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…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
The takeaway from the second day of "Impeachment 2: Impeach Harder" seems to be that Trump deliberately riled up his mob to target VP Mike Pence. Lots of people were…
Song of the Day 2/10: Frank Zappa, “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow”
Snow has persisted on the ground for more than a week now, something that's noticeable is you walk a dog every day. Hence this tune, an example of Frank Zappa's…
Song of the Day 2/9: Mary Wilson, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”
Mary Wilson, the Supreme who stuck it out until the end, died yesterday at 76. In the group's early days, all three Supremes took turns singing lead. Wilson's deeper, grittier…
Song of the Day 2/7: Esther Phillips and the Dixie Flyers, “Brand New Day”
Gotta say, this new Biden administration and the invigorated Democratic Congress has far outstripped every expectation I had coming out of Trump's Reign of Error. The change in the mood…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021
The challenges facing the country and the Biden administration are monumental, and some of them are not going to be undone as quickly as we all would like. Topping the…
Song of the Day 2/6: Christopher Plummer, “Edelweiss”
Christopher Plummer, the accomplished Shakespearian actor made famous in a role he despised, died yesterday at age 91. Though he considered the movie he called "The Sound of Mucus" sentimental…
Song of the Day 2/5: Lindsey Buckingham, “Go Insane”
My pick for the new Republican Party theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjQa5-FD72g I still find it incredible Fleetwood Mac fired the guy most responsible for their superstardom, but when the band had…
Song of the Day 2/4: Randy Rainbow, “Marjorie Taylor Greene”
If, like me, you wondered what Randy Rainbow was going to do with Trump out of the White House, you'll be happy to hear that a new target has appeared…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021
The GOP House caucus -- motto: "More shitbags than a colostomy clinic" -- gave Marjorie Taylor Greene a standing ovation at a closed-door meeting over her "controversial" (translation: batshit loony)…
Song of the Day 2/2: Nat King Cole, “Almost Like Being in Love”
In Punxatawney, Pa., Phil the groundhog somehow saw his shadow through the snowflakes, meaning it's six more weeks of winter. But the view from my window, snow blanketing anything, looked…
Song of the Day 2/1: Laura Nyro, “Stoney End”
For reasons that are obvious to me, if nobody else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6diadP-g_7s Even more than Randy Newman, Laura Nyro was a singer's songwriter. Despite her soaring mezzo-soprano voice and compositions that…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021
Quote of the Day: The contract between a Trumpist politician and their voters runs a little something like, “I will enrich myself while exacerbating every problem that lands on my…