Ghoul Pool
It's time to start a Ghoul Pool for the GOP 'Ronapalooza. Who will be the first of the infected to die? Make your choice in the poll at the right,…
Song of the Day 10/3: Foreigner, “Urgent”
The new White House theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcb-Fsx_phM Foreigner was among the most successful rock groups of its era, scoring 16 Top 40 hits between 1977 and 1988; nine of them…
Song of the Day 10/2: Tom Lehrer, “I Got It From Agnes”
For a hoax, this coronavirus sure gets around. This is how. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6qFG0uop9k Satirist Tom Lehrer, a child prodigy who graduated from Harvard at age 18, tickled the intellectual crowd with…
Song of the Day 10/1: Mac Davis, “It’s Hard to Be Humble”
Mac Davis, who parlayed his songwriting and amiable personality into a recording career and his own TV variety show, died Tuesday at age 78. His best composition is probably "In…
DL is Down – Provisional Open Thread
The site is broken.
We are looking into it. It is probably my fault (jason330). If the site was a car, it would be a car I got in 10 years ago, drove everyday and never checked the oil. I hope it can be saved because there is great reporting from El Som, Alby and others locked in the archives.
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- Trump has Covid. Not shocked. God (or whatever) will not be mocked.
Song of the Day 9/30: Third Eye Blind, “Semi-Charmed Life”
I didn't watch the debate -- masochism has its limits -- but a few clips made it pretty clear that the mothafucka was cranked to the gills. Word is he…
Song of the Day 9/29: The Lemonheads, “It’s a Shame About Ray”
Somebody in the comments used this line the other day in reference to one-term state Rep. Ray Seigfried, who lost his primary earlier this month. It applies whether you're pro-…
Song of the Day 9/28: Sinéad O’Connor, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
When Sinéad O'Connor ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II at the end of a Saturday Night Live performance in 1992, she was trying to make the world…
Song of the Day 9/27: Kurt Vile and John Prine, “How Lucky”
Philly native Kurt Vile has a new EP out, highlighted by this duet with one of his musical heroes, John Prine. They recorded it last year when Vile was in…
Song of the Day 9/25: Patti Smith, “People Have the Power”
I'm looking to dispel the air of doomed gloom that pervades progressive spaces these days, so here's an anthem by Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith from her 1988 LP…
Song of the Day 9/24: The Clash, “The Guns of Brixton”
Set aside all your anxiety about Trump's assault on American democracy. If you think we're headed for civil war and a breakdown of social order, the question becomes as simple…
Wake Up, Worriers, You’re Being Played by Trump and the Media
The media bombardment is neverending. Trump is going to steal the election. Be afraid, be very afraid! Rachel Maddow intoned last night, "What will you do for your country when…
Song of the Day 9/23: Robert Hazard, “Change Reaction”
Forty years ago, Robert Hazard was the biggest thing on Philadelphia's music scene. Hazard, born Robert Rimato to an operatic tenor who lived in Delaware County, played folk, country and…