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Song of the Day 11/4: Vanilla Fudge, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”

By Alby November 4, 20197 Comments

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”

By Alby November 3, 2019

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”

By Alby November 2, 2019

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

By Alby November 1, 201910 Comments

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”

By Alby November 1, 20191 Comment

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”

By Alby October 31, 201923 Comments

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…

DL Open Thread 10/26/19

By Alby October 26, 20191 Comment

A federal judge tossed weeks of Republican process arguments in the garbage, ruling that Congress has the right to see the redacted grand jury testimony from the Mueller investigation. Just…

DL Open Thread 10/25/19

By Alby October 25, 20193 Comments

In the best Donald Trump "I'm rubber, you're glue" tradition, AG Bill Barr is now running a criminal investigation into the origins of the investigation of Donald Trump by intelligence…

DL Open Thread 10/24/19

By Alby October 24, 201912 Comments

Matt Gaetz, the congressional version of Florida Man, tried to lead a GOP Lost Boys attack on a closed-door impeachment hearing and proved they don't understand national security in the…

Yesterday's big news was the closed-door Congressional testimony of Bill Taylor, the ambassador to Ukraine who tangled with Gordon Sondland over Trump's extortion of that country. Democrats said his testimony…

Highlands Bunker – E37 – One for the Wonks

By Alby October 21, 20195 Comments

Highlands Bunker presents Episode 37. It's a treat for fans of data-driven journalism, as Karl the Producer joins RE Vanella in the bunker for an in-depth discussion of his research…

How Our “Liberal” Media Promotes Liberal Infighting

By Alby October 15, 20191 Comment

I think I figured out why social conservatives are obsessed by America's supposedly "liberal" media, when liberals know the media isn't kind to them. It's because there are so many…

This Is Why Republicans Can’t Turn on Trump

By Alby October 10, 20192 Comments

As I guessed more than two years ago, the explanation is a lot simpler than "they're afraid of his base," which is true but doesn't explain why they won't cut…