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Song of the Day 9/18: Twisted Sister, “We’re Not Gonna Take It”

By Alby September 18, 20202 Comments

Let's say you have two aging rock stars, one a legendary Irish R&B singer, the other a Long Island hair-metal has-been. If I told you one was a virulent anti-masker,…

Song of the Day 9/17: Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton, “Those Were the Days”

By Alby September 17, 20202 Comments

So I'm in the shower the other day and suddenly the theme song to "All in the Family" pops into my head, and it occurs to me that all the…

A Majority of Democratic Votes Were Not Cast at the Polls

By Alby September 16, 20202 Comments

Despite its Democratic majority, Delaware's voting rules are among the most restrictive in the country. Perhaps that Democratic majority ought to rethink that -- in yesterday's Democratic senatorial primary, 52%…

Song of the Day 9/16: Three Dog Night, “Celebrate”

By Alby September 16, 20202 Comments

The best night for progressives in Delaware primary history is certainly something to celebrate. Sarah McBride, Marie Pinkney, Eric Morrison, Madinah Wilson-Anton, Larry Lambert -- all of them are going…

Song of the Day 9/15: Brandi Carlile, “Madman Across the Water”

By Alby September 15, 20202 Comments

After Elton John released the LP named for this song in 1971, many Americans took to the theory that the title referenced Richard Nixon, a notion that bemused lyricist Bernie…

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…