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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…

DL Open Thread Thursday, March 25, 2021

By Alby March 25, 20212 Comments

I don't know if you've noticed, but ever since The Last Guy left DC the news has lacked the crisis-a-minute pace it maintained for four years. Say what you want…

Song of the Day 3/24: Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On”

By Alby March 24, 20214 Comments

When Rolling Stone magazine recalculated its 500 greatest albums list last year, giving greater weight to musicians' opinions and less to the critics, a new No. 1 emerged -- Marvin…

Song of the Day 3/22: Jethro Tull, “Locomotive Breath”

By Alby March 22, 20212 Comments

The other day I saw a list of LPs released in 1971, and the phrase "embarrassment of riches" barely scratches the surface. None of them got spun as often among…

DL Open Thread Sunday, March 21, 2021

By Alby March 21, 20211 Comment

Vladimir Putin is demonstrating that he's just like the fake president he installed in the U.S. -- a big baby incapable of running a country on anything but the thuggist…

Song of the Day 3/19: The Undisputed Truth, “Smiling Faces Sometimes”

By Alby March 19, 2021

The worst part of the story about the Biden White House firing staffers who admitted to past marijuana use is the fact that they were told such admissions would not…