Song of the Day 10/7: Edwin Starr, “25 Miles”
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
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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”
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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”
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”
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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
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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)”
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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”
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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
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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”
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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”
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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
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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,…
Song of the Day 9/25: Devo, “Satisfaction”
When Devo hit the mainstream in the late '70s, they espoused a philosophy that seemed as odd and silly as their electronica-inspired music: devolution, the idea that humans had stopped…