Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 3/1: Canadian Resistance Army, “Not Your 51st State”
H/t Al Jackson, who sent me the link to the most recent AI creation of DesertFlyingFox, the creator behind the Greenland Defense Front video. This time around the anti-American forces include beavers, moose, grizzlies and an air force of Canada geese, all fueled by – what else? – Tim Horton’s.
Song of the Day 2/27: Johnny Nash, “I Can See Clearly Now”
Dedicated to El Somnambulo, for reasons he’ll understand. Johnny Nash started singing as a teenager in Houston and released his debut single in 1956. In the first 16 years of his career he had exactly two Top 40 hits, and one of them just squeaked in at No. 39. He was way ahead of the […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February 2026
Yes, I’m posting this a day early. Why? Loads of new tunes–and new discoveries, this month. I just couldn’t wait. So sue me. Perhaps the greatest musical month of ALL TI-I-I-I-ME!: Yes, I’d book ’em at the Gild Hall if I was still booking shows: BTW, it’s possible that you’ll prefer this Boy Golden song […]
Song of the Day 2/26: Phil Collins, “I Don’t Care Anymore”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released its list of nominees to the usual criticisms, mainly that half of the acts have little if any connection to the genre of music in the institution’s name. As Paste magazine reported, the list comprises Sade, Phil Collins, Oasis, The Black Crowes, Joy Division and New Order, […]
Song of the Day 2/25: Bettye LaVette, “Everything Is Broken”
A true State of the Union address would have sounded a lot like this Bob Dylan number from “Oh Mercy,” the 1989 LP that critics treated as a comeback album. But not his original version, where Daniel Lanois’ glossy production distracts from Dylan’s delivery. Soul singer Bettye LaVette improved it considerably by slowing it down, […]
Song of the Day 2/24: Dion, “Runaround Sue”
He was just Dion, sans the Belmonts and without his surname DiMucci, in 1961 when he assembled an impromptu doo-wop chorus at a party and started ad-libbing lyrics about a girl who wouldn’t be true. When he brought it to songwriter Ernie Maresca they came up with a No. 1 hit. Guys have been writing […]
Song of the Day 2/23: America, “A Horse With No Name”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona When listeners first heard America’s “A Horse With No Name” in 1972 a lot of them had questions. Why did this new Neil Young song seem to pop up out of nowhere? And why would Neil write a line like “the heat was hot?” Well, at least they knew where […]
Song of the Day 9/22: Snoop Dogg, “Sexual Eruption”
The 2026 Winter Olympics close today, and the most titillating story out of Milano Cortina, Italy, was that the 2,800 athletes on hand ran through 10,000 condoms in three days. Don’t worry, they restocked the supply so the, um, games could continue safely, but it does make one wonder where they find the energy to […]
Song of the Day 2/20: U2, “American Obituary”
U2 released its first new music in nearly a decade on Ash Wednesday, and the lead track on the six-song EP “Days of Ash” joins the growing list of anti-DHS protest songs. Though “American Obituary” sounds like the title for a requiem for the United States, it’s actually an elegy for Renee Good. Renee Good, […]
Song of the Day 2/19: Joe Frazier and the Knockouts, “Knock on Wood”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona It seems wrong to put a movie-prop statue right next to a major collection of great art, yet there’s Rocky at the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In fact, he’ll be moving from his place near the bottom of the steps to an even more prominent spot at […]
Song of the Day 2/18: Billie Jo Spears, “Blanket on the Ground”
The tale of “Kristi Needs Her Blankie” is even sadder and sillier than first reported. You may recall from, oh, last week sometime that DHS chief Kristi Noem tried to fire a Coast Guard pilot mid-flight for leaving her blanket behind. Petty and pathetic, sure, but almost innocent compared to the real story. It seems […]
Song of the Day 2/17: Robert Duvall, “I’ve Decided to Leave Here Forever”
The obituaries for Robert Duvall, the greatest character actor of his generation, all lauded his amazing versatility. Some of them mentioned that for his lone Oscar-winning role, as washed-up country singer Mac Sledge in the 1983 release “Tender Mercies,” Duvall played the guitar and did all his own singing. Few noted that he also wrote […]
Song of the Day 2/16: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Naked and Famous”
Though today is widely known as Presidents Day, the federal holiday is still officially called Washington’s Birthday. Many states have switched the name to Presidents Day, but nine states, including Delaware, don’t observe it at all. Luckily for kids, public schools are closed anyway. I understood celebrating George Washington, his slave-holding notwithstanding, but I’m not […]
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