DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 9, 2024
Yesterday I set out to find an alternative to fill the void in the post-MSNBC phase of my life. I'd always been intrigued with the notion of Scandinavian noir. Perhaps…
Song of the Day 11/8: Quincy Jones, “Soul Bossa Nova”
Quincy Jones scored almost three dozen films, including "In the Heat of the Night," "The Italian Job" and "The Color Purple." The first of them came years after he wrote…
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 8, 2024
What ProPublica Will Cover In A Second Trump Presidency. At least we can look forward to great journalism from one place that hasn't been utterly compromised: Sixteen years ago, we…
Song of the Day 11/7: Lesley Gore, “It’s My Party”
The late, great Quincy Jones was arguably overqualified to produce this No. 1 hit for 16-year-old Lesley Gore in 1963. He had already led his own 18-piece jazz band on…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 7, 2024
I think Bernie Sanders got it right: “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class…
Song of the Day 11/6: Frédéric Chopin, “Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Third Movement (Marche funèbre)”
Something that fits the mood of the day, because the middle section contains hope as well as grief. Chopin composed the funeral march two years before the rest of his…
America Is…
...a 10-year-old kid at the amusement park who went on the roller coaster and threw up, then went on the merry-go-round and didn't throw up but just went around in…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024
Ugh. I can't explain it, other than I guess people enjoy a shit show. Well, they're gonna get one. The floor's yours.
DL National Elections Results Thread: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
OK, guys, this is the big one. The night always starts off bad as Kentucky and Indiana report first. But we might at least get a sense as to the…
DL Delaware Election Results Thread: Tuesday, November 5, 2024
OK, guys, this thread is for the Delaware results only. I can certainly understand that, as the national results come in and some of you perhaps indulge a bit too…
Song of the Day 11/5: Counting Crows, “Omaha”
The odds are against it, but thanks to the quirks of the Electoral College, if all the toss-up states break just the right way, the presidential race could come down…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024
I don't know who first said this or where it originally appeared, but I've seen it referenced a couple of times in recent days, and I think it comes closer…
Song of the Day 11/4: Huffamoose, “Wait”
WXPN's David Dye is so impatient for the election to be over he devoted an entire show yesterday to songs about waiting. I had completely forgotten about this one, which…