Arts and Entertainment

Song of the Day 3/14: Kate Bush, “Pi”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Science and Health by on March 14, 2024 2 Comments

Pi Day, so called because in American notation it looks like the first three digits of the mathematical constant (in Europe today is 14/3), is a bona fide holiday, designated by Congress in 2009 in hope of spurring interest in math and science (don’t tell MAGAts, they’ll try to get it repealed). It didn’t exactly […]

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Song of the Day 3/13: David Allan Coe, “Take This Job and Shove It”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 13, 2024 3 Comments

Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado is among the 23 Republican House members who announced they would not seek reelection this year, but yesterday he went them one better: He’s not even going to stick around until the end of the month. He’s leaving at the end of next week. Buck entered office as a Tea […]

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Song of the Day 3/12: Raspberries, “Go All the Way”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 12, 2024 1 Comment

Eric Carmen, the frontman of seminal early ’70s power pop band the Raspberries, died over the weekend at age 74. He gained greater fame in the ’80s after he left for a solo career, and in recent years some infamy for outspoken right-wing political stances, but his concept of a band that combined Beatles melodies, […]

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Song of the Day 3/11: Roxy Music, “Virginia Plain”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, National by on March 11, 2024 1 Comment

People are still talking about Alabama Sen. Katie Britt’s disastrous State of the Union response, which seems to test the theory that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. I seem to remember Bobby Jindal had already disproved it back in 2009, when he was considered the GOP’s young, fresh, not-a-white-male face. All most people […]

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Song of the Day 3/10: The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, International by on March 10, 2024 0 Comments

You can discover anything on the internet, just about. That’s why the online world’s inability to discover the name of this song or the musicians who recorded it makes it The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet. This much is known with 99% certainty: The synth-pop tune was recorded in 1984 by a young teen […]

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Song of the Day 3/7: The Beatles, “Doctor Robert”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 7, 2024 0 Comments

Dr. Feelgood the Candy Man, better known as former White House doctor Ronny Jackson, has been demoted by the Navy from retired admiral to retired captain for running a pill mill out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. during the Trump administration. The Pentagon inspector general found he drank and took drugs while on duty and created […]

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Song of the Day 3/6: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, “I’m Broke”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 6, 2024 0 Comments

This song is what the meeting between Donald Trump and Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago must have sounded like. Guitarist and singer Black Joe Lewis was a hot item back in 2009, when he broke out at Austin’s SXSW festival and released the album “Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!” which included this track. He’s released […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 6, 2024 7 Comments

Trump and Biden both won most of the Super Tuesday delegates, but with enough hiccups to give the media something to talk about. Trump lost Vermont to Nikki Haley and picked up only about 75% of the GOP votes cast, while Biden lost American Samoa to some nobody from Baltimore. As a barometer, Samoa leaves […]

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Song of the Day 3/5: Melbourne Ska Orchestra, “Get Smart”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 5, 2024 2 Comments

Feeling down? I find that there’s nothing like a little ska revival music to brighten my mood. Today’s exhibit A: the Melbourne Ska Orchestra, an Aussie outfit that shows how well the genre takes to a big-band treatment. The band has been around for more than 20 years, and is part of a global ska […]

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Song of the Day 3/2: Brad Fiedel, “Terminator 2 Theme”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 2, 2024 0 Comments

Anti-Putin Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was buried in Moscow on Friday, a ceremony that drew thousands of chanting spectators despite threats of arrests and heavy police presence. News reports mentioned that his coffin was lowered into the grave to the theme from “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” “He thought ‘The Terminator 2’ was the best film […]

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Song of the Day 3/1: Judy Street, “What”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on March 1, 2024 1 Comment

England’s Northern Soul movement is a fertile field for soul music fans looking for songs they haven’t heard a thousand times. The genre took root around 1970 in northern England, where the taste for Motown’s classic mid-’60s period lingered into the funk era. The term was coined by a London record shop owner who told […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February 2024

Filed in Arts and Entertainment, Featured by on March 1, 2024 2 Comments

Not gonna lie.  Halfway through the month, the pickin’s were slim. But a great couple of weeks saved the day–and the month.  Mucho diversity as well: Eric Brace led a really cool roots band called Last Train Home. Played at the Gild Hall way back when (2000, I think).  Was also the Weekend Entertainment Editor […]

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Song of the Day 2/29: Lana Del Rey, “Blue Skies”

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on February 29, 2024 1 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona What? Lana Del Rey in the news again? Go figure. And not just because she got knocked down in Taylor Swift’s private box during a post-game Super Bowl celebration. Karma? For a time she was wearing a loser San Francisco 49ers shirt. The new news is about what made her […]

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