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Song of the Day 8/16: Bob Dylan, “Masters of War”

By Alby August 16, 20215 Comments

Who lost the war in Afghanistan? Certainly not the defense industry, which got the lion's share of the trillion dollars the country wasted waging it. Big win for them. The…

DL Open Thread Sunday, August 15, 2021

By Alby August 15, 20218 Comments

One of them finally spilled the beans. A congressional aide told journalist Julia Ioffe the reason Republican politicians are getting their own constituents killed: About a month ago, I was…

Song of the Day 8/14: Nanci Griffith, “Tecumseh Valley”

By Alby August 14, 2021

Nanci Griffith was an accomplished singer and songwriter who broke through after moving from her native Austin to Nashville in 1985, but her greatest acclaim came with her Grammy-winning 1993…

Song of the Day 8/13: Bruce Springsteen, “I’m Goin’ Down”

By Alby August 13, 2021

Enough with the ersatz Bruce -- let's play some of the real thing. Springsteen recorded this track with the E Street Band in 1982, at the same Power Station sessions…

Song of the Day 8/12: Marah, “Point Breeze”

By Alby August 12, 20212 Comments

Yesterday's post about Jack Antonoff's solo project Bleachers included the tune he recorded with Bruce Springsteen, and I mentioned how much it sounded like one of Springsteen's late-period moody ballads.…

DL Open Thread Thursday, August 12, 2021

By Alby August 12, 20219 Comments

Legal experts are saying the evidence piling up against the Previous Guy makes an indictment of the pretend president inevitable. This means it has less than a 50-50 chance of…

Song of the Day 8/11: Bleachers, “Stop Making It Hurt”

By Alby August 11, 2021

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

By Alby August 11, 202113 Comments

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

By Alby August 10, 202112 Comments

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”

By Alby August 10, 20212 Comments

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”

By Alby August 9, 20213 Comments

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

By Alby August 8, 20218 Comments

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”

By Alby August 7, 2021

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…