DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 8, 2024
Absolute Must-Read Of The Day: The Prince Documentary You Might Never See. You'll learn more about Prince from this article than you ever knew. Warts and all. Kamala Harris And…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Real Headline Of The Day: Scientists use food dye found in Doritos to make see-through mice My unassailable theory: Scientists eat way too many Doritos. Tenet Is No More. You…
Bethany Hall-Long Copies Trump, Slings Mud in Desperation
Today marks the fourth day in a row I've received a mailer from Ms. Creant and the sleazy unions backing her that compares Matt Meyer to Donald Trump. You'd think…
Song of the Day 6/6: unknown artist, “Walk on Back”
If you want to encounter soul music you've never heard before, the seven-CD set "Written in Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos," released last summer, represents a treasure trove. Archivist…
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 6, 2024
I hereby take a timeout from moderating the blog to trying to write the daily Open Thread post. Moderating ain't easy, especially when one is not a moderate. Can't recall…
Song of the Day 9/5: Ween, “Ocean Man”
One reason rock is fading away: Gen X bands just don't have the staying power of, say, the Rolling Stones. For example Ween, the oddball alternative duo from New Hope,…
What The Fuck??!!
BREAKING NEWS: Branden Fletcher Dominguez is out of primary?? Here's what just arrived in my e-mail: On Friday, August 30th, the Department of Elections reached out to my campaign requesting…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 5, 2024
Don't See Many Stories Like This One: More than $100,000 in Apple products that were being shipped from Delaware to China have been seized, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
El Somnambulo Picks Some Of ‘Em For You
Wasn't gonna do this. But, I can't help myself. US Representative: Sarah McBride (D) and Donyale Hall (R). Assuming, of course, that anybody turns out to vote in the Republican…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024
"Trump has yet to find an attack on Harris that will stick." This is, no joke, how the media is treating his campaign's All Insults, All The Time strategy, along…
Song of the Day 9/3: James Darren (as Vic Fontaine), “Come Fly With Me”
To people of a certain age – say, 80 – James Darren, who died yesterday at age 88, will always be Moondoggie, the handsome male lead in "Gidget." That now-ignored…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024
Trump did and said some dumb shit yesterday, I don't even know what and I don't much care. He'll do and say some dumb shit today that they'll report tomorrow,…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: August 2024
A bit more roots/blues-oriented than usual, which is not a bad thing in my book: Pony Bradshaw, also featuring Rachel Baiman: Combat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv7eP5yf7GA Lounge Lizard gets what he deserves?: MAVI:…