Song of the Day 10/4: The Alan Parsons Project, “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You”
The more I hear from JD Vance, the more I think of this 1977 song. Though it was just a modest hit, No. 36 on the Hot 100, it helped…
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 4, 2024
Bad Day For Trump Evildoers: Tina Peters: DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the first local election official to be charged with a security breach after the 2020…
Song of the Day 10/3: Tears for Fears, “Sowing the Seeds of Love”
I've heard this No. 2 hit from 1989 in random places a couple of times lately, and though "Sowing the Seeds of Love" wears its psychedelic-era Beatles influences like a…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Unsure of your Presidential pick? Might I suggest--Vermin Supreme? He is somehow on Delaware's ballot as a candidate for the 'Conservative Party Of DE', which doesn't strike me as particularly…
Was The DelDems Coordinated Campaign Merely An LBR Vanity Project?
You'll notice the use of the past tense. Word on the street is that indeed LBR's team was functioning as the Party's Coordinated Campaign team and that--they all just resigned…
Song of the Day 10/1: Rod McKuen, “Jean”
For all the tributes to Dame Maggie Smith since her death last week, I haven't seen a single one mention the No. 2 hit that its composer said was written…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024
Now that Israel has decapitated Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, Iran itself has decided to get into the act, firing off almost 200 missiles at Israel. You don't have to be Nostradamus…
What We’ve Accomplished, What We Need To Do
The primaries have come and gone. If anything, I don't think people realize just how much things have changed as a result. There's more to do, coming later in this…
Oregon Odds ‘N Ends
Needed to get these vacation thoughts out of my head so that I can return to (Memo To Self: Find a therapist) the harsh reality of Delaware politics: 1. The…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024
Israel has let slip its dogs of war with a military invasion of Lebanon. If the idea is to wipe out Hezbollah, well, it didn't work last time, it almost…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: September, 2024
Yet another cool band out of Philly. Power pop fans, check this one out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0CFwtJbhIA How's this for a last-minute unexpected surprise?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th4u1yrpuRE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOo8PDotiXk Kind-of a Sonic Youth feel. ''Cept…