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Song of the Day 8/29: The Clovers, “Love Potion No. 9”

By Alby August 29, 202111 Comments

If it smells like turpentine and looks like India ink, Trumpers would probably take it before they'll take that commie socialist vaccine. Though it's been covered by scores of groups,…

DL Open Thread Sunday, August 29, 2021

By Alby August 29, 20216 Comments

We can now definitively state that Joe Biden was wrong when he predicted that the Republican fever would break once Trump was out of office. A nation in which Republican…

Song of the Day 8/27: They Might Be Giants, “I Can’t Remember the Dream”

By Alby August 27, 2021

There aren't all that many '90s bands still making new music, and fewer still sound like they did back then. The Johns, Flansburgh and Linnell, have a new album --…

DL Open Thread Thursday, August 26, 2021

By Alby August 26, 202115 Comments

RWNJ martyr Ashli Babbitt is the answer to the question, "How many of these kosplay kkkomandos have to die before the rest stand down?" and finally someone in the mainstream…

Song of the Day 8/25: Charlie Watts Quintet, “What’s New”

By Alby August 25, 20211 Comment

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who died yesterday at age 80, was the unlikeliest rock star ever. He was the opposite of every rock cliche, which is more amazing when…

Song of the Day 8/23: The Everly Brothers, “Cathy’s Clown”

By Alby August 23, 20213 Comments

The Everly Brothers were the greatest duo in rock 'n' roll history (Hall & Oates had more Top 40 singles than the Everlys' 26, but c'mon). They helped establish some…

Song of the Day 8/22: Crabmeat Thompson, “Small Wonder”

By Alby August 22, 20212 Comments

Readers of the News Journal might not know this, but Delaware folksinger and raconteur Jerry "Crabmeat" Thompson died in June. I first heard this from friends who saw it on…

DL Open Thread Sunday, August 22, 2021

By Alby August 22, 20212 Comments

The hypocrisy of the media's war cheerleading sure is coming a-cropper, with every pom-pom-waving "military analyst" shitting on Biden as their always-questionable usefulness comes to an end. No, you're not…

Song of the Day 8/21: Grace Vonderkuhn, “Rock and Roll Gary”

By Alby August 21, 2021

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Newark’s Grace Vonderkuhn rips headlong through her garage/psych/power-punk songs, but her burgeoning career hit a speed bump during the Covid shutdown. Her band, a trio…

Song of the Day 8/19: Bo Burnham, “Welcome to the Internet”

By Alby August 19, 20211 Comment

Bo Burnham is usually classified as a comedian, but he's just as easily categorized as a musician, one in the tradition of Tom Lehrer with a tad of Kurt Weill…

DL Open Thread Thursday, August 19, 2021

By Alby August 19, 20213 Comments

Why would a guy, a Florida governor let's say, dissuade people from getting vaccines or wearing masks, but go all-out on a treatment for people once they come down with…

Song of the Day 8/18: Elvis Costello, “Blame It on Cain”

By Alby August 18, 2021

From Elvis' first album, with Clover backing him. John McFee's jazzy guitar and Costello's delivery of his cryptic lyrics dominate the track. Nobody's ever come up with a satisfying explanation…

Song of the Day 8/17: The Felice Brothers, “Jazz on the Autobahn”

By Alby August 17, 20212 Comments

WXPN has had this tune in heavy rotation since it dropped two months ago, but I didn't hear it until this weekend. The Felice Brothers, who began with a trio…