Song of the Day 7/18: Dan Auerbach, “Shine on Me”
As centuries go, this one totally sucks so far, and I can't see it doing enough in the second half to make up for this shitshow. So I'm going to…
Song of the Day 7/17: Billy Bragg, “Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards”
Billy Bragg wrote this upbeat sing-along, a "wait 'til next year!" anthem for progressives, after Margaret Thatcher's Tories swept the 1987 general elections. He called it "my way of owning…
Song of the Day 7/16: The Delfonics, “La-La (Means I Love You)”
William "Poogie" Hart, whose soaring falsetto as lead singer of the Delfonics helped define Philly soul, died Thursday in Philadelphia at age 77. Hart and his brother Wilbert had formed…
Song of the Day 7/15: The New Pornographers, “The Laws Have Changed”
I have no idea what prompted Carl Newman to write "It was crime at the time but the laws we changed 'em" -- this song appeared on the band's second…
Song of the Day 7/13: Graham Gouldman and Brian May, “Floating in Heaven”
NASA has released the first batch of images captured by the Webb space telescope, and rock's top astrophysicist, Brian May, has teamed up with 10cc songwriter Graham Gouldman on a…
Song of the Day 7/12: Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind”
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett is probably best known for producing the soundtracks to the Coen brothers' movies, particularly "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "Inside Llewyn Davis," but he's…
DL Open Thread Monday, July 11, 2022
Why must we amend the Constitution to ban religion's exalted place among non-rational belief sytems: The lobbying outfit called the Family Research Council is now considered a religion by the…
Song of the Day 7/10: The Heimatdamisch, “Highway to Hell”
It's not showing up on the GPS, but I'm pretty sure we're rolling down the highway to hell, which gets us there a lot faster than that old ferry boat…
Song of the Day 7/8: Chris Isaak, “Somebody’s Crying”
You've probably noticed that pronouns have become politically loaded. It's become more common for people to declare themselves non-binary and ask that people use "they" instead of "he" or "she"…
Song of the Day 7/7: The Who, “Boris the Spider”
Despite what Pete Townsend says in the introduction, it's not a very strange song -- it was just decades ahead of its time when it debuted on "A Quick One"…
Song of the Day 7/6: Elvis Presley, “That’s All Right”
Elvis Presley, it turns out, is still a box-office draw. Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" is officially a hit, moving not only movie tickets but lots the King's greatest hits albums too.…
Song of the Day 7/4: Taj Mahal, “Ain’t Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo’)”
I dunno about you, but I'm not feeling all that patriotic today as a Confederacy-worshiping minority tries to steer the country back to the past. Nobody should be whistling Dixie…
Song of the Day 7/3: Bachman-Turner Overdrive, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
The story of Randy Bachman's guitar came full circle this week. In case you missed the story when it broke last fall, Bachman lost the 1957 Gretsch guitar -- one…