Song of the Day 5/8: Ringo Starr, “It Don’t Come Easy”
When the Beatles broke up, everyone knew that John, Paul and George would pursue solo careers. But what about Ringo? The guy Robert Christgau called "our representative on the Beatles"…
Song of the Day 5/6: Steely Dan, “Don’t Take Me Alive”
Trying to determine the top five rock guitarists is like trying to establish the top five colors. It can only be done subjectively, and it begs the question -- what…
DL Open Thread Thursday, May 6, 2021
Never, ever doubt who Republicans represent. Hint: It isn't you, unless you own a business. The new GOP obsession is a "labor shortage," which is what Republicans call it when…
Song of the Day 5/4: Rock Hall of Fame 2004 induction concert feat. Prince, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Did anyone in rock history rise to the big occasion better than Prince? His Super Bowl halftime show in the Miami rain stands as the best has come close to…
Protesters Target Home of National Embarrassment Chris Coons
Delawareans elect a lot of corporate tools who pretend to be Democrats, but of all the corporate tools, Sen. Chris Coons has become the corporate tooliest. In today's more progressive…
Song of the Day 5/3: Curtis Mayfield, “Blue Monday People”
Curtis Mayfield's 1975 LP "There's No Place Like America Today" seems to get more attention for its pointed cover image (slightly altered from a 1937 Margaret Bourke-White photo) than its…
DL Open Thread Sunday, May 2, 2021
What the fuck is wrong with Republicans? Seriously, these people are some kind of fucked up. Lest you think that maybe the Mormons, who didn't much care for Trump, are…
Song of the Day 4/30: The Clash, “Rudie Can’t Fail”
They clearly weren't singing about Giuliani, who doesn't do much except fail. He did, however, use this tune as his intro song at campaign rallies when he ran for president…
Song of the Day 4/29: The Platters, “With This Ring”
Some days there's no news peg for the song, and you just get whatever has become my latest earworm. In this case it's this tune, now best known among Northern…
DL Open Thread Thursday, April 29, 2021
Biden's speech is getting good reviews -- I thought I heard thunder last night, but it was just exploding Republican heads -- but not so much for the rebuttal from…
Song of the Day 4/27: Alan Price, “O Lucky Man”
We have entered a world where British tabloids now print the truth in order to dispel internet rumors. Take the case just this week of British musician Alan Price --…
Song of the Day 4/26: The Kinks, “Celluloid Heroes”
I should have posted this yesterday in advance of the Academy Awards, though the Hollywood Ray Davies was singing about -- most of the stars he names were dead or…
DL Open Thread Sunday, April 25, 2021
How did America's police forces react to the Derek Chauvin verdict? They shot and killed six people in various jurisdictions. Hey, when all you have is a gun, everything looks…