Song of the Day 8/31: Big Star, “Don’t Lie to Me”
Hey, Matt Meyer! This one's for you! One of the deep cuts from "#1 Record," the 1972 debut album by Big Star that's regarded as one of the founding documents…
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: August 31, 2025
Life's Greatest (?) Mystery Solved. 10-pack hot dogs, 8-pack hot dog buns. Why?: Before about 1940, hot dogs were bought and sold from local butcher shops and were not packaged…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 30, 2025
Arden Fair Day! I'll be working the Book Sale in the Gild Hall from 10-12. I noticed an incredible number of books that would fascinate cinephiles amongst this year's offerings. …
Song of the Day 9/29: Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings, “Soul Love”
In 2012 somebody posted three songs to YouTube, purportedly by an obscure soul group from the early '70s, Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings. All three were covers, soul arrangements of…
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 29, 2025
Yes, we ran into the dreaded 'technical difficulties' yesterday. Which is unfortunate, since I'm technologically illiterate. It won't happen again. Until the next time. Public Health? What Public Health?: The…
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 28, 2025
Pandemics Coming Soon! Vaccines, Not So Much. Courtesy of Bobby Brainworm, Jr: The White House on Wednesday fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Song of the Day 8/28: Thelma Watson and Her All-Girl Orchestra, “You Gotta Be a Football Hero (To Get Along With the Beautiful Girls)”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona If you wonder how a lunkhead (I mean regular guy) like Travis Kelce landed the teen-girl whisperer who became the most powerful woman in the…
Song of the Day 8/27: Oasis, “Half the World Away”
There's no pleasing some people. Hardcore Oasis fans, for example. Noel and Liam Gallagher finally agreed to work together again, reforming Oasis after 15 years of sniping at each other,…
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Electoral Trend Emerging? Not just (or primarily) for Democrats. But for progressives: Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey won a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping a deep-red seat in the state…
A Great Candidate For RD 38!
A real tough district, but check out the background of recently-announced D candidate Maureen Madden: A retired federal civil servant and a multi-degree black belt-holder across several disciplines, Mo Madden…
Song of the Day 8/26: Tavares, “More Than a Woman”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Now that “Saturday Night Fever” (maybe) and the Bee Gees (probably) have been rehabilitated by the cool kids, think back to the soundtrack. Did you…
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Dog-Killer Persecutes Kilmar Abrego Garcia: This wouldn't be possible in anything other than a banana republic: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s aggressive…
Babbling Like a Brook: When Will the Media Give Trump the Biden Treatment?
Looks like all those Republican accusations about Biden's age and mental befuddlement were, as usual, confessions. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been in a war of words with Donald Trump.…