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DL Open Thread Thursday, June 17, 2021

By Alby June 17, 20218 Comments

The Intercept got ahold of a Zoom call between West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and a centrist money-dispensing outfit called No Labels -- founded by ex-Sen. Joe Lieberman -- in…

Why Do Americans Claim to Love Bipartisanship?

By Alby June 16, 20211 Comment

Spineless Democrats cling to bipartisanship the way Cletus and Lurleen cling to guns and religion, and for a simple reason: In every poll, overwhelming majorities, regardless of political affiliation, claim…

Song of the Day 6/16: Steve Miller Band, “Space Cowboy”

By Alby June 16, 20216 Comments

Jason330 posted a photo of Jeff Bezos' mighty Space Dildo the other day, which drove home the fact that we're now in the age of the space cowboys -- not…

Song of the Day 6/15: Lisa Loeb, “Stay (I MIssed You)”

By Alby June 15, 2021

Using popular hits in TV ads is nothing new, but I'm frequently surprised at the songs that turn up in commercials. This tune, for example, an inescapable hit in 1994,…

Song of the Day 6/13: The Band, “Up on Cripple Creek”

By Alby June 13, 20211 Comment

For no other reason than this video from the Ed Sullivan Show of Nov. 2, 1969, popped up on my YouTube feed. "Up on Cripple Creek" had just been released…

DL Open Thread Sunday, June 13, 2021

By Alby June 13, 20215 Comments

Delawareans should do a slow burn every time the national media call out Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for siding with Republicans. Everyone knows that another handful of Democratic senators…

Song of the Day 6/10: Cab Calloway, “The Reefer Man”

By Alby June 10, 20215 Comments

With Delaware lawmakers debating a marijuana legalization bill, it seems worthwhile to remind them that cannabis wasn't always illegal, and its effects weren't considered dangerous until a wave of refugees…

DL Open Thread Thursday, June 10, 2021

By Alby June 10, 20213 Comments

The week's biggest story has been brought to us via Pro Publica, which got its hands on a trove of secret IRS files that show many famous billionaires pay a…

Song of the Day 6/9: The Posies, “Solar Sister”

By Alby June 9, 20213 Comments

In popular memory, grunge is the rock genre that represents the '90s, but that obscures the reality -- the '90s were rock's last hurrah in large part because multiple genres…

Song of the Day 6/8: Gene Chandler, “Duke of Earl”

By Alby June 8, 20211 Comment

Americans seem fascinated with British royalty, but they don't understand much about it. Consider, for example, the "Duke of Earl." There is, of course, no such thing -- in the…

Song of the Day 6/7: Bing Crosby, “Swinging on a Star”

By Alby June 7, 2021

Does this song still turn up on children's albums? When I was a kid, back in the Pleistocene, you heard it frequently because its sarcastic lyrics encourage little ones to…

DL Open Thread Sunday, June 6, 2021

By Alby June 6, 20219 Comments

The media must feel sheepish. For five years they treated every rally the Last Guy held as Big News, breathlessly reporting on how many of the slack-jawed gathered for his…

Song of the Day 6/3: Paul McCartney, “Another Day”

By Alby June 3, 20211 Comment

When the Beatles broke up in 1970, fans blamed Yoko Ono first and foremost. But the band member who took the most heat was Paul McCartney, mostly because he was…