Arts and Entertainment – Page 56

Song of the Day 5/9: Harold Arlen, “Stormy Weather”

By Alby May 9, 20241 Comment

Contentious cross-examination of porn star Stormy Daniels made this an inevitable tabloid headline. I started humming this Harold Arlen standard, now 91 years old, as soon as I read it.…

Song of the Day 7/8: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Mercury Poisoning”

By Alby May 8, 2024

H/t El Somnambulo It must be something in the water, nanoplastics or something, because suddenly politicians are saying shit that nobody looking for votes should ever say. First it was…

Song of the Day 5/7: “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Fat”

By Alby May 7, 20244 Comments

You can tell Donnie Two Scoops is on Ozempic (or Wegovy, they're the same thing, just different doses) because he's taken to mocking people for being fat. At a fundraiser…

Song of the Day 5/6: Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”

By Alby May 6, 2024

Kristi Noem's dog murder-career suicide exposed her inhumanity, but as this writer pointed out, to really understand what a sicko she is, consider the poor billy goat who caught her…

Song of the Day 5/4: Bill Murray (as Nick Winters), “Star Wars”

By Alby May 4, 2024

Nowadays, after nine feature-length films and spinoff series galore, it's hard to remember what a big deal the original Star Wars was when it came out in 1977. That was…

Song of the Day 5/3: David Bromberg, “Dehlia”

By Alby May 3, 20241 Comment

David Bromberg, who's called Wilmington home for the past 22 years, announced that he's moving to New York City – for a quieter life. Bromberg relocated from Chicago to Wilmington…

Song of the Day 5/1: John Lennon, “Working Class Hero”

By Alby May 1, 2024

It's International Workers' Day in 160 countries, but not the United States, where every day is Industrialists' Day. Get back to work. John Lennon recorded more than 100 takes of…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 1, 2024

By Alby May 1, 20243 Comments

I'm not going to bother with a Trump trial wrap-up, because if you consume news you can't avoid the media's information avalanche. I can't tell who's winning, but it's pretty…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: April 2024

By El Somnambulo May 1, 20242 Comments

I tried to narrow this list down and, in fact, did. Just too many good songs to ignore: For newbies, the songs are in alpha order by artist: Real Black…

Song of the Day 4/30: Riley Puckett, “The Cat Came Back”

By Alby April 30, 20241 Comment

As I noted yesterday, and Kristi Noem is finding out at her leisure, Americans treasure two animals above all others – Man's Best Friend, and His Noble Steed – and…

Song of the Day 4/29: Dave Matthews Band, “Ants Marching”

By Alby April 29, 20242 Comments

Seems this was the year the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bit the bullet and opened its doors to bands that were popular but critically scorned. Foreigner was finally…

Song of the Day 4/28: Henry Gross, “Shannon”

By Alby April 28, 20241 Comment

You don't have to be an animal lover to find yourself aghast at the Kristi Noem dog-killing story – not just that she did it in the first place, which…

Song of the Day 4/26: The Beatles, “I’m Only Sleeping”

By Alby April 26, 2024

He's at it again. Trump reportedly took a "bonafide nap" during his lawyer's cross-examination of National Enquirer honcho David Pecker this morning. Remember, with people like Trump, every accusation is…