Arts and Entertainment

There's gonna be a big run on this stuff. The Ramones were into it before anybody. It was popular, too. "End of the Century" was the band's fifth LP, released…

This might be the most aptly titled song in the Motown catalog. The Four Tops were a decade into their career and had been through four record companies before joining…

The Minneapolis-based Jayhawks were forerunners of the folk/country/rock blend that was first known as alt-country before Americana became its generally accepted label. Despite critical acclaim they have never sold many…

I don't give a crap either way if Hunter Biden goes to jail or whatever other punishment awaited him. He's an entitled piece of shit who tried to leverage the…

50 years ago today marked John Lennon's last public concert appearance, with Elton John at New York's Madison Square Garden – to honor a lost bet. "Whatever Gets You Through…

Gotta make it quick today due to Thanksgiving prep, including picking up the bird and getting it brined, which made me think of "Surfin' Bird," the 1963 No. Billboard 4…

Americans love horror stories, and Trump's selection of a cabinet designed mainly to trigger the libs provides the media with plenty of them. As Boz Scaggs related in this blues…

"American Fool" is the name of John Mellencamp's breakthrough 1982 album, the one that led off with "Hurts So Good" and "Jack and Diane," the two biggest hits of his…

This one's for George Frankel, the state senate candidate who wants to employ ex-Green Berets to keep order in high schools. "The Ballad of the Green Berets," written by a…

Yacht Rock might be the only music genre that got its name long after it had passed from prominence. Back when it was made, between the mid-'70s and mid-'80s, the…

The title track to the 1986 debut album by They Might Be Giants is my go-to response to anyone who wants to talk to me about politics these days. To…