Arts and Entertainment – Page 77

Song of the Day 9/14: Leslie Kritzer, “Creepy Old Guy”

By Alby September 14, 20234 Comments

Lauren Boebert, demonstrating the classiness we've all become familiar with, was booted from a performance of the musical "Beetlejuice" in Denver the other night after managing a hat trick of…

Song of the Day 9/13: Old and in the Way, “Wild Horses”

By Alby September 13, 2023

Joe Biden – you might have heard about this – is old. He's been old for quite some time now, having been born in 1942, but the media has just…

Song of the Day 9/12: R. Dean Taylor, “Indiana Wants Me”

By Alby September 12, 20236 Comments

So much for a good guy with a gun. Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante broke into a house in rural Chester County and stole a .22-caliber rifle despite the homeowner firing…

Song of the Day 9/11: Shawn Colvin, “Viva Las Vegas”

By Alby September 11, 2023

Today marks a memorable anniversary. I speak, of course, of Sept. 11, 1991, the date The Dude writes a 69-cent check to pay for a quart of half-and-half at Ralph's…

Song of the Day 9/10: Sunny War, “Whole”

By Alby September 10, 2023

Venice Beach-based singer-songwriter Sunny War got a big media push when her latest album, "Anarchist Gospel," dropped back in February, but the song that WXPN picked up didn't catch my…

Song of the Day 9/8: Bobby “Blue” Bland, “I Wouldn’t Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)”

By Alby September 8, 20234 Comments

It's impossible to satirize the stupidity of MAGAts because they're stupider than any smart person can pretend to be. How else to explain the results of the recent poll of…

Song of the Day 9/7: The Rolling Stones, “Angry”

By Alby September 7, 20239 Comments

The grandpas are alright. As if to prove that not all geriatrics are as decrepit as America's politicians, the Rolling Stones are releasing an album of new material Oct. 20.…

Song of the Day 9/6: Gary Wright, “Love Is Alive”

By Alby September 6, 2023

Gary Wright, the rock keyboard player best known for his 1975 solo LP "The Dream Weaver," died Monday at age 80 after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease and dementia.…

Song of the Day 9/5: Smash Mouth, “All Star”

By Alby September 5, 20233 Comments

Steve Harwell, the longtime lead singer for Smash Mouth, died Monday of liver failure brought on by years of alcoholism. He was 56 years old and had been in bad…

Song of the Day 9/4: Aretha Franklin, “Muddy Water”

By Alby September 4, 2023

When the news broke about Burning Man 2023 turning into a soggy hellscape, did anyone feel anything but schadenfreude? Like most things that start out being the province of the…

Song of the Day 9/2: Jimmy Buffett, “A Pirate Looks at 40”

By Alby September 2, 20233 Comments

Summer's over, all right. Jimmy Buffett, who founded a billion-dollar fortune with a humorous break-up song featuring a popular cocktail, died yesterday at age 76. Along the way he founded…

Song of the Day 9/1: Len Barry, “1-2-3”

By Alby September 1, 20232 Comments

Here's some blue-eyed soul one for your Friday night dance party. Len Barry was the lead singer for the Dovells, the Philadelphia doo-wop group who reached No. 2 in 1961…

Song of the Day 8/31: Graham Nash and David Crosby, “Frozen Smiles”

By Alby August 31, 2023

Mitch McConnell's freeze-up yesterday seems like a gift for all those people who wished something would shut him up, but it's also a reminder – and old people need them…