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DL Open Thread Friday, June 24, 2022

By Alby June 24, 202212 Comments

So what do we call them? The Dingleberry Six? Five Jackoffs and a Jill? The Jan. 6 committee named five congressmen who asked Trump for preemptive pardons over their little…

Song of the Day 6/23: Bob Dylan, “Happy Birthday to You”

By Alby June 23, 2022

I did not realize until the other day that Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson were born two days apart in 1942, McCartney on the 18th and Wilson on the 20th,…

Song of the Day 6/22: Tommy James and the Shondells, “Crystal Blue Persuasion”

By Alby June 22, 20223 Comments

I don't know if its the daily headline shitstorm or the mild summer weather, but all I want to listen to lately is laid-back tunes from the '60s. And you…

Song of the Day 6/21: Megafaun, “The Longest Day”

By Alby June 21, 2022

Happy summer solstice, a celestial event that, judging from archaeological evidence, seems to have meant more to neolithic peoples than it does to us. Then again, 6,000 people turned out…

Song of the Day 6/19: The Young Rascals, “Groovin'”

By Alby June 19, 20223 Comments

To follow the news is, by definition, to doomscroll. Well, to quote a famous sailor man, that's all I can stands and I can't stands no more, at least for…

Song of the Day 6/18: The Fixx, “One Thing Leads to Another”

By Alby June 18, 20221 Comment

Bands from the '60s and early '70s that can still tour draw big crowds. Bands from the '80s and '90s, not so much. Consider The Fixx. They're still releasing albums…

Song of the Day 6/15: Black Sabbath, “Guilty as Hell”

By Alby June 15, 20222 Comments

As Jason330 noted, we all knew what's being shown by the Jan. 6 committee. And that includes everybody who tried to pull it off. Still, there seems to be some…

Song of the Day 6/13: Inner Circle, “Bad Boys”

By Alby June 13, 20221 Comment

This should be the theme music for the Jan. 6 Congressional hearings when they resume tonight. Hey, it worked for "Cops," which has resumed production for Fox Nation after Paramount…

Song of the Day 6/12: The Flaming Lips, “Waitin’ for a Superman”

By Alby June 12, 2022

Metropolis, the fictional city where Superman fights for truth, justice and a better tomorrow, has always presented DC Comics with a problem in truthiness -- where exactly is it? A…

Song of the Day 6/10: Randy Newman, “Guilty”

By Alby June 10, 20221 Comment

This is the song I'd like to hear played when Donald Trump is hanged for treason. The song closed side 1 of Randy Newman's controversial 1974 album "Good Old Boys"…

Song of the Day 6/9: The Weavers, “The Hammer Song”

By Alby June 9, 20221 Comment

Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson will wield the hammer of justice -- a gavel, actually -- when the House select committee he chairs on the Jan. 6 insurrection presents its findings…

Song of the Day 6/8: Seals and Crofts, “We May Never Pass This Way (Again)”

By Alby June 8, 20223 Comments

Jim Seals, who died Monday at age 80, wasn't just half of the '70s soft rock duo Seals and Crofts. He and his musical partner were also among the best-known…

Song of the Day 6/6: Sheryl Crow, “Can’t Cry Anymore”

By Alby June 6, 20221 Comment

Polling conducted after the Uvalde Massacre asked respondents if they feel that mass shootings are "unfortunately something we have to accept as part of a free society" or "something we…