Song of the Day 8/11: Bleachers, “Stop Making It Hurt”
I heard this song on the radio the other day and, being a sucker for major-key pop song with a good hook, I looked up who did it, because I…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, August 11, 2021
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One certainty about the Trump coup is that this lumbering mound of seething resentment and ignorance -- Trump, that is -- isn't smart enough to have done all this himself.…
How ‘Good Republicans’ Let Fascism Capture Their Party
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I have to disagree with my esteemed colleague on the subject of so-called "good" or "moderate" Republicans. They do exist -- not in Congress, which is why Chris Coons is…
Song of the Day 8/10: Carole King, “It’s Too Late”
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Yes, we take requests -- we don't always fulfill them, but we take them -- and Jason330 suggested this as the response to the UN report on climate change that…
Song of the Day 8/9: Kool & the Gang, “Get Down on It”
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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
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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”
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”
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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)”
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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
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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”
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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)
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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”
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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…