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Man, old rockers are dropping like flies. I don't mean they're all dying. Some are just hitting the rock and roll disabled list. Just the other day rockabilly revivalist Brian…

David Johansen is not a guy who gives up. When the New York Dolls broke up he went solo. When that didn't pan out he became Buster Poindexter. As Buster,…

As usual, the cruelty is the point. The White House released a video of captive immigrants shackled for air transport; naturally no details about who they were or where they…

I'm not on social media but my wife is, and this Chumbawamba song has popped up on her scroll several times lately. Listening to the lyrics I understand why. The…

My brother and I are heading down to catch the Phillies in Spring Training for a week beginning this Saturday.  First time for both of us. Does anybody have any…

Sheryl Crow made the news the other day for doing something that's become increasingly difficult recently: She sold her used Tesla. We know this because she posted about it on…

Since I featured Sam Cooke's "Cupid" yesterday I felt I had to follow it up with Jakob Dylan's oblique answer song, which drew a bit of attention when it was…

By all accounts, Sam Cooke didn't need Cupid's help. Girls rushed to the front pews to get a glimpse of him when he sang with the Soul Stirrers, a phenomenon…

Theme song for the United States of America. The band that became War started out in Long Beach, Calif., in the early '60s. They were a tight unit by 1970,…

If you're old enough, you might remember Feb. 12 as a holiday, Lincoln's Birthday. At least it was in Delaware – it never was a federal holiday, though most Northern…

Pretty much everyone in the Trump administration could accurately title his memoirs "Career of Evil," so I hope Patti Smith sues anyone who dares to. The godmother of punk wrote…

The collapse of the Kansas City Chiefs might be the latest evidence that everything Trump touches turns to shit. His chosen gladiator, Pat Mahomes, landed flat on his ass six…

The Eagles won their first Super Bowl by beating the best team in the league, and they'll have to do the same thing tonight if they're going to win their…