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Song of the Day 8/9: Kool & the Gang, “Get Down on It”

By Alby August 9, 2021

Dennis "D.T." Thomas, alto saxophone player and founding member of Kool & the Gang, died Saturday, and while the obituaries listed the band's numerous hit records and various lifetime achievement…

DL Open Thread Sunday, August 8, 2021

By Alby August 8, 2021

Alexander Pope was right: A little learning is a dangerous thing. He put it more poetically, but his observation was spot on. People who know a lot usually know how…

Song of the Day 8/7: George Harrison, “Cosmic Empire”

By Alby August 7, 2021

A remastered box set of George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" is out to commemorate, one year late, the 50th anniversary of its initial release. The original three-LP set is…

Song of the Day 8/6: Stephen Stills, “4 + 20”

By Alby August 6, 2021

Back in the '60s, when television was confined to three channels, if the counterculture wanted to confront the establishment, it had to do it in their arena. People we now…

Song of the Day 8/5: Chicago, “Dialogue (Part I & II)”

By Alby August 5, 2021

The progressive-vs.-moderate dichotomy is back in the news because Bernie Sanders ally Nina Turner lost an Ohio primary to a more moderate (and more local) woman who was backed by…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021

By Alby August 5, 2021

I wonder if the media aren't creating a false picture of who the anti-vax maskholes are, because apparently it's not all the right-wingers: 90% of U.S. seniors are now vaccinated.…

Song of the Day 8/4: Cam Cole, “Mama”

By Alby August 4, 2021

I was watching the first season of "Ted Lasso," the Jason Sudeikis comedy about an American football coach who's hired to manage a British football squad. In one episode the…

Song of the Day 8/3: Hüsker Dü, “Love Is All Around” (Mary Tyler Moore theme)

By Alby August 3, 2021

Back in the days of punk rock, a lot of bands would emulate the Ramones by covering familiar songs at a breakneck tempo -- think of the Clash covering "I…

Song of the Day 8/2: Foxes and Fossils, “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”

By Alby August 2, 2021

This is the story of a local cover band that became YouTube famous. I first started seeing Foxes and Fossils in my feed a year or more ago, during the…

Song of the Day 8/1: Los Lobos, “Native Son”

By Alby August 1, 2021

H/t Nathan Arizona Los Lobos just dropped a new album of cover songs, "Native Sons," all by bands from Los Angeles, and not just obvious choices like the Chicano band…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021

By Alby August 1, 2021

Everyone acts surprised that Republicans "don't believe in science," but they shouldn't be -- conservatives have never bothered to support any of their arguments with data that go beyond anecdotes.…

Song of the Day 7/31: Lindsey Buckingham, “I Don’t Mind”

By Alby July 31, 2021

You can throw him out of the band he made successful, you can put him through emergency open-heart surgery, you can cancel his tour because COVID, but you can't stop…

Song of the Day 7/30: Kansas, “Dust in the Wind”

By Alby July 30, 2021

Robby Steinhardt, second vocalist and violinist for the band Kansas, died last week of pancreatitis, aged 71. He wasn't the group's leader, but his violin was the most distinctive element…