Song of the Day 7/5: The Ramones, “The Job That Ate My Brain”
Joe Biden's fight for survival wasn't helped by telling his staff he needs an early bedtime, and he's clearly made an enemy of the New York Times. So we've got…
Song of the Day 7/4: Trey Parker, “America, Fuck Yeah!”
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The South Park team's marionette movie, "Team America: World Police," was released 20 years ago, during the Iraq War, when patriotism was running high and Hollywood action movies pandered to…
Song of the Day 7/3: Neil Sedaka, “Breakin’ Up Is Hard to Do”
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A song for Joe Biden, sung by a guy who's even older than he is. Sedaka was an established star as both a performer and songwriter with several Top 10…
Song of the Day 7/2: The Human League, “Don’t You Want Me”
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They can play this one at the Democratic National Convention, no matter who the nominee turns out to be. I like to bust on record executives who don't recognize a…
Song of the Day 7/1: Tom Lehrer, “I Wanna Go Back to Dixie”
First Kinky Friedman, then Martin Mull. It could be one of Friedman's mysteries, about someone bumping off the musical satirists of the '70s. In that scenario we should maybe worry…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: June 2024
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Best month o' tunes so far this year. By far. I also think I'm gonna nail Nathan Arizona's fave this time! Let's get ready to get down: Alisa Amador: I…
Song of the Day 6/30: Martin Mull, “Ukelele Blues”
Martin Mull, who died last week at age 80, is mostly remembered for his long career as a comic actor, which began in 1976 when producer Norman Lear tapped him…
Song of the Day 6/28: Kinky Friedman, “They Ain’t Makin’ Jews Like Jesus Anymore”
They ain't makin' Jews like Kinky Friedman anymore, either. In the '70s he was the singing-songwriting leader of the satirical Texas Jewboys, a Western swing forerunner of raucous acts like…
Song of the Day 6/27: Spin Doctors, “How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Can Have Me)”
The Spin Doctors' lament is really about being friend zoned, but it's the same question the Biden campaign could ask anyone who's voting for his felonious opponent. The Spin Doctors…
Song of the Day 6/26: Neil Innes, “Brave Sir Robin”
This one's for Bethany Hall Long who, put in a position to cast an important tie-breaking vote, showed her leadership skills: She bravely turned her tail and fled. Neil Innes…
Song of the Day 6/25: Fataday Korngor, “Pinky Ring”
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New music is El Somnambulo's territory, but I heard this on WXPN's local music show last week and I'm not willing to wait until his end-of-the-month roundup to share it.…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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Media chatter has turned to Thursday night's televised debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and it seems nobody is pretending anymore that the event has anything to do with…
Song of the Day 6/24: Shaboozey, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
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H/t Jason, who posted this in the comments the other day. It was among the songs featured in this this article about the contenders for the Song of the Summer.…