Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 9/4: The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar”
Some great, classic songs by great, classic artists were released as singles in 1969. “Get Back” by the Beatles. “Honky Tonk Women” by the Stones. Sly’s “Everyday People,” Creedence’s “Proud Mary,” Elvis’ “Suspicious Minds.” None of them was Billboard’s No. 1 song for the year. That honor went to a tune written for children and […]
Song of the Day 9/3: Ndlovu Youth Choir, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Most people who’ve heard of the Ndlovu Youth Choir encountered them back in 2019, when they reached the final round of “America’s Got Talent,” despite hailing from Limpopo, South Africa. I found out about them yesterday when I saw a story about their latest release, the EP “From Limpopo to the World,” featuring Queen’s “Bohemian […]
Song of the Day 9/2: Bryan Ferry, “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Donald Trump has finally found a way to get people to stop talking about the Epstein Files: Let them think he’s dying. His bruised hands and cankles and lack of public appearances are fueling the speculation, but it was his out-of-character speculation about the state of his soul (“I wanna try and get to heaven […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: August 2025
We arrived at a real good musical month in uncharacteristic fashion. Had some songs I liked, had about three borderline songs, and not all that many songs. Then, in the last week and a half, a buncha good ones surfaced, so I jettisoned the borderline songs. There’s one Song Of The Year candidate in this […]
Song of the Day 9/1: Creedence Clearwater Revival, “The Working Man”
Happy Labor Day, I suppose, though I don’t see much to celebrate under a president who makes Reagan seem like a friend of the working man. This song from the 1968 debut album by Creedence Clearwater Revival was one of the first John Fogerty wrote after assuming leadership of the band from his older brother […]
Song of the Day 8/31: Big Star, “Don’t Lie to Me”
Hey, Matt Meyer! This one’s for you! One of the deep cuts from “#1 Record,” the 1972 debut album by Big Star that’s regarded as one of the founding documents of power pop. Songwriters Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, emulating Lennon/McCartney, are co-credited on all but one of the LP’s tracks because they each tinkered […]
Song of the Day 9/29: Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings, “Soul Love”
In 2012 somebody posted three songs to YouTube, purportedly by an obscure soul group from the early ’70s, Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings. All three were covers, soul arrangements of David Bowie songs from his Ziggy Stardust album. The videos showed needle drops onto a scratchy copy of an album called “Starman.” It took a […]
Song of the Day 8/28: Thelma Watson and Her All-Girl Orchestra, “You Gotta Be a Football Hero (To Get Along With the Beautiful Girls)”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona If you wonder how a lunkhead (I mean regular guy) like Travis Kelce landed the teen-girl whisperer who became the most powerful woman in the world, you need to hear a song that’s been explaining it for 82 years. The title says it all: “You Gotta Be a Football Hero […]
Song of the Day 8/27: Oasis, “Half the World Away”
There’s no pleasing some people. Hardcore Oasis fans, for example. Noel and Liam Gallagher finally agreed to work together again, reforming Oasis after 15 years of sniping at each other, but though their sold-out worldwide reunion tour has gotten positive reviews, their stans have a complaint: They’ve played the same 23-song setlist at every show. […]
Song of the Day 8/26: Tavares, “More Than a Woman”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Now that “Saturday Night Fever” (maybe) and the Bee Gees (probably) have been rehabilitated by the cool kids, think back to the soundtrack. Did you notice, maybe just vaguely, that “More Than a Woman” shows up twice? Not one version that plays twice, but two groups doing the same song. […]
Song of the Day 8/25: The Mary Wallopers, “Frost Is All Over”
The Israel-Gaza War started with a massacre at a music festival, and nearly two years later the music festival business is still feeling the effects. Israel’s brutal response to the terrorist attack brought on widespread condemnation, and bands who have spoken out against it have faced censorship. The Mary Wallopers, a punk-influenced Irish folk band […]
Song of the Day 8/24: John Schneider, “Cracker Barrel”
Hayseed-Americans – formerly hicks, rubes, shit-kickers, stump-jumpers and chawbacons, all now subsets of MAGA – are in a dither over a corporate logo change. The restaurant/retail chain Cracker Barrel has been accused of “going woke” for scrubbing the seated man and his barrel (though printed in brown-outlined yellow, he codes as white), leaving just the […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: August 24, 2025
History Survives In The Hands Of Syrian Seamstresses: By the time Ameera al-Hammouri was 10, her hands were dancing across the taut fabric beneath her grandmother’s aghabani embroidery machine. She was too short to sit, so she stood, working the foot pedal to coax floral patterns from metallic thread and her own memory. Decades later, […]
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