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DL Open Thread 1/17/21: Delusional Dotard Delusional to the Last
I’m not holding my breath expecting America to come to grips with what it was, is and shall become, so I expect people to deny until death the fact that this was a planned — poorly planned, but planned nonetheless — attempt to steal the election, followed by a poorly planned coup when the theft […]
Song of the Day 1/16: Dinosaur Jr., “Start Choppin'”
I have learned over the years that J. Mascis is an acquired taste that a lot of people failed to acquire, but this breakup song comes as close to mass appeal as he ever got. It delivers power-trio punch highlighted by Mascis’ searing solos in a song that’s as melodic as anything he ever wrote. […]
Song of the Day 1/15: Steely Dan, “With a Gun”
How do wingnut Congresswomen go to Congress? That’s right, with a gun. This isn’t one of the Dan’s more celebrated tunes; it was hidden in the middle of side 2 of “Pretzel Logic” and is generally regarded, even among fans, as Becker and Fagan doing a parody of the Byrds but not really pulling it […]
Song of the Day 1/14: Dandy Livingstone, “Rudy, a Message to You”
Most rock fans know this song because The Specials reached No. 10 in the UK with a cover in 1979. This is the original rocksteady version by Jamaican-born British singer Dandy Livingstone. He moved to England in the late ’60s and recorded more than a dozen albums between 1967, when “Rudy, a Message to You” […]
Open Thread 1/14/21: A Message to You, Rudy
Who didn’t see this coming, except everybody? Donald Trump told aides not to pay Rudy Giuliani. This is a surprise on the order of the sun rising in the general vicinity of the East. I’ve noticed something odd about conservatives. They’re suspicious of everyone except the people who are actually ripping them off. In further […]
Song of the Day: Richard Thompson, “Oops I Did It Again”
Congrats, Donnie Two Scoops, you’re the first guy to do that getting impeached thing again. When a magazine asked Richard Thompson for a list of the best popular songs of the past 1,000 years, he responded by releasing a live double LP of the tunes he selected. Many of them are old — really old […]
Delaware Should Restrict, or Better Yet Ban, Open Carry
Gun-humpers are prematurely ejaculating over their chance to carry guns to statehouses on Jan. 20, and they can do that for a very simple reason: Only three states ban all forms of openly carrying firearms. More than half the states, including Delaware, allow open carry with no restrictions at all. Other states place limits on […]
Song of the Day 1/11: The Rolling Stones, “Play With Fire”
Insurrectionists are finding out that their little cosplay coup has produced repercussions IRL. Should have listened to Mick and the boys, though I suppose this song, originally the B-side of “The Last Time,” isn’t a high-rotation song on classic rock radio. It should be. If it’s not a better song than “Angie,” at least its […]
Song of the Day 1/10: Randy Rainbow, “Sedition”
You have to wonder what Randy Rainbow’s next gig will be in the post-Trump era. Will he turn into Vaughn Meader, the JFK impersonator whose career evaporated after Kennedy’s assassination? Meader was actually a musician before his First Family-spoofing comedy album, and he returned to music after his fall from popularity. Rainbow was an aspiring […]
Song of the Day 1/9: Was (Not Was), “Dad I’m in Jail”
Lots of people who joined Vanilla Isis should be singing this one this morning, though maybe without the “Dad” — I read somewhere that the average age of the cosplay commandos is over 40. This is the last track from the 1982 Was (Not Was) LP “What Up, Dog?”
Song of the Day 1/8: Elton John, “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”
The Republican rush for the exits had generated plenty of people saying “I-never-thought” and “we-only-meant,” but one word has been conspicuously absent from any Republican I’ve heard. Guess what it is. The second single from John’s “Blue Moves” LP reached No. 6 in the U.S. (No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart). In 2002, British […]
Your Senior Senator Has Shit for Brains — Fuck You, Carper
Tom Carper was asked about impeaching Trump, as many elected Democrats have called for. Carper’s response: “The idea of taking the time to try to impeach him, the idea of trying to expel members of the House of Senate for their efforts to protect the President and continue this fiction … I just think we […]
Song of the Day 1/6: Old Crow Medicine Show, “Marching Through Georgia”
H/t Ben, for suggesting this as the song to listen to today. I’d like to hear it sung by a chorus led by Stacey Abrams, but I’m happy to settle for the Old Crow Medicine Show version, recorded for their 2013 LP “Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War.” It was written the […]
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