Arts and Entertainment

Despite a crying need for Christmas music that hasn't been played to death, some holiday songs that used to be popular have fallen out of favor. But there's always hope…

WXPN concluded its countdown of the best songs of the century so far last evening, and I can't quibble with the top song. Jack White's "Seven Nation Army" is familiar…

I'm not violating my Only 12 Days of Christmas music rule, because this is not a Christmas song. It's a breakup song of sadness and regret that mentions the approach…

They don't get much credit for it, but the San Francisco group We Five recorded one of the first folk-rock songs to reach the top of the American charts. In…

Paul Krugman, the Princeton economist hired by the New York Times in 2000, published his last column for the newspaper today. He will be sorely missed, or would be if…

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…