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DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
A Trump-appointed federal judge put the kibosh on Trump’s plan to send the National Guard, any national guard, to Portland. We’ll see how long that lasts before the six SCOTUS ass-suckers overrule her. Why do they keep ruling in Trump’s favor? Because they’re a-skeered. You know what happens to judges who rule against Derp Fuhrer? […]
Song of the Day 10/4: Boy George, “The Crying Game”
Some celebrities don’t know when to shut up. Author J.K. Rowling isn’t the first billionaire superstar to destroy her reputation by airing views odious to the mainstream – hey there, Ye! – but she sure seems determined to make sure everyone knows she’s an asshole. You don’t have to be a Harry Potter fan to […]
Song of the Day 10/3: Sweet, “The Ballroom Blitz”
With the federal government shut down, everything except crucial work is supposed to stop. Apparently work on Trump’s turd of a White House ballroom qualifies as crucial, because it will continue regardless. Talk about a ballroom blitz. I suppose they want to get it finished before the Don keels over. Sweet’s ballroom blitz supposedly originated […]
Song of the Day 10/2: The Lovin’ Spoonful, “Do You Believe in Magic”
There’s been some speculation recently that Donald Trump’s “advisers” (a more accurate term would be “manipulators”) are feeding him a steady diet of fake videos to influence his “decisions” (a more accurate term would be “ragegasms”). The latest evidence: Medbeds. As Wikipedia has been forced to explain, medbeds are “a type of nonexistent medical technology […]
Song of the Day 10/1: The Guess Who, “Laughing”
Thanks to the Saudis, comedy is no longer a laughing matter. The country’s latest attempt to appear less odious is the currently running Riyadh Comedy festival, featuring a bunch of A-list American comedians, including Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart and Louis CK, who were paid as much as $1 million for their performances. If […]
Song of the Day 9/30: Jesse Welles, “Tylenol”
Anyone who thinks the Trump Era calls for protest songs by folk singers should check out Jesse Welles. The 32-year-old Arkansas native has been releasing pointedly snarky tunes about timely for several months now. This one just dropped yesterday. A lot of people compare Welles with Bob Dylan, but his career arc has been the […]
Song of the Day 9/29: Prefab Sprout, “Looking for Atlantis”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Would Cole Porter name his band Prefab Sprout? Probably not. But Paddy McAloon, leader of that British pop-rock group, has drawn comparisons to Porter for the clever and sophisticated music his band made in the ’80s. Also to Stephen Sondheim. Wait. Cole Porter’s a stretch, but Stephen Sondheim is ridiculous. […]
Song of the Day 9/28: Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen, “Portland, Oregon, You’re My Home”
Donald Trump, deep into the dementia that has stalked him for years, has declared Portland, Ore., a war zone, so he’s sending in the troops. There’s no evidence here on Real Earth than Portland is anything but the weird, rainy city it’s always been, but it has loomed large in the right-wing imagination since the […]
Song of the Day 9/26: Robert Johnson, “Come On In My Kitchen”
Looks like Big Cabinet caught Trump’s ear, and those just-announced 50% tariffs on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities are going to cost homebuilders and remodelers, not to mention homeowners, even more than Trumpflated groceries. Trump says it will bring employment to places like the Carolinas and Michigan, where I’m sure they’ll be excited to get […]
Song of the Day 9/25: Cat Stevens, “The Hurt”
The musician known as Yusuf/Cat Stevens was scheduled to kick off the American leg of his current tour in Philadelphia Oct. 2, but it seems the show is likely to be delayed if not cancelled. His Instagram account announced that his “Cat On The Road To Findout — An Evening Of Tales, Tunes, And Other […]
Song of the Day 9/24: Adriano Celentano, “Prisencolinensinainciusol”
Trump confused the United Nations with Nürnberg yesterday, and most of the audience sat stone-faced through his disquisition. My guess is the translators went on a wildcat strike and refused to accurately convey Trump’s stream of insults and braggadocio and let them hear him in English. For anyone who can’t speak it, Adriano Celentano recorded […]
Song of the Day 9/23: Huey Lewis and the News, “I Want a New Drug”
Autism, you’ll be happy to know, is now a thing of the past, thanks to sex pervert and whale carcass mutilator RFK Jr. – just keep the pregnant women away from the acetaminophen and give the kids who are already autistic leucovorin, a drug currently used to treat side effects of cancer drugs. See? How […]
Song of the Day 9/22: Jeff Tweedy, “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter”
Jeff Tweedy, the singer-songwriter who led Uncle Tupelo and Wilco, is an icon of what 30 years ago was known as Americana – back then, basically folk rock with more emphasis on the rock than the folk. Fans know Tweedy’s early influences included punk bands, but I still wasn’t expecting this homage to Lou Reed […]
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