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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…

DL Open Thread Thursday, June 3, 2021

By Alby June 3, 20216 Comments

All of us who thought Biden for President was a dreadful mistake are settling down for a hearty meal of crow these days -- Smilin' Joe turns out to be…

Generic News Roundup (In Case of Ennui Break Glass)

By Alby June 1, 20216 Comments

I understand Jason330's despair at trying to summarize the news lately. The media, as they did during the maladministration of the Last Guy, have fallen into a tiresome reliance on…

Song of the Day 5/31: “Taps”

By Alby May 31, 20212 Comments

The 24 notes of this bugle call might be America's most recognizable tune. Veterans are most familiar with it from its daily sounding at 2100 hours, or lights out --…

Song of the Day 5/30: B.J. Thomas, “[Hey Won’t You Play] Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”

By Alby May 30, 20211 Comment

Pop, county and gospel singer Billy Joe Thomas died yesterday at age 78, three months after being diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. Though he's most famous for his pop…

DL Open Thread Sunday, May 30, 2021

By Alby May 30, 20212 Comments

Another day, another reason to worry that Chris Coons is going to fuck us up like the no-so-secret Republican he is. David Dayen the American Prospect reports that Coons is…

Song of the Day 5/28: Joni Mitchell, “Both Sides, Now”

By Alby May 28, 20214 Comments

I'm going to guess this is Chris Coons' favorite song. He's looked at the issues from both sides now, and still somehow he really doesn't know Republicans at all. Before…

Song of the Day 5/27: Everclear, “Santa Monica”

By Alby May 27, 20211 Comment

I've been on a bit of a '90s kick lately -- I'm more and more convinced that decade was rock music's last hurrah -- and this tune has gotten lodged…

Bipartisanship Is a Mug’s Game

By Alby May 27, 20212 Comments

The seeds of our current obstructionist Republican Party were sown during the Clinton administration, when Bill Clinton signed a Republican "welfare reform" bill and, in the Republican view, stole all…