Trump Losing Streak Continues As He Jinxes the Crimson Tide
The stench of losing hangs heavy on the head that wears the combover. Donald Trump finally found a sports crowd that wouldn't boo him, but his attendance at Alabama's football…
Joe DiStefano Sums Up All the Biden Sleaze Delawareans Have Ignored for 40 Years
Joe DiStefano, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and News-Journal alumnus, has written a piece so damning of Joe Biden's soft corruption that it can't help but damn our entire state government philosophy…
Song of the Day 11/9: John Prine, “That’s How Every Empire Falls”
I probably feature John Prine more often that some people would like, but this is the rare Prine tune that he didn't write himself, though he did sign its composer,…
Song of the Day 11/8: Slade, “Cum On Feel the Noize”
The glam rock years were strange ones, kids. Bands, particularly in England, put on makeup, glitter and androgynous outfits in emulation of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. Most of them took…
Song of the Day 11/7: Mick Jagger, “Memo From Turner”
A lot of people think this is the Rolling Stones, but it's actually Jagger backed by a band of studio musicians for his star turn in the film "Performance." That's…
Song of the Day 11/6: Python Lee Jackson ft. Rod Stewart, “In a Broken Dream”
Python Lee Jackson was an Australian band, founded in 1965, that tried its luck in England in 1969. Despite catching the attention of producer John Peel, they didn't make it…
Song of the Day 11/5: Quicksilver Messenger Service, “Fresh Air”
The only song by this quintessential San Francisco psychedelic outfit to make the singles charts, this Santana-sounding 1970 cut talks about something in short supply these days in fire-ravaged California.…
Song of the Day 11/4: Vanilla Fudge, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
This Holland-Dozier-Holland tune was a No. 1 hit for the Supremes in 1966, just a year before Long Island band Vanilla Fudge slowed it down and turned the song's minor-key…
Song of the Day 11/3: Paul Simon, “Night Game”
A song I play every year as the elegy for the baseball season. Paul Simon's natural melancholy, some jazzy chords and the harmonica wizardry of Toots Thielemans combine to roll…
Song of the Day 11/2: The Box Tops, “Soul Deep”
Another 1969 track El Som couldn't squeeze into October was the last top 40 hit by the Box Tops, featuring lead singer Alex Chilton, a 16-year-old high school student when…
DL Open Thread for Nov. 1, 2019
All these investigations have Trump on the run -- literally. In another of an endless series of petulant wee-hours tweets, Trump announced he is leaving New York to make Florida…
Song of the Day 11/1: The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar”
El Somnambulo did a great job of highlighting some of the music of 1969, but he left a big one out -- the song that topped the Billboard charts for…
“We’ve Got This Asshole in the Fucking White House”
A reporter for the local Washington, D.C., affiliate was interviewing Nationals fans at a bar in the wake of their World Series win last night when she asked one guy…