Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 10/4: Buffalo Springfield, “On the Way Home”
Buffalo Springfield had broken up by the time their third and final album, “Last Time Around,” was released in 1968. The LP was assembled from previously recorded material to fulfill the band’s contract commitment. Neil Young’s “On the Way Home” was one of the earliest, recorded in late 1967, after the return of Young, who […]
Song of the Day 10/3: The Ramones, “Why Is It Always This Way?”
Elon Musk’s fascist leanings are obvious at this point, and Russian state TV put a fine point on it yesterday by bragging that “Elon Musk really is our agent.” That got me thinking about “Rocket to Russia,” the Ramones’ third album. Unfortunately for the band that essentially invented punk rock, it came out just as […]
Song of the Day 10/2: The Traveling Wilburys, “Not Alone Any More”
Rock has had a lot of so-called supergroups, but I think the superest of them all is an easy choice. The Traveling Wilburys featured Beatle George Harrison, Nobel Prizewinner Bob Dylan and Hall of Famers Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, all of whom were in awe of their fifth member, Roy Orbison. Orbison’s career started […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: September 2023
Fewer songs this month. Sky-high quality, though, one of my favorite batches of the year. A Pops Staples original. Dedicated to Jason: MY kind of band. Surrealist noir is MY kind of music: Italian disco vibe. Video’s a hoot as well. Made me laugh: Perhaps the best American roots artist you’ve never heard of. I […]
Song of the Day 9/30: “Flipper” Theme
Former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall pled guilty to five criminal counts and must testify against co-defendants, notably former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, his contact in the plot. He’s the first of 19 defendants in the case to flip. I’m guessing he won’t be the last. For those too young to remember it, “Flipper” was […]
Song of the Day 9/29: Fitz and the Tantrums, “MoneyGrabber”
Bethany Hall-Long’s intended coronation as Delaware’s next governor has hit a major snag. Seems like her rivals’ campaign signs might not be the only thing her sleazeball husband/campaign treasurer has gotten his hands on, as the campaign is undergoing an outside audit. Meanwhile, she has demonstrated why she’s not to be trusted in Woodburn by […]
Song of the Day 9/28: Alana Springsteen, “twenty something”
Bruce Springsteen has cancelled all his remaining 2023 concert dates as he combats peptic ulcer disease, demonstrating that the Democratic Party isn’t the only institution plagued by decrepitude. The rockers of the ’60s and ’70s who didn’t have the career-boosting foresight to die at 27 are at an age where they’re more likely to expire […]
Song of the Day 9/27: Roger Whittaker, “The Last Farewell”
Unless you’re a boomer, and maybe even if you are, you probably don’t recognize the name of Roger Whittaker, who died a couple of weeks ago at age 87. He was a sort-of-folk singer who grew up in Kenya when it was still a British colony and became popular in Europe in the pre-Beatles ’60s. […]
Song of the Day 9/26: The Replacements, “Bastards of Young”
The Replacements’ status as the greatest missed opportunity in rock history has gotten a major boost with the release of a newly remixed edition of their fourth LP, their major-label debut “Tim.” Given the rapturous reviews “Tim: Let It Bleed Edition” is getting you might think the album was brand new, and most reviewers say […]
Song of the Day 9/25: The Association, “Everything That Touches You”
No group suffered a sharper drop in popularity when rock music turned from psychedelic pop to blues-based hard rock than the Association. Terry Kirkman, one of the group’s founders and composer of its biggest hit, died Saturday at age 83. Retroactively lumped under the label of sunshine pop, the Association had its roots in the […]
Song of the Day 9/23: The Band, “Ophelia”
It’s rare that the Atlantic has 15 named storms in a hurricane season, so the odds were slim that we’d get a storm named Ophelia dumping all this rain on Delaware over the weekend. Robbie Robertson wrote it, Levon Helm sings it, but this track is a shining moment for Garth Hudson, the sole surviving […]
Song of the Day 9/22: Tower of Power, “Don’t Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)”
Kevin McCarthy’s inability to control the Cuckoo Caucus has pundits speculating that he’s not long for his gavel, because the cuckoos are all for 86ing him. I don’t expect they’d take Tower of Power’s advice, because they don’t take anyone’s advice. Advice is for cucks. But I would remind them that the only difference between […]
Song of the Day 9/21: Stevie Wonder, “He’s Misstra Know-It-All”
Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, embroiled himself in controversy this week – not for the first time – when he botched a New York Times interview for his just-published book of interviews, “The Masters.” When David Marchese pointed out that the seven “masters” he […]
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