Archive for September, 2020
Song of the Day 9/27: Kurt Vile and John Prine, “How Lucky”
Philly native Kurt Vile has a new EP out, highlighted by this duet with one of his musical heroes, John Prine. They recorded it last year when Vile was in a Nashville studio. In a statement released with the song, Vile said, “The truth is John was my hero for a long time when he […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 27, 2020
Computer issues fixed, coffee at the ready, let’s go. Rethugs Plot Swift Confirmation For Coney Barrett. Right around Halloween. Voters oppose the move. Will the power play impact the election? Yes, I think so. Judge Removes Trump’s Director Of Public Lands. He had served beyond the legal limit for ‘acting’ directors. Montana Governor Steve Bullock […]
OMFG – George Stephanopoulos
I have been abiding by news black out pledge, but just heard George Stephanopoulos say that in the upcoming debate Biden must “appeal to a thin sliver of voters who are still undecided.” If this is the prevailing media punditry, we are fucking doomed. DOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMED!
Song of the Day 9/25: Patti Smith, “People Have the Power”
I’m looking to dispel the air of doomed gloom that pervades progressive spaces these days, so here’s an anthem by Patti Smith and Fred “Sonic” Smith from her 1988 LP “Dream of Life.” The tune has special resonance today, because U2 covered it on their 2015-16 tour — and at their Paris concert, they invited […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Sept. 25, 2020
Delaware Rethugs Sue To Have Mail-In Ballots Tossed. A 50-state strategy that may end up in the Supreme Court. Judge not buying it: Glasscock asserted that Republicans do not appear concerned about disenfranchisement, given their remedy is to toss out “100 percent” of ballots sent through the new vote by mail system. “What you’re concerned about is not […]
Song of the Day 9/24: The Clash, “The Guns of Brixton”
Set aside all your anxiety about Trump’s assault on American democracy. If you think we’re headed for civil war and a breakdown of social order, the question becomes as simple as the one Paul Simonon asks here: When they kick at your front door, how you gonna come? Though on one level it’s a song […]
Wake Up, Worriers, You’re Being Played by Trump and the Media
The media bombardment is neverending. Trump is going to steal the election. Be afraid, be very afraid! Rachel Maddow intoned last night, “What will you do for your country when it needs you?” It’s time to defend American democracy, she said. She offered exactly zero ideas for what actual people should actually do. A headline […]
Cathy Cloutier ‘Can’t Be Bought And Won’t Be Bossed’. Nope. Just Extorted
For a ‘nice lady’, she sure prevaricates a lot. The quote above is from her latest lit piece. Time for a shot of the truth. Fact: Cloutier voted to bury some pretty modest gun safety bills in the Senate Executive Committee. Fact: Cloutier confided that she had to do vote that way, or she would […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Sept. 24, 2020
Democracy In Peril. Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power: “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation,” the president said. That was an apparent reference to mail-in ballots, which for months he has railed against, without evidence, as […]
Biden needs a landslide, but is running a 1980’s style 50% plus 1 campaign
I hope everyone in Michigan hates Trump as much as Biden thinks they hate Trump.
Song of the Day 9/23: Robert Hazard, “Change Reaction”
Forty years ago, Robert Hazard was the biggest thing on Philadelphia’s music scene. Hazard, born Robert Rimato to an operatic tenor who lived in Delaware County, played folk, country and even reggae before turning to electro-pop New Wave music in the late ’70s and assembling a backing band, the Heroes, who adopted the matching-suit-skinny-tie style […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., September 23, 2020
Rethugs Unite To Destroy Obamacare, Roe V. Wade. Any name will do. Purists vs. ‘Pragmatists’. Coons reaches across the aisle to do nothing. Possibly the worst D senator in the entire body. Which reminds me… Feckless Dems–Feck. They won’t even get rid of the filibuster. Which the R’s already got rid of. Covid-Denier, Former Legislator, […]
Song of the Day 9/22: Bruce Springsteen, “If I Was the Priest”
I mentioned the other day that Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming album will feature new recordings of three songs from his earliest back catalog that have never seen official release. This is, to a large extent, a case of scraping the barrel bottom. “If I Was the Priest,” “Song for Orphans” and “Janey Needs a Shooter” all […]
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