Song of the Day 3/7: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, “The Money Song”
Man, all this agitation for raising the minimum wage to a level a person could live has been going on forever, hasn't it? Your grandpa probably busted a gut listening…
DL Open Thread Sunday, March 7, 2021
Interesting article at Daily Kos examining the congressional districts with the biggest voting shifts in the presidential race from 2016 to 2020. The Republicans made big Latino-fueled gains in south…
Song of the Day 3/5: Suzanne Vega, “When Heroes Go Down”
The story, most recently, of Andrew Cuomo, lionized during the early days of the pandemic as the anti-Trump. From Suzanne Vega's 1992 LP 99.9F°. When heroes go down They go…
Song of the Day 3/4: The Presidents of the United States of America, “Volcano”
This one's in honor of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung, which started belching hot ash a couple of days ago. PUSA, as they were known, explained the way the geology works with…
DL Open Thread Thursday, March 4, 2021
Joe Biden's loose lips are going to cost the Democrats the Neanderthal vote. He blasted the states of the New Confederacy -- white supremacy isn't just for the the South…
Song of the Day 3/3: Mark Chestnutt, “Blame It on Texas”
Texas' sociopathic leadership has lifted all Covid restrictions, which makes me think they can't secede soon enough -- if it were a foreign country we could impose a travel ban.…
Song of the Day 3/1: Drive-By Truckers, “This Fucking Job”
The need for a higher minimum wage has been apparent for many years now, and anyone who claims $15 is too much too soon should study the issue a little…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021
Now that The Last Guy™ has been reduced to giving speeches to the clowns and rageaholics at CPAC (it stands for Clowns Playing At Competence), the media's theme for the…
Song of the Day 2/27: Peter Gabriel and Playing for Change, “Biko”
Playing for Change, the music-education non-profit that records musicians around the world playing the same song and edits them into videos, released this Peter Gabriel classic a couple of weeks…
Song of the Day 2/25: Warren Zevon, “Lawyers, Guns and Money”
I don't know how I missed it, but until this Zevon classic from 1978's "Excitable Boy" came up on a Spotify playlist last night I never realized it fit The…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021
You already know this, but the tendency of Republicans and other half-wits to hold super-spreader events appears to be the primary driver in the spread of Covid. Postmaster General Louis…
Song of the Day 2/24: John Prine, “Humidity Built the Snowman”
It's been just over a year since John Prine's last concert, at Cafe de la Danse in Paris, one my wife was lucky enough to attend. This tune was on…
About 95% of What the News “Reports” Is Bullshit
This isn't an earth-shattering conclusion, but it's still galling to read -- or, actually, skip over after reading the headline -- most of what shows up in print media or…