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DL Open Thread Thursday, May 6, 2021

By Alby May 6, 20212 Comments

Never, ever doubt who Republicans represent. Hint: It isn't you, unless you own a business. The new GOP obsession is a "labor shortage," which is what Republicans call it when…

Song of the Day 5/4: Rock Hall of Fame 2004 induction concert feat. Prince, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”

By Alby May 4, 202121 Comments

Did anyone in rock history rise to the big occasion better than Prince? His Super Bowl halftime show in the Miami rain stands as the best has come close to…

Protesters Target Home of National Embarrassment Chris Coons

By Alby May 3, 202114 Comments

Delawareans elect a lot of corporate tools who pretend to be Democrats, but of all the corporate tools, Sen. Chris Coons has become the corporate tooliest. In today's more progressive…

Song of the Day 5/3: Curtis Mayfield, “Blue Monday People”

By Alby May 3, 20215 Comments

Curtis Mayfield's 1975 LP "There's No Place Like America Today" seems to get more attention for its pointed cover image (slightly altered from a 1937 Margaret Bourke-White photo) than its…

DL Open Thread Sunday, May 2, 2021

By Alby May 2, 20216 Comments

What the fuck is wrong with Republicans? Seriously, these people are some kind of fucked up. Lest you think that maybe the Mormons, who didn't much care for Trump, are…

Song of the Day 4/30: The Clash, “Rudie Can’t Fail”

By Alby April 30, 2021

They clearly weren't singing about Giuliani, who doesn't do much except fail. He did, however, use this tune as his intro song at campaign rallies when he ran for president…

Song of the Day 4/29: The Platters, “With This Ring”

By Alby April 29, 20211 Comment

Some days there's no news peg for the song, and you just get whatever has become my latest earworm. In this case it's this tune, now best known among Northern…

DL Open Thread Thursday, April 29, 2021

By Alby April 29, 202110 Comments

Biden's speech is getting good reviews -- I thought I heard thunder last night, but it was just exploding Republican heads -- but not so much for the rebuttal from…

Song of the Day 4/27: Alan Price, “O Lucky Man”

By Alby April 27, 20213 Comments

We have entered a world where British tabloids now print the truth in order to dispel internet rumors. Take the case just this week of British musician Alan Price --…

Song of the Day 4/26: The Kinks, “Celluloid Heroes”

By Alby April 26, 20216 Comments

I should have posted this yesterday in advance of the Academy Awards, though the Hollywood Ray Davies was singing about -- most of the stars he names were dead or…

DL Open Thread Sunday, April 25, 2021

By Alby April 25, 20213 Comments

How did America's police forces react to the Derek Chauvin verdict? They shot and killed six people in various jurisdictions. Hey, when all you have is a gun, everything looks…

Song of the Day 4/24: Digital Underground, “The Humpty Dance”

By Alby April 24, 20212 Comments

Old school rap lost an influential figure this week. Greg Jacobs, better known as Shock G, the rapper who fronted the Oakland rap collective Digital Underground, was found dead in…

Song of the Day 4/23: Bay City Rollers, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Letter”

By Alby April 23, 2021

You know rock is over the hill when the lead singer of the first boy band dies at age 65. Les McKeown, the lead singer for the Bay City Rollers…