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Dear Republicans: This Is Why We Don’t Respect You

By Alby April 3, 202117 Comments

I stumbled across a headline today that quoted some random conservative complaining that "maybe if we canceled sports, then they'd respect us." I hear this all the time: The reason…

Song of the Day 4/3: Little Richard, “I Saw Her Standing There”

By Alby April 3, 20212 Comments

The only difficulty in picking a theme song for Matt Gaetz is that rock 'n' roll, especially the early stuff, is full of songs that traffic in misogyny and ephebophilia,…

Song of the Day 4/2: Simon and Garfunkel, “Keep the Customer Satisfied”

By Alby April 2, 2021

Paul Simon has joined the parade of aging songwriters peddling their catalogs for big bucks, selling off his entire output -- over 400 songs from both Simon and Garfunkel and…

Song of the Day 4/1: The Bee Gees, “I Started a Joke”

By Alby April 1, 20211 Comment

The joke certainly was on Robin Gibb -- he had the best voice in the group but older brother Barry had the good looks, and their conflicting ideas about who…

DL Open Thread Thursday, April 1, 2021

By Alby April 1, 20213 Comments

Joe Biden has proposed a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. Vox has a good explainer outlining what it does and how Democrats hope to pass it. Politico notes it has set…

Song of the Day 3/31: Steely Dan, “My Old School”

By Alby March 31, 20211 Comment

Only the good die young, they say, which is probably why G. Gordon Liddy, mastermind of the Watergate break-in, lasted 90 years before he shuffled off this mortal coil Tuesday.…

Song of the Day 3/30: James McMurtry, “We Can’t Make It Here (Anymore)”

By Alby March 30, 20212 Comments

Author Larry McMurtry, who gained his greatest fame for his screenplay work in film and television, died last week. His musical legacy is his son James, who has carved out…

Song of the Day 3/29: Johnny Cash, “A Boy Named Sue”

By Alby March 29, 2021

The Republican war on trans people put me in mind of this old Johnny Cash song. Recorded live at San Quentin State Prison, the novelty tune was written and recorded…

DL Open Thread Monday, March 29, 2021

By Alby March 29, 20216 Comments

Dildo-headed capitalist Jeff Bezos is personally behind the company's recent shitty behavior toward its critics. He issued a "broad mandate" to executives to fight back. Hey, it worked last time…

Song of the Day 3/28: Louis Armstrong, “When the Saints Go Marching In”

By Alby March 28, 20211 Comment

Among the songs the Library of Congress added to its National Recording Registry last week is Louis Armstrong's first recording of "When the Saints Go Marching In," the gospel spiritual…

DL Open Thread Sunday, March 28, 2021

By Alby March 28, 20212 Comments

Ready for some boycottin'? Sure, Coca-Cola, but now comes word that Inspire Brands -- a private-capital band of crookscompany that owns Jimmy Johns, Arby’s, Sonic, and Buffalo Wild Wings, as…

Song of the Day 3/26: Labelle, “Lady Marmalade”

By Alby March 26, 2021

The National Recording Registry announced this year's additions, ranging from a recording Thomas Edison made on a piece of tinfoil in 1878 to Kermit the Frog's "Rainbow Connection." The headline…

Song of the Day 3/25: The Lemon Pipers, “Green Tambourine”

By Alby March 25, 20212 Comments

I'm as anti-insurrection as the next guy, but I think the feds may be overreaching in the case of Sara Carpenter, 51, of Queens, who was arrested for entering the…