Arts and Entertainment – Page 90

Song of the Day 3/3: The Ramones, “Punishment Fits the Crime”

By Alby March 3, 20235 Comments

I suppose there's a reason America's laughably labeled "news" channels covered some South Carolina ass clown's murder trial as if it were OJ 2.0 -- I didn't experience this first-hand,…

Song of the Day 3/2: Big Louisiana, Willy Rafus and Arthur Davis, “Let Your Hammer Ring”

By Alby March 2, 20231 Comment

A bunch of millionaires known as "U.S. senators" have been sitting around in their Washington, D.C., offices pretending that the richest country in the history of the world simply can't…

Song of the Day 3/1: Laura Jane Grace, “Lolo 13”

By Alby March 1, 2023

If drag shows freak Republicans out, I wonder how freaked they'd be by an actual transgender performer like Laura Jane Grace. Born Thomas James Gabel, Grace came out in 2012…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February 2023

By El Somnambulo March 1, 20232 Comments

Experience the thrill of discovering new (at least to me) artists. This month has 'em. This band is not new, but they're always relevant: My kind of country: Not sold…

Song of the Day 2/28: Aerosmith, “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”

By Alby February 28, 20235 Comments

As anyone who follows the news knows, Republicans have a hard on for drag queens -- uh, maybe I should rephrase that. Or maybe I shouldn't. Southern states must be…

Song of the Day 2/27: Albert Hammond, “It Never Rains in Southern California”

By Alby February 27, 20232 Comments

The weather in the USA has been weird lately -- 50-degree temperature swings, February tornadoes and snow in Southern California. Maybe the lyrics of this song need an update --…

Song of the Day 2/26: Iris DeMent, “Goin’ Down to Sing in Texas”

By Alby February 26, 20231 Comment

Singer-songwriter Iris DeMent isn't usually described as a folk singer, I suppose because much of her work sounds like country music, but some of her compositions are as pointed as…

Song of the Day 2/25: The Breeders, “Cannonball”

By Alby February 25, 20232 Comments

Andrew C. is right -- it's unlikely I'll ever get another chance to hang a song about a cannonball on an actual news peg, so here's his choice for the…

Song of the Day 2/24: Damien Rice, “Cannonball”

By Alby February 24, 20233 Comments

The wanderings of the Lewes Cannonball have come to a happy end. Whoever pried it loose from the Cannonball House apparently thought better of it and placed it on the…

Song of the Day 2/23: The Business, “Drinking and Driving”

By Alby February 23, 2023

Would-be politician Scott Walker, the guy who runs for office by setting up home-painted campaign signs along Delaware roads, has never come close to being elected, but his odd behavior…

Song of the Day 2/22: Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Say What!”

By Alby February 22, 20232 Comments

Marjorie Taylor Greene has caught on to how to become MAGAWorld famous -- say outrageous shit and count on the mainstream media to play it up under the category "Be…

Song of the Day 2/21: 10cc, “Art for Art’s Sake”

By Alby February 21, 20234 Comments

Is this the nightmare of every art gallery visitor? At a VIP art fair in Miami last weekend, a woman knocked over a glass sculpture by Jeff Koons, destroying it…

Song of the Day 2/20: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Mach 5”

By Alby February 20, 20231 Comment

As is traditional on Presidents Day, today's song is by the Presidents of the United States of America, the three-piece Seattle band that scored a triple-platinum debut album in the…