Guest post by Nathan Arizona Tomorrow is International Louie Louie Day. Not every song gets a Day, but “Louie Louie” isn’t every song. It’s been almost fanatically celebrated from the…
It's an age-old story: Person gets elected, uses the office to get a cushy job in the NGO sector, then uses their government position to steer money to their non-government…
Trump earned his taunting "taco" sobriquet because he almost always makes bellicose threats and then backs down instead of following through on them. But I think everyone's glad he rescinded…
After Donald the Trump posted his Easter screed, threatening Iran like Iran has never been threatened before – big, beautiful threatening, the greatest threatening they've ever seen, many people are…
Another day, another deadline. Mad Donald, ever projecting, says Iran had better "open the fuckin' strait, you crazy bastards" or tomorrow he'll commit more war crimes by bombing civilian targets.…
Before the movie, before the stage show, before even the concept album, "Jesus Christ Superstar" began with this single. Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice couldn't get financial backing to…
Buh-bye, Pam Bondi. The jangle-pop classic "There She Goes" stands as the crowning achievement of a songwriter who's been called "the J.D. Salinger of pop." Liverpool native Lee Mavers, frontman…
H/t to Cape Gazette editorial cartoonist Jim Paterson, whose recent cartoon used the title of the Bob Seger song as the headline for his take on the battle between the…
Fate played a mean joke on blues guitarist Elvin Bishop. Bishop, who cut his teeth playing with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, is remembered as a one-hit wonder for his…
No 'April Fools' Gold' here. So many good ones this month that I had to cut a couple. Don't fret--I included them in the Spotify playlist. At first, second and…
It seems Donald Trump has finally found a bed he couldn't unshit. Since blundering into his war on Iran, his two chief weapons, bullying and whining, have failed to open…
Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has bottled up a significant portion of the world's petroleum and nitrogen-based fertilizer. It's also choked off a third important resource that's starting…
Guest post by Nathan Arizona You’ll be hearing a lot about the K-pop group BTS, international superstars back on stage after completing compulsory service in the South Korean army. But…