Some years you just can't get into the holiday spirit. Darrell Scott knows just how that feels, and he wrote a song about it that appeared on his 2010 album…
Jimmy Cliff, who died last week at 81, did more than anyone outside Bob Marley to popularize the music of Jamaica, and not just with his songs. His fame came…
MAGA men sure are easily ruffled. The latest threat to MAGAsculinity is...a pink sweater. J Crew, known for its preppy aesthetic, is selling one in wool, with a Fair Isle…
Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani shocked most people by getting along – not just politely coexisting, yukking it up together like old friends. Josh Marshall of TPM pointed out that…
Long-time readers know that I am a Sondheim fanatic. I think he's our Shakespeare. He is the first among equals on my musical Mt. Rushmore (along with Curtis Mayfield, Joni…
Donald Trump's filter, badly atrophied to begin with, appears to have disappeared entirely with his call for six Democrats in Congress to be hung as traitors. Their "crime"? They recorded…
Most of what Trump does would be considered "erratic behavior" in other adults, even members of Congress, but it's all normal for him. He's acted this way for years, so…
Given all the classless acts on Donald Trump's record, calling a female reporter "piggy" would seem to rank on the low end of the scale, the kind of low-level insult…
Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve just learned they’re going to paint over the Buddy Holly crosswalk in his home town of Lubbock, Texas. Trump has decided to enforce a…
Americana singer-songwriter Todd Snider would be bemused by all the attention he's getting. He's the kind of artist that even if you know about him you assume other people don't,…
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finally got around to honoring Warren Zevon, letting him in through the side door labeled Musical Influence, and then honoring him some more…
The United States has minted its last penny. Sure, there's no real need for them – they're expensive to produce, and most are given out as change and never used…
The government shutdown was a godsend for Trump, because it kept the media's attention off those pesky Epstein Files. Pressure's been building, though, because at this point a lot of…