Song of the Day 9/1: Tom T. Hall, “(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine”
Songwriter and country singer Tom T. Hall died last month, and the world lost a wise old soul when he did. Hall wrote more than 20 No. 1 hits on…
Song of the Day 8/31: Little Feat, “Dixie Chicken”
Now that the Dixie Chicks have dropped the "dixie" from their name, I got to wondering. They named themselves after the Little Feat song, not the Confederacy, so if the…
Song of the Day 8/30: Haim, “Strong Enough”
Everybody has their favorite bands, and these sisters are one of mine. The radio studio is a perfect setting for this stripped-back version of one of Sheryl Crow's earliest hits,…
Song of the Day 8/29: The Clovers, “Love Potion No. 9”
If it smells like turpentine and looks like India ink, Trumpers would probably take it before they'll take that commie socialist vaccine. Though it's been covered by scores of groups,…
DL Open Thread Sunday, August 29, 2021
We can now definitively state that Joe Biden was wrong when he predicted that the Republican fever would break once Trump was out of office. A nation in which Republican…
Song of the Day 8/27: They Might Be Giants, “I Can’t Remember the Dream”
There aren't all that many '90s bands still making new music, and fewer still sound like they did back then. The Johns, Flansburgh and Linnell, have a new album --…
DL Open Thread Thursday, August 26, 2021
RWNJ martyr Ashli Babbitt is the answer to the question, "How many of these kosplay kkkomandos have to die before the rest stand down?" and finally someone in the mainstream…
Song of the Day 8/25: Charlie Watts Quintet, “What’s New”
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died yesterday at age 80, was the unlikeliest rock star ever. He was the opposite of every rock cliche, which is more amazing when…
Song of the Day 8/23: The Everly Brothers, “Cathy’s Clown”
The Everly Brothers were the greatest duo in rock 'n' roll history (Hall & Oates had more Top 40 singles than the Everlys' 26, but c'mon). They helped establish some…
Song of the Day 8/22: Crabmeat Thompson, “Small Wonder”
Readers of the News Journal might not know this, but Delaware folksinger and raconteur Jerry "Crabmeat" Thompson died in June. I first heard this from friends who saw it on…
DL Open Thread Sunday, August 22, 2021
The hypocrisy of the media's war cheerleading sure is coming a-cropper, with every pom-pom-waving "military analyst" shitting on Biden as their always-questionable usefulness comes to an end. No, you're not…
Song of the Day 8/21: Grace Vonderkuhn, “Rock and Roll Gary”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Newarkâs Grace Vonderkuhn rips headlong through her garage/psych/power-punk songs, but her burgeoning career hit a speed bump during the Covid shutdown. Her band, a trio…
Song of the Day 8/19: Bo Burnham, “Welcome to the Internet”
Bo Burnham is usually classified as a comedian, but he's just as easily categorized as a musician, one in the tradition of Tom Lehrer with a tad of Kurt Weill…