Song of the Day 10/28: Flamin’ Groovies, “First Plane Home”
The Flamin' Groovies were always in the wrong place at the wrong time. They started out playing rock 'n' roll in the style of the '50s and early '60s –…
Song of the Day 10/27: Seth MacFarlane, “I Never Felt This Way Before”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona I haven’t watched “Family Guy” since right after it went on the air in 1999. It looked to me like a juvenile and unfunny copy…
Song of the Day 10/25: John Williams & the Vienna Philharmonic: “Imperial March (from ‘Star Wars’)”
I suppose the fact that fascists have an underdeveloped sense of humor isn't news, but it still drew media attention when a protester in Washington DC proved it. Sam O'Hara,…
Song of the Day 10/24: The Who, “You Better You Bet”
The betting scandal involving a National Basketball Association player is about as surprising as the location of this morning's sunrise, and most people have been quick to blame it on…
Song of the Day 10/23: Rush, “The Spirit of the Radio”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Geddy Lee has spent more than 50 years behind a microphone and bass guitar with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Rush, pride of…
Song of the Day 10/22: Ryan Adams, “Breakdown”
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Ryan Adams, the prolific singer-songwriter and producer whose career was derailed by a #metoo scandal in the Before Times, has long been notorious for odd behavior in concerts – aborting…
Song of the Day 10/21: Dropkick Murphys, “Smash Shit Up”
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The metaphors for Donald Trump's destruction of the United States are getting a little too obvious, aren't they? First he releases a video of himself flying a jet and dumping…
Song of the Day 10/20: Prefab Sprout, “The Best Jewel Thief in the World”
Officials called yesterday's broad-daylight robbery at the Louvre a professional job, but the bandits certainly aren't the best jewel thieves in the world, or they wouldn't have dropped a couple…
Song of the Day 10/19: The Offspring, “The Kids Aren’t Alright”
The "young" Republicans – mostly a bunch of chubby mooks in their 30s – revealed themselves as a bunch of wannabe Nazis, crystallizing the reality that demographics won't save democracy.…
Song of the Day 10/17: Kiss, “New York Groove”
Ace Frehley, the original guitarist for Kiss, died yesterday at age 74, after suffering a brain bleed in a fall last month at his home recording studio. In a band…
Song of the Day 10/16: Sonic Youth, “Youth Against Fascism”
The fascists running the country now think it's OK to proclaim their love of Hitler and the Nazis, as evidenced by the reaction of JD Vance to the exposed group…
Song of the Day 10/15: Blood, Sweat & Tears, “Go Down Gamblin’”
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It just might be that Trump and his MAGA movement aren't as popular as the mainstream media would have you believe, because a lot of those clicks are from people…
Song of the Day 10/14: Pulp, “Common People”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona Jarvis Cocker of the British band Pulp was once at a party when a posh girl asked him how to “live like common people do.”…