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Song of the Day 4/22: The Rainmakers, “Drinkin’ on the Job”
If Kash Patel didn’t want reporters to look into his drinking, maybe he shouldn’t have guzzled beer with the U.S. hockey team at the Olympics. It would have been a bad look anywhere outside Frat Row, but it made me long for the days when the FBI director had enough sense to not get photographed […]
New Poll – Who’s Next?
Lori Chavez-DeRemer walked the plank to pursue opportunities in the private sector, since critics made it difficult to run scams in the public sector any longer. So once again a DL longshot came in. Chavez-DeRemer was the DL voting public’s fourth choice. Tulsi Gabbard was the favorite, and given the shrinking number of women to […]
Song of the Day 4/21: Jim Sullivan, “U.F.O.”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona “X-Files” Case No. 158: Singer-songwriter Jim Sullivan made an unsuccessful album in 1969 called “U.F.O.” The subject had long fascinated him. Later, he walked into the desert in space alien-friendly New Mexico and was never heard from again. They never found the body, but they did find his Volkswagen bug, […]
Song of the Day 4/20: Tom Petty, “You Don’t Know How It Feels”
Today is the first 4/20 when recreational cannabis is legal in Delaware, and I’m gonna say I told you so: It’s been far from the financial windfall for the state that a lot of people were anticipating. WHYY checked the figures last month and they’re far short of expectations. The bottom line for now is […]
Song of the Day 4/19: Generation X, “Kiss Me Deadly”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2026 has a distinctly British flavor. The only Americans inducted are Queen Latifah, the Wu-Tang Clan and Luther Vandross. Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Oasis, Sade and Joy Division/New Order are all British acts. A lot of people would say it’s about time, because Brits […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, April 18, 2026
Whoopee! Trump says the Strait of Iran (sic) is open again! And you can believe what Trump says, right? Especially on Friday afternoons. Tell ya what, though, you go through first. No links because at publication time nobody actually has any clear idea of what’s going on. It seems Secretary of Belligerence Pete Hegseth isn’t […]
Song of the Day 4/17: Little Millie Small, “My Boy Lollipop”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Before there was Bob Marley, there was Little Millie Small. Little Millie had the very first Jamaican hit in America with a 1964 ska song called “My Boy Lollipop.” It was a snappy tune you could dance to, heavy on the island backbeat but spun from American R&B like other […]
DL Open Thread Friday, April 17, 2026
Data centers: To know them is to hate them: [T]he share of Virginians saying they’d be “comfortable” if a new data center were built in their community has plummeted to half the level it was at just three years ago. In 2023, 69 percent of state residents said a new data center was fine with […]
Song of the Day 4/16: Matthew Sweet, “Evangeline”
The Trump administration seems to have declared war on the Vatican. Donald Trump commands the U.S. military’s 1.3 million active personnel. The Pope is protected by the 135-man Swiss Guard. That hardly seems like a fair fight. What the Holy See needs is someone like Evangeline, an indie comic book heroine of the ’80s who […]
Song of the Day 4/15: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, “What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes”
Republicans love to claim they’re cutting taxes, but a recent study found that thanks to Trump’s tariffs, the net effect this year is to increase taxes on Americans in all income groups aside from the richest 5 percent. Thanks, Trump! Sharon Jones released this song as a single in 2004, when the bombs our taxes […]
Song of the Day 4/14: The Caulfields, “Devil’s Diary”
Trump finally did something that pissed off even his Christian nationalist supporters when he posted an AI collage centering on an image of himself as Jesus. After enough people called him a blasphemer, he deleted it from his social media account, but not before blatantly lying that he thought it showed him as a doctor. […]
Song of the Day 4/13: Donald Byrd, “Fallin’ Like Dominoes”
H/t Al Jackson Donald Trump’s ongoing humiliation at the hands of Iran has revealed his weakness. Like any narcissist, he has to respond by looking tough. And what better way to look tough than firing someone? Hey, it worked on his TV show, where firing people convinced a millions gullible Americans that a six-time bankrupt […]
Song of the Day 4/12: Warren Zevon, “The Envoy”
The adage “never send a boy to do a man’s job” seems to have originated in the 1850s and gained wide circulation during the American Civil War. It still applies today, as we’re reminded by Donald Trump sending JD Vance to hold peace talks with Iran. Vance failed, of course, in large part because he […]
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