Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 02/2026

Randy Newman’s 1983 song was never a hit, but wound up an anthem.

Home of the legendary Chess Records.

And why did Zeppelin love it as a soundcheck jam?

“People are terrified to be set free”.

“I went to Russia and fell in love.”

A defense of immigrants caught in the American justice system.

Any schoolboy can benefit from working on the weekends.

The film clip that launched a thousand reenactments.

And is it also, weirdly, still a pretty fun one?

The inventor of ‘vocalese’ singing.

A 1969 experiment as ambitious as the moon landing.

It took an Olympic figure skating routine to bring the truth out.