Arts and Entertainment

Once upon a time in America, government oppression inspired protest. Lots of it was angry. Frank Zappa's was, too, but his mode of expression was mockery, as in this oblique…

Another forgotten power pop band from the '90s, Poole hailed from northern Virginia, which helps explain why they shot this video in Ocean City, Md. "Superamerica" was the opening track…

You might have seen the headline at Philly.com or the article in Rolling Stone about the Philadelphia soul-funk band whose LP finally is being released, 50 years after it was…

Who the bleep is The Suitcase Junket, you ask? He's this guy (I'm only providing live cuts b/c that's the way he plays, and he plays everything): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isp6O--ITtg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06in-XJaCPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In31uWgTQFk…

Funny how I'm always finding new old stuff on YouTube. I knew Al Green recorded a solo version of this Willie Nelson song in the 1970s, but I didn't realize…

George Harrison's ode to Great Britain's 95% marginal tax rate always gets a workout this time of year. The lead-off track on "Revolver" embellishes George's bitter lyrics (written after someone…

Everybody wants a new national anthem, but only Albert Brooks recognized that the most democratic way to find one would be to hold open auditions. From the 1973 album "Comedy…

You think you know the original, but you don't. I keep running across old songs that would need very little retrofitting to apply to Donald Trump. Today's example: Jello Biafra's…

If you doubt that hip-hop has permeated virtually all of American music, look no further than the controversy over "Old Town Road." The song started as a viral video in…

I'm not sure which one I had, but it knocked me on my ass the last few days. New Orleans ivory tickler Huey Smith scraped the bottom of the charts…

I think this is a good representation of how Donald Trump's brain works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrnkK2YEcE Nothing in this song is actually original -- it's assembled from hundreds of samples with nothing…

This one's for Nancy: A plaintive ballad about overdevelopment from mid-'80s British band the Housemartins. The group frequently addressed social issues because singer and lyricist Paul Heaton didn't like writing…