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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020

By Alby September 15, 20207 Comments

It's primary day. If you haven't already, don't forget to vote. If you don't know your polling location, you can look it up here. A Trump-appointed federal judge has ruled…

Song of the Day 9/14: The A’s, “A Woman’s Got the Power”

By Alby September 14, 2020

Trump keeps trying to insult Kamala Harris, and he looks weaker every time he does. Her presence on the Democratic Party ticket clearly infuriates him -- what doesn't, right? --…

Song of the Day 9/13: Will Sheridan, “Set Fire to the Streets”

By Alby September 13, 20201 Comment

Bear, Delaware, native Will Sheridan Jr. was a basketball star at Sanford School before playing at Villanova University from 2003 to 2007 and, briefly, as a pro in Italy. When…

Notorious UD Climate Change Denier Hired for Top NOAA Post

By Alby September 13, 202012 Comments

NPR is reporting that David LeGates, the University of Delaware geology geography professor who has made a career of denying that human activity has affected global climate, has been appointed…

Song of the Day 9/12: Toots and the Maytals, “Do the Reggay”

By Alby September 12, 2020

Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the Jamaican vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who gave reggae music its name and wrote some of its classic tunes, including "Pressure Drop" and "Monkey Man," died yesterday, apparently…

Song of the Day 9/11: Kool & the Gang, “Jungle Boogie”

By Alby September 11, 20201 Comment

Ronald Bell, later Khalis Bayyan, a co-founder of Kool & the Gang who co-wrote most of their biggest hits, died this week, age 68, at his home in the U.S.…

Song of the Day 9/10: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, “Do You Want to Know a Secret”

By Alby September 10, 20203 Comments

Bob Woodward is coming under fire for recording Trump back in March, when he was publicly downplaying COVID-19, saying that the new coronavirus was "deadly" and worse than the flu…

Song of the Day 9/9: Randy Newman, “Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)”

By Alby September 9, 2020

Randy Newman's "Good Old Boys," his controversial 1974 concept album sung from the viewpoint of a Southern everyman named Johnny Cutler, was put together over many months and included a…

Song of the Day 9/8: Gary U.S. Bonds, “Out of Work”

By Alby September 8, 20201 Comment

For 11.5 million Americans, Labor Day wasn't a day off -- they have no job to go back to. Bruce Springsteen wrote this song for Bonds during the singer's early-80s…

Song of the Day 9/7: Huey Lewis and the News, “Workin’ for a Living”

By Alby September 7, 20203 Comments

For those too young to have lived through their heyday, at least as music fans, Huey Lewis and the News were sort of the Hootie and the Blowfish of their…

Song of the Day 9/6: Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Three Little Birds”

By Alby September 6, 20202 Comments

Like every other Democrat, I'm worried about how much damage Trump can do before he's shitcanned for good, but for just this weekend, fuck it. The weather's great, Trumpers are…

Song of the Day 9/4: The Cure, “The Last Day of Summer”

By Alby September 4, 2020

Summer unofficially ends this weekend, and if it feels weird it might be because, except for the hot weather, it hasn't felt much like summer at all -- no graduation…

Song of the Day 9/2: Bowling for Soup, “1985”

By Alby September 2, 2020

Now that Antifa's secret weapon, soup, has been uncovered by ace detective Donald Trump, it's time to reveal where we got the idea: from Bowling for Soup, the Texas-based band…