Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 6/10: Randy Newman, “Guilty”
This is the song I’d like to hear played when Donald Trump is hanged for treason. The song closed side 1 of Randy Newman’s controversial 1974 album “Good Old Boys” and was released as the LP’s first single. It didn’t chart. Newman wasn’t the first to record the tune. Bonnie Raitt, backed by most of […]
Song of the Day 6/9: The Weavers, “The Hammer Song”
Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson will wield the hammer of justice — a gavel, actually — when the House select committee he chairs on the Jan. 6 insurrection presents its findings tonight at 8 p.m. in that old-school format, the prime-time television broadcast. I’m not sure how that will play in our post-TV era. Pete Seeger […]
Song of the Day 6/8: Seals and Crofts, “We May Never Pass This Way (Again)”
Jim Seals, who died Monday at age 80, wasn’t just half of the ’70s soft rock duo Seals and Crofts. He and his musical partner were also among the best-known adherents of the Baháʼí faith, which does indeed hold that we won’t be reincarnated, but we will experience some kind of life after death. The […]
Kick Off Your Weekend With The Legendary Ingramettes
Soulful Gospel powerhouses: This Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the Arden Shady Grove, right below the Gild Hall. While most of the music will be sacred Gospel, secular beer and wine will be offered. Oh, and the Ingramettes will work wonders with Bill Withers’ ‘Grandma’s Hands’. We’ve also got a Gospel Choir from the local […]
Song of the Day 6/6: Sheryl Crow, “Can’t Cry Anymore”
Polling conducted after the Uvalde Massacre asked respondents if they feel that mass shootings are “unfortunately something we have to accept as part of a free society” or “something we can prevent and stop if we really tried.” To nobody’s surprise, 44% of Republicans said we just have to accept mass slaughter or we’re not […]
Song of the Day 6/5: Wilco, “Cruel Country”
The genre now known as Americana was once known as alt-country, and Jeff Tweedy’s band, Uncle Tupelo, helped set the template by injecting pop-punk energy into country rock. That band split after four albums, and Tweedy formed Wilco in 1995. His music since then has ranged over broader territory, but with his new album “Cruel […]
Song of the Day 6/3: Bobby Gentry, “Ode to Billy Joe”
On this date in fictional history, Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge, triggering one of pop music’s greatest mysteries: What did the narrator and Billie Joe throw off the bridge? The question gripped America in the summer of 1967, when Gentry’s debut record knocked the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” out of […]
Song of the Day 6/1: Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”
Digitalized music has played havoc with the old-fashioned record charts compiled by the likes of Billboard magazine. Songs released decades ago keep popping up near the top, their spikes in popularity cued by their use in popular movies and TV shows. The latest overnight sensation, Kate Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill,” was used […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May, 2022
Another great month, full of diversity. And some true tours de force. I’m sure you’ll find plenty to enjoy: The artist is Jett Kwong: My first take: He could be the artist I hoped Mac Demarco would become: ‘I’m making all my rules up.’ Nathan Arizona’s fave of the month?: I briefly worried that Bartees […]
Song of the Day 5/31: Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen”
With England set to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70 years on the throne, it seemed like the perfect time to release a TV series about the Sex Pistols’ constantly controversial 2½-year existence, and the tumultuous times the band both caused and reflected — particularly because reactionary governments and social movements again seem […]
Song of the Day 5/30: João Gilberto, “Chega de Saudade”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona The warm weather always gets me thinking about the beaches of Ipanema. I’ve never been to Rio, but every spring and summer I get transported to Brazil when I break out the bossa nova. The mellow blend of samba and American cool jazz is perfect for kicking back with a […]
Song of the Day 5/28: The Black Keys, “Tell Me Lies”
There’s so much lying in public life that the media has become numb to it — producers and editors aired and printed Trump’s lies with a shrug and without bothering to check or correct them. Maybe that’s why people seem so stunned by the fumbling, bumbling lying by the Uvalde Police Department. The tune appeared […]
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