Song of the Day 2/22: David Bowie, “Life on Mars?”
Perseverance, NASA's latest Mars rover, landed on the Red Planet last week, and today the space agency unveiled video of its descent from the lander itself. It's looking, of course,…
Song of the Day 2/21: The Go-Go’s, “Vacation”
In one sense I can sympathize with Ted Cruz -- who doesn't want a vacation from the cold and snow? Cruz is such a wuss he vamoosed after a cold…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021
Erik Prince, the mercenary billionaire who's high on the list of Republicans who should swing from the gallows, has violated the UN's arms embargo on Libya by procuring $80 million…
Song of the Day 2/19: The Bangles, “Hazy Shade of Winter”
The Bangles had been playing this Paul Simon composition in concert for several years when they were approached about contributing a song to the "Less Than Zero" soundtrack (which doesn't…
Song of the Day 2/18: James Taylor, “Mexico”
Sorry for all the James Taylor lately -- I've been suffering from insomnia -- but the chance to belittle Ted Cruz was just too strong to pass up. Cruz is…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021
The Delaware GOP, like state Republican parties across the land, has turned itself over to the dimmest among them. While Witless Lauren Witzke -- motto: "Cracked? Oh, I though you…
Song of the Day 2/17: The Eagles, “Love Will Keep Us Alive”
Gee, sure is cold in Texas. Just goes to show that, on occasion, hell freezes over. That was the name of the 1994 reunion tour on which introduced this tune,…
Song of the Day 2/15: Space Cadet, “Bad Luck”
With apologies to El Som, I actually hear other new music once in a while, though not nearly so much as he does because I'm so technologically inept. I'm so…
Song of the Day 2/14: 10cc, “I’m Not in Love”
Something special for Valentine's Day: A song Eric Stewart wrote because his wife complained that he rarely told her he loved her."I had this crazy idea in my mind that…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021
Quote of the Day: You can lead a Republican to objective reality, but you can’t make him pull his head out of Donald Trump’s ass. Trump was acquitted by the…
Song of the Day 2/13: Joni Mitchell and James Taylor, “You Can Close Your Eyes”
The Senate Republican caucus could adopt this as a theme song, but their voices wouldn't -- ahem -- do it justice. James Taylor's wrote this bittersweet lullaby for his then-girlfriend…
Song of the Day 2/12: Chick Corea, “Hymn of the 7th Galaxy”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There were few more polarizing figures in jazz than Chick Corea, who died Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. But there was never any…
Song of the Day 2/11: Bruce Springsteen, “I’m Goin’ Down”
Prompted by the fact that Bruce Springsteen is having perhaps the roughest week of his public life. First he filmed a commercial for the first time -- for Jeep, of…