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…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023
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An ex-president is dying, but it's the wrong one. Jimmy Carter, who at 98 has lived longer than any U.S. president, has entered hospice care. Speculation on how Republicans will…
Song of the Day 2/17: Hall & Oates, “It’s Uncanny”
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Not long ago I heard something I didn't think was possible -- a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates I didn't know. And I don't mean some 21st-century recording…
Song of the Day 2/16: The Kinks, “Lola”
We all know Twitter has been experiencing lots of problems since boy genius Elon Musk bought it, but this one is more funny than ominous -- though not to Dave…
Song of the Day 2/15: De La Soul, “Eye Know”
Unless you were a rap fan back in the golden days of the genre, before copyright laws reined in free-for-all sampling and the creativity it inspired, you probably don't know…
Song of the Day 2/14: The Troggs, “Love Is All Around”
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The Troggs didn't quite fit into the second wave of the British Invasion. Their version of Chip Taylor's "Wild Thing" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966,…
Song of the Day 2/13: Maureen McGovern, “The Morning After”
Apparently I missed an exciting football game that ended badly for the Eagles on a questionable call by an official. At times like this it pays to remember the immortal…
Song of the Day 2/12: Steve Miller Band, “Fly Like an Eagle”
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What else did you expect? I already used the Eagles fight song before the NFC title game, so today's tune is the one chosen as the best-ever song about birds…
Song of the Day 2/10: Kent Nishimura, “25 or 6 to 4”
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YouTube has brought some amazing musicians to broader public attention, but I haven't seen anyone finger-pick a guitar the way this 20-year-old Japanese kid does. Kent Nishimura first came to…