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…
Song of the Day 8/1: Los Lobos, “Native Son”
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
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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”
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”
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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…
Song of the Day 7/29: ZZ Top, “Tush”
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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
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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…