Arts and Entertainment
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2025: The Top 10!!
But first, let us put all of the great tunes in one place for those who have not been breathlessly following along to the Countdown: #’s 50-41 #’s 40-31 #’s 30-21 #’s 20-11 OK, here we go: 10: 9: 8: 7: 6: 5: 4: It was only as I was ordering my Top 10 that […]
Song of the Day 12/29: Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, New Year’s Eve medley
Stephen Miller, the illegitimate child of Nosferatu and Joseph Goebbels, caused a stir the other day when he tweeted, “Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my kids. Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world.” He was mocked widely for holding up two sons of Italian […]
Song of the Day 12/28: Suede, “Electricity”
There are lots of reasons Americans are firmly against AI, but perhaps the biggest is what it will do to your electric bills. A Bloomberg News analysis found that areas near data centers electricity costs increase as much as 267% compared to five years ago. And if you think it’s bad now, just wait until […]
Song of the Day 12/26: Ben Folds Five, “Brick”
Nobody sets a happy story on Dec. 26. So when Ben Folds’ song opens with a timestamp – 6 a.m., day after Christmas – it pretty much guarantees we’re about to hear a sad tale. And we do. Folds’ autobiographical account of his high school girlfriend’s abortion and its emotional aftermath appeared on his band’s […]
Song(s) of the Day 12/25: The Year’s Most Popular Christmas Songs From the Archive
Visitors hit the archive every Christmas for holiday songs from years past. There are the most visited holiday songs from the archive this year. Admittedly, they would make a disjointed playlist, so I’ll just leave the links here. Song of the Day 12/22: The Moonglows, “Hey Santa Claus” Song of the Day 12/20: Seymour Swine […]
Song of the Day 12/24: Jimmy Boyd, “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”
When you hear this novelty tune these days, it’s usually the Jackson 5’s version, with 12-year-old Michael playing the youngster shocked to see his mother canoodling with Kris Kringle. It appeared on the group’s 1970 Christmas album, their fourth for Motown, and Michael was already a star. Jimmy Boyd was a year older when he […]
Song of the Day 12/23: Angela Lansbury, “We Need a Little Christmas”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona “We Need a Little Christmas” is a Christmas song about celebrating Christmas when it’s not Christmastime. Auntie Mame has just lost all her money in the 1929 stock market crash. She needs cheering up right now. So forget the calendar, “We Need a Little Christmas,” she tells her household. “Haul […]
Song of the Day 12/22: The 1975, “Wintering”
Christmas can be a hectic time for young adults. You’ve left the nest, but your parents expect you to return home for the holidays, and they’re likely to treat you like you’re still in high school. Catching up with old friends you bump into just heightens the feeling of traveling in time as well as […]
Song of the Day 12/21: Maddy Prior, “Ding Dong! Merrily on High”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There are two Christmas songs with what seem like almost endless strings of “o’s” in the word “gloria” – “33 syllables in just one breath,” one expert determined. One of these songs you’re surely familiar with, the other maybe not so much. The chestnut “Angels We Have Heard on High” […]
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