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Song of the Day 7/8: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Mercury Poisoning”
H/t El Somnambulo It must be something in the water, nanoplastics or something, because suddenly politicians are saying shit that nobody looking for votes should ever say. First it was the Dogslayer, now it’s RFK Jr. saying a worm ate part of his brain … and, oh yes, also, he had mercury poisoning. I say […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 8, 2024
If you want to dominate the headlines, it helps to be the defendant in four legal proceedings simultaneously. Luckily for Trump, the one serious crime he’s accused of, stealing top-secret documents, is the one that was paused indefinitely by MAGA judge Aileen Cannon. Meanwhile, the judge in his New York falsifying-business-records case – that’s what […]
Song of the Day 5/7: “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Fat”
You can tell Donnie Two Scoops is on Ozempic (or Wegovy, they’re the same thing, just different doses) because he’s taken to mocking people for being fat. At a fundraiser in Texas for Rep. Ronny Jackson, the erstwhile White House doctor who lied about Trump’s weight, Trump said Tester “looks pregnant to me. … He […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Hamas has agreed to a cease-fire proposal put together by Egypt and Qatar. Netanyahu, who faces jail time for corruption as soon as the fighting stops, rejected it. I wish Biden would stop insulting Trump and start insulting Bibi. Bernie Sanders announced he’s running for a fourth term in the Senate. Unlike the two guys […]
Song of the Day 5/6: Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”
Kristi Noem’s dog murder-career suicide exposed her inhumanity, but as this writer pointed out, to really understand what a sicko she is, consider the poor billy goat who caught her attention on her way back from the Gravel Pit of Doom. He got offed, too, and not on the first shot. Though Noem justified the […]
DL Open Thread Monday, May 6, 2024
Whatever happened to “the home of the brave”? This country has an entire political party scared to confront the sociopath who leads it, and his lickspittles are vying for a role as his vice-president – as one wag put it, to see who’ll wear the noose the next time he orders his minions to kill […]
Song of the Day 5/4: Bill Murray (as Nick Winters), “Star Wars”
Nowadays, after nine feature-length films and spinoff series galore, it’s hard to remember what a big deal the original Star Wars was when it came out in 1977. That was so long ago in the Lucasverse that “Star Wars” was the film’s full name. “Saturday Night Live” was in its third season in 1978, and […]
Song of the Day 5/3: David Bromberg, “Dehlia”
David Bromberg, who’s called Wilmington home for the past 22 years, announced that he’s moving to New York City – for a quieter life. Bromberg relocated from Chicago to Wilmington in 2002, during a long hiatus in his recording career. He only learned about the city because his manager took a job running the Grand […]
Song of the Day 5/2: Duane Eddy, “Rebel Rouser”
Duane Eddy, whose deep, twangy guitar instrumentals helped lay the foundations of rock ‘n’ roll, died Tuesday at age 86. His string of hit singles produced by Lee Hazlewood, who discovered the teenage Eddy in Arizona, influenced countless rock guitarists – Dave Davies, George Harrison and John Fogerty, to name just a few. Eddy’s trademark […]
Song of the Day 5/1: John Lennon, “Working Class Hero”
It’s International Workers’ Day in 160 countries, but not the United States, where every day is Industrialists’ Day. Get back to work. John Lennon recorded more than 100 takes of this song for his first solo album in 1970. Two different takes were spliced together for the final cut. You can hear the change at […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 1, 2024
I’m not going to bother with a Trump trial wrap-up, because if you consume news you can’t avoid the media’s information avalanche. I can’t tell who’s winning, but it’s pretty clear the loser is the American justice system: The judge fined Trump the maximum amount for nine violations of his gag order: $9,000, or $1,000 […]
Song of the Day 4/30: Riley Puckett, “The Cat Came Back”
As I noted yesterday, and Kristi Noem is finding out at her leisure, Americans treasure two animals above all others – Man’s Best Friend, and His Noble Steed – and you can tell by how many sappy, schmaltzy songs have been written about dogs and horses. People shed tears at “Old Shep” and “Wildfire.” For […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Gov. John Carney officially announced his candidacy for mayor of Wilmington Monday. If he succeeds, it would mark one of the biggest self-demotions since ex-President John Quincy Adams was elected to Congress. If he fails, it would be even more embarrassing. It must be the season for political comebacks. DL patron saint Howard Dean is […]
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