Arts and Entertainment

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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.…

So Trump's latest idea for controlling immigration is to have the equivalent of bum fights. I'm all for it, given that the first person the first contestant gets to fight…