Arts and Entertainment

A wonderfully-noirish song from Chris Isaak. Combines the Secret Agent Man theme w/Isaak's Orbisonesque vocals:

Any bluegrass fans here?  Here's quite the estimable band for you:

I just LOVE stuff like this that's off the beaten track. Especially if the word noir is featured prominently:

"I went home with the waitress, the way I always do. How was I to know she was with the Russians too?":

Maybe you're cheatin', maybe you're lyin', maybe you have lost your mind...  

'You've got a monkey for a president':  

I'd like to dedicate this one to Maria Butina, who would have been right at home in this band:

Home is where you go when nobody else will take you in:

This song seems more prescient every day:

What song do you think should be the theme for the Putin-Trump summit? Here is my wife's pick:

When you write songs as well as Graham Parker, you can escape the bar scene.  Here we catch him and the Rumour just as they were making that transition. As…

Most bar bands never escape the bar circuit b/c they just don't have the 'it' factor.  I never understood how this band made their escape, but they did, and Thorogood…

Another great British pub-rock band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTbzyqr0TRo