose house in New Castle County is not his home, though we never need an excuse to showcase a Burt Bacharach/Hal…

Sorry I've been absent for a couple of days -- I came down with one of the various viruses (non-computer variety) making the rounds. I doubt it was actually "chest…

Neil Peart, widely considered among the best drummers in rock history, died this week at age 67, three years after learning he had brain cancer. Though he joined Rush after…

This song was released in the U.S. 50 years ago -- Jan. 12, 1970 -- and it kicked off the tragic career of the recently renamed Welsh band The Iveys,…