DL Open Thread Sunday, October 10, 2021
Sit down for this one: Donald Trump lied about how much money his DC hotel brought in. It ran in the red, of course -- this is a guy who…
Song of the Day 10/9: Alan Kalter, “Send in the Clowns” [Updated]
OK, I can take a hint. Until I play some Sondheim I won't be forgiven for polluting the blog with Andrew Lloyd Webber. So, in the spirit of El Som's…
Song of the Day 10/8: Laurie Anderson, “Language Is a Virus”
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington wanted to mount a Laurie Anderson career retrospective. She wasn't interested, but she agreed to put together a new multi-media show instead.…
Song of the Day 10/7: Edwin Starr, “25 Miles”
Speaking from experience, I think this is a metaphor. I think they were days, not miles, and it wasn't his feet that were hurting so bad. This 1968 release was…
DL Open Thread Thursday, October 7, 2021
If you're paying close attention to the latest Debt Limit Ceiling Crisis, well, I pity you -- you're an all-day sucker. Last I checked Republicans were offering to move the…
Song of the Day 10/5: Eddy Grant, “Electric Avenue”
Has anybody in history lost in court more often than Donald Trump? He was at it again last week, when a judge ruled against his effort to dismiss a lawsuit…
Song of the Day 10/4: Happy Mondays, “Step On”
I think Jason requested some Happy Mondays, so here's the band's biggest hit, from 1990's "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches," considered one of the landmark albums of the Madchester scene…
Song of the Day 10/3: Elaine Paige, “Memory”
Stephanie Grisham's tell-all tome about her time in the Trump White House contains lots of anecdotes that would be dismissed out of hand if they were about anyone other than…
DL Open Thread Sunday, October 3, 2021
My theory about why conservatives behave the way they do -- they're inferior and they know it -- isn't original to me. Angie Maxwell, an academic at the University of…
Song of the Day 10/1: Gilbert O’Sullivan, “Alone Again (Naturally)”
I mentioned this song yesterday, comparing its opening verse to Paul Westerberg's original version of "Can't Hardly Wait" because the protagonists of both songs start their soliloquies by announcing they're…
Song of the Day 9/30: The Replacements, “Can’t Hardly Wait”
Listening back to the Replacements, which I do fairly frequently, I'm struck by how far out of their way the band had to go to prevent Paul Westerberg's punchy, melodic…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021
Are the media invested in ending American democracy? Sure seems that way to a lot of people, including Margaret Sullivan of the Washington Post, who's hopping mad that the Eastman…
Song of the Day 9/29: Son Volt, “Livin’ in the USA”
Son Volt's 10th LP, "Electro Melodier," released in July, continues Jay Ferrar's turn toward political lyrics since Trump's election. The music, though, fits right in with the Americana/roots furrow he's…