Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Monday, January 19, 2026

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Van Morrison, Steve Winwood - Fire In The Belly (Official Audio)

Here's a love song with a wintery feel. Well, this tune, from Van Morrisson's Duets-Reworking the Catalogue, mentions January and February, I'm not sure how much this song is about winter.

Joining the Belfast Cowboy on "Fire in the Belly" is Steve Winwood. 

Oh, Northern Ireland got a sizeable snowfall this week.


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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Saturday, January 10, 2026

The Jam - Smithers-Jones

Here's an underrated song from, if you live in America, a very underrated band, the Jam. Bruce Foxton wasn't the principal songwriter for the Band, Paul Weller was, but this tune, "Smithers-Jones," ranks among the best of the Jam's portfolio.

Foxton tells the sad story of Smithers-Jones, a middle manager who is not only laid off by his aloof boss, but then he learns his career is over as well.

Sadly, I know some people who have received the Smithers-Jones treatment.

This is the original version of "Smithers-Jones" was a B-Side to the British hit "When You're Young."
It was recorded for the Jam's Setting Sons album, with strings and vocals only, along the lines of "Eleanor Rigby." 

The first cut works the best. Never out-Beatle the Beatles. 

 

Friday, January 09, 2026

Walz under fire after threatening EXPLOSIVE force against ICE

America dodged two bullets when it voted to return Donald Trump to the White House. They were Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Saturday, January 03, 2026

Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) (1968)

Christmas, unless you are an Orthodox Christian, is in the rear-view mirror. But the weather is still cold, at least it is where I live.

So, in the spirit, here is a cold temperature tune, Manfred Mann's cover of Bob Dylan's "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)."

Besides Manfred, another member of this version Manfred Mann band was Klaus Voormann, a friend of the Beatles from their days in Hamburg.

Happy New Year!

 

Friday, January 02, 2026

More cases of alleged fraud popping up across the nation | National Report

It's of course way too early to predict the biggest news story of 2026, but we may know the answer already. Public aid fraud.