Arts and Entertainment – Page 72

Song of the Day 10/15: Madness, “Michael Caine”

By Alby October 15, 20231 Comment

Iconic British actor Michael Caine announced yesterday on BBC Radio that, at 90 years old, he's retiring. “I keep saying I’m going to retire. Well, I am now. I’ve figured,…

Song of the Day 10/14: Joni Mitchell, “Banquet”

By Alby October 14, 20232 Comments

For Paul and El Som, by request. The original arrangement on "For the Roses" features Joni on piano, but this full band concert performance from her film 1983 film "Refuge…

Song of the Day 10/13: Cyndi Lauper, “Money Changes Everything”

By Alby October 13, 20231 Comment

What makes so many politicians succumb to the lure of lucre? I think Cyndi Lauper summed it up. Actually, a guy named Tom Gray, who led an Atlanta new wave…

Song of the Day 10/11: Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime”

By Alby October 11, 2023

The Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense" is getting as much critical acclaim in its recent rerelease as it did when it opened in theaters back in 1984, maybe…

Song of the Day 10/10: U2, “Pride (In the Name of Love)”

By Alby October 10, 20232 Comments

Did Hamas deliberately single out the Tribe of Nova trance music festival, where they massacred at least 260 people and took an unknown number hostage? It wouldn't be the first…

Song of the Day 10/7: Fred Neil, “Dolphins”

By Alby October 7, 20231 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Fred Neil wrote a sad, beautiful and enduring song called “The Dolphins” as a Greenwich Village folk singer in the mid-1960s. “I’ve been searching for…

Song of the Day 10/6: The Sex Pistols, “Pretty Vacant”

By Alby October 6, 20232 Comments

They would never admit it, even to themselves, but the Freedom Caucus apparently is in favor of anarchy in the U.S. House, which makes the Sex Pistols the perfect soundtrack…

Song of the Day 10/5: The Kinks, “Situation Vacant”

By Alby October 5, 2023

With a tip o' the sombrero to El Som. Yoohoo, anybody home? House Republicans are demonstrating that maybe men do too think about the Roman Empire too much, and no…

Song of the Day 10/4: Buffalo Springfield, “On the Way Home”

By Alby October 4, 20235 Comments

Buffalo Springfield had broken up by the time their third and final album, "Last Time Around," was released in 1968. The LP was assembled from previously recorded material to fulfill…

Song of the Day 10/3: The Ramones, “Why Is It Always This Way?”

By Alby October 3, 2023

Elon Musk's fascist leanings are obvious at this point, and Russian state TV put a fine point on it yesterday by bragging that "Elon Musk really is our agent." That…

Song of the Day 10/2: The Traveling Wilburys, “Not Alone Any More”

By Alby October 2, 2023

Rock has had a lot of so-called supergroups, but I think the superest of them all is an easy choice. The Traveling Wilburys featured Beatle George Harrison, Nobel Prizewinner Bob…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: September 2023

By El Somnambulo October 2, 2023

Fewer songs this month. Sky-high quality, though, one of my favorite batches of the year. A Pops Staples original. Dedicated to Jason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfjKIfD9lhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VeqCgYZ3jo MY kind of band. Surrealist noir…

Song of the Day 9/30: “Flipper” Theme

By Alby September 30, 20232 Comments

Former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall pled guilty to five criminal counts and must testify against co-defendants, notably former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, his contact in the plot. He's the…