Arts and Entertainment

Elvis Presley made this cowboy Christmas song a classic, but I can't listen to it without thinking of this porcine parody, which pretty much ruined Elvis' version for me. Yes,…

The media is having a newsgasm because Colorado's Supreme Court barred Trump from the ballot there, based on the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. The appeal to SCOTUS will determine the…

Here's another piece of evidence supporting the theory that time makes songs Christmas classics: The LP "A Christmas Gift for You from Phillies Records" was a flop when it was…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Melancholy is almost a standard quality in Christmas music, but only one song was so sad that it got banned from the radio. And it’s…

If you're not a church-goer you might not realize that, as pious as this song sounds, most Christian denominations do not have it in their hymnals. The reason is as…

If you've ever seen one of those listicles of the best and worst Christmas songs, you might have noticed an oddity – several of the songs appear on both lists.…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona WXPN voters couldn't find even one song by the Roches to place on the station’s just-concluded listeners survey of the 885 best songs by women.…

I think most people sour on the Christmas music played on the radio and at commercial establishments because the playlist is too short. It consists of five or six dozen…

If you venture out in public much you're probably sick of Christmas music by now, but it's my policy to listen to only 12 days of Christmas music. I'm starting…

WXPN's contest countdown is nearly through (as I post this there are fewer than 60 songs to go) and most of the entries I put on my ballot because I…

WXPN's year-end countdown of the 885 Greatest Songs by Women – I know, the title sounds more ridiculous every time you hear it – reached my pick for No. 1…

WXPN's countdown of the 885 Greatest Songs By Women – yes, it's grandiose, but they had to call it something – has passed the halfway mark, and my strategy of…

Denny Laine, who died Tuesday at 79, might have been who Andy Warhol had in mind when he said everyone would get 15 minutes of fame. For about that long…