Song of the Day 9/28: Bob Dylan, “Tomorrow Is a Long Time”
Bob Dylan, now 80 years old, yesterday announced the resumption of his Never Ending Tour, which took its longest break since 1984 because of the pandemic. This probably won't make…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021
You can't build a shit nation like the USA unless you have a lot of pieces of shit to assemble into the final product. One giant piece of shit is,…
Song of the Day 9/25: Devo, “Satisfaction”
When Devo hit the mainstream in the late '70s, they espoused a philosophy that seemed as odd and silly as their electronica-inspired music: devolution, the idea that humans had stopped…
Song of the Day 9/24: The Electric Prunes, “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)”
Judging by the hangover I definitely had too much of something yesterday, but I think it was Propofol. The Electric Prunes released this classic slice of psychedelia in late 1966.…
Song of the Day 9/23: The Ramones, “I Wanna Be Sedated”
By the time you're reading this I will have gotten Joey Ramone's wish, and I'll be minus a gall bladder. Contrary to popular belief, the chorus isn't about wanting pain…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021
This has been obvious for a while now, but media people are starting to say it: Vaccine resistance by top Republicans is part of a strategy to fuck things up…
Song of the Day 9/21: Graham Parker, “You’ve Got to Be Kidding”
Judging by the visitors to our comments section today, I'm guessing it's walkabout day at the RWNJ adult-care center. They apparently take themselves very seriously, but if they expect anyone…
Song of the Day 9/19: Squeeze, “Tempted”
Writers lazily compare Squeeze's Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook to John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but they worked more like a musical theater team -- Difford wrote the lyrics, Tilbrook…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021
The conservative grift seems like such an easy dodge: Mouth a few idiotic slogans you didn't even have to think up yourself, rake in the bucks (just ask Lauren Witzke).…
Song of the Day 9/18: Nicki Minaj, “Anaconda”
Given that Trinidadian rapper/twerker Nicki Minaj is now an expert on the Covid vaccine's effect on the male reproductive organs, I thought readers might appreciate a look at her credentials.…
Song of the Day 9/16: Tom Jones w/ CSN&Y, “Long Time Gone”
I confess that teenage me was not into watching "This Is Tom Jones," the variety show the Welsh belter hosted from 1969 to 1971. I was too young to realize…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021
You know how to tell your precious American democracy is already dead? When the guy who has to save it turns out to be Dan Quayle. Yes, that Dan Quayle.…
Song of the Day 9/15: Billy Joe Shaver, “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)” Plus the Best Norm MacDonald Clip
Comedian Norm MacDonald, that self-identified Old Chunk of Coal, was sick with cancer for almost a decade before he died the other day, and told almost nobody. He started referring…