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Song of the Day 9/21: Bob Mould, “Siberian Butterfly”

By Alby September 21, 20201 Comment

Bob Mould released this a couple of week ago to preview his new album, "Blue Hearts," due out Friday. It's a throwback to his Hüsker Dü days -- fast, loud…

Song of the Day 9/20: Bruce Springsteen, “Letter to You”

By Alby September 20, 20203 Comments

Bruce Springsteen dropped a new single Sept. 10, the title track to an upcoming album with the E Street Band recorded live in Springsteen's home studio, no overdubs, in just…

Song of the Day 9/19: AI/DC, “Great Balls”

By Alby September 19, 20201 Comment

This is a few months old but I just found it the other day, and I still crack up when I listen to it. Back in May some YouTuber who…

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…