Song of the Day 3/1: Laura Jane Grace, “Lolo 13”
If drag shows freak Republicans out, I wonder how freaked they'd be by an actual transgender performer like Laura Jane Grace. Born Thomas James Gabel, Grace came out in 2012…
Song of the Day 2/28: Aerosmith, “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
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As anyone who follows the news knows, Republicans have a hard on for drag queens -- uh, maybe I should rephrase that. Or maybe I shouldn't. Southern states must be…
Song of the Day 2/27: Albert Hammond, “It Never Rains in Southern California”
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The weather in the USA has been weird lately -- 50-degree temperature swings, February tornadoes and snow in Southern California. Maybe the lyrics of this song need an update --…
Song of the Day 2/26: Iris DeMent, “Goin’ Down to Sing in Texas”
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Singer-songwriter Iris DeMent isn't usually described as a folk singer, I suppose because much of her work sounds like country music, but some of her compositions are as pointed as…
The Straight Dope on Masks
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For some reason, a few MAGAts got tired of buffing their muskets and decided to weigh in on scientific matters that they don't understand. Don't be too hard on them…
Song of the Day 2/25: The Breeders, “Cannonball”
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Andrew C. is right -- it's unlikely I'll ever get another chance to hang a song about a cannonball on an actual news peg, so here's his choice for the…
Song of the Day 2/24: Damien Rice, “Cannonball”
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The wanderings of the Lewes Cannonball have come to a happy end. Whoever pried it loose from the Cannonball House apparently thought better of it and placed it on the…
News Journal’s Pro-Cop Bias Is Showing
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Meredith Newman didn't just bury the lede in her story about Delaware's highest-paid employees, she left it out entirely. The story, based on data from 2021, focuses on the high…
Song of the Day 2/23: The Business, “Drinking and Driving”
Would-be politician Scott Walker, the guy who runs for office by setting up home-painted campaign signs along Delaware roads, has never come close to being elected, but his odd behavior…
Song of the Day 2/22: Stevie Ray Vaughan, “Say What!”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has caught on to how to become MAGAWorld famous -- say outrageous shit and count on the mainstream media to play it up under the category "Be…
Song of the Day 2/21: 10cc, “Art for Art’s Sake”
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Is this the nightmare of every art gallery visitor? At a VIP art fair in Miami last weekend, a woman knocked over a glass sculpture by Jeff Koons, destroying it…
Song of the Day 2/20: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Mach 5”
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As is traditional on Presidents Day, today's song is by the Presidents of the United States of America, the three-piece Seattle band that scored a triple-platinum debut album in the…
Song of the Day 2/19: Radiohead, “Paranoid Android”
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The Media Freakout of the Week is ... drum roll, please ... no, not spy balloons, that was last week ... Chatbots! (cymbal crash) A lot of tech journalists have…