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Song of the Day 10/8: Laurie Anderson, “Language Is a Virus”

By Alby October 8, 2021

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington wanted to mount a Laurie Anderson career retrospective. She wasn't interested, but she agreed to put together a new multi-media show instead.…

Song of the Day 10/7: Edwin Starr, “25 Miles”

By Alby October 7, 2021

Speaking from experience, I think this is a metaphor. I think they were days, not miles, and it wasn't his feet that were hurting so bad. This 1968 release was…

DL Open Thread Thursday, October 7, 2021

By Alby October 7, 202124 Comments

If you're paying close attention to the latest Debt Limit Ceiling Crisis, well, I pity you -- you're an all-day sucker. Last I checked Republicans were offering to move the…

Song of the Day 10/5: Eddy Grant, “Electric Avenue”

By Alby October 5, 20211 Comment

Has anybody in history lost in court more often than Donald Trump? He was at it again last week, when a judge ruled against his effort to dismiss a lawsuit…

Song of the Day 10/4: Happy Mondays, “Step On”

By Alby October 4, 2021

I think Jason requested some Happy Mondays, so here's the band's biggest hit, from 1990's "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches," considered one of the landmark albums of the Madchester scene…

Song of the Day 10/3: Elaine Paige, “Memory”

By Alby October 3, 20214 Comments

Stephanie Grisham's tell-all tome about her time in the Trump White House contains lots of anecdotes that would be dismissed out of hand if they were about anyone other than…

DL Open Thread Sunday, October 3, 2021

By Alby October 3, 20216 Comments

My theory about why conservatives behave the way they do -- they're inferior and they know it -- isn't original to me. Angie Maxwell, an academic at the University of…

Song of the Day 10/1: Gilbert O’Sullivan, “Alone Again (Naturally)”

By Alby October 1, 20213 Comments

I mentioned this song yesterday, comparing its opening verse to Paul Westerberg's original version of "Can't Hardly Wait" because the protagonists of both songs start their soliloquies by announcing they're…

Song of the Day 9/30: The Replacements, “Can’t Hardly Wait”

By Alby September 30, 20212 Comments

Listening back to the Replacements, which I do fairly frequently, I'm struck by how far out of their way the band had to go to prevent Paul Westerberg's punchy, melodic…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021

By Alby September 30, 202112 Comments

Are the media invested in ending American democracy? Sure seems that way to a lot of people, including Margaret Sullivan of the Washington Post, who's hopping mad that the Eastman…

Song of the Day 9/29: Son Volt, “Livin’ in the USA”

By Alby September 29, 20211 Comment

Son Volt's 10th LP, "Electro Melodier," released in July, continues Jay Ferrar's turn toward political lyrics since Trump's election. The music, though, fits right in with the Americana/roots furrow he's…

Song of the Day 9/28: Bob Dylan, “Tomorrow Is a Long Time”

By Alby September 28, 20214 Comments

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

By Alby September 26, 20218 Comments

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,…