Song of the Day 7/29: ZZ Top, “Tush”
Texas blues-rockers ZZ Top are undergoing their first personnel change in 51 years today because bassist and second lead vocalist Dusty Hill died in his sleep Tuesday. The band became…
DL Open Thread Thursday, July 29, 2021
I heard this story on WDEL the other day and almost drove off the road -- a puff piece about yet another state fund to funnel money to corporations. The…
Song of the Day 7/28: Allman Brothers Band, “Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More”
It's a good time to eat a peach -- it's the height of a better-than-average peach season. It's also a good time to play "Eat a Peach," the soundtrack of…
Song of the Day 7/27: The Coasters, “Young Blood”
Aged-out frat boy Matt Gaetz thinks he's somehow going to survive his scandalous behavior with underage females, even in the face of stories like this one, in which the sister…
Song of the Day 7/26: Iggy Pop, “China Girl”
For Gerald Brady. Yeah, you know the hit version (No. 10 US, No. 2 UK) that Nile Rodgers produced for David Bowie, but it was first recorded six years earlier…
Song of the Day 7/25: The Weakerthans, “Psalm for the Elks Lodge Last Call”
When people complained about Bob Dylan being awarded the Nobel Prize in literature because "lyrics aren't literature," they betrayed their ignorance about literature. Some of the earliest writings in the…
DL Open Thread Sunday, July 25, 2021
Is anyone under the impression that the Democratic Party has moved to the left? If so, please take a look at the vote to increase Pentagon spending by $25 billion,…
Song of the Day 7/23: John Mayer, “Last Train Home”
The last thing I expected this summer was brand-new yacht rock, yet here it is. Someone played this for me and dared me to guess who it was, and all…
Song of the Day 7/22: Bruce Springsteen, “Wings for Wheels”
An odd story about a Bruce Springsteen composition popped up recently -- an argument about the lyrics to his iconic song "Thunder Road." Since the release of his "Born to…
DL Open Thread Thursday, July 22, 2021: Return of the Masks
I hope you haven't stowed your face coverings too deep in the closet, because the smart money says we're building toward a third-wave pandemic peak, probably in September. You can…
Song of the Day 7/21: Big Star, “Watch the Sunrise”
As Jason noted, raging wildfires are turning the West into a hellscape, but it is giving us colorful sunrises and sunsets. The rest of the day needs some work --…
Song of the Day 7/20: Bo Burnham, “Bezos (I & II)”
I really wanted someone to headline the Bezos in Space story "Giant Dick Travels to Space in Giant Dick," but for some reason he actually has fanboys. I think comedian…
Song of the Day 7/19: Bill Withers, “Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?”
I hadn't heard this one in ages until Meshell Ndegeocello's cover, which I'd never heard at all, popped up WXPN the other day. The funk comes from musicians who had…