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DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Six members of a construction crew are missing and presumed dead in the Baltimore bridge collapse, but it could have been a lot worse. Alex Jones and his ilk spun lots of conspiracy theories, and that’s before they knew the workers who died were immigrants from Central America and Mexico. Ever since the Supreme Court’s […]
Song of the Day 3/26: Counting Crows, “Raining in Baltimore”
From Counting Crows’ debut album, “August and Everything After,” released in 1993.
DL Open Thread Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Move over, Donald. The top story on cable news today will be the rescue efforts at Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed after a cargo ship rammed it about 1:30 this morning. It’s being treated as a mass casualty event; nobody is sure how many workers and vehicles were on the steel structure. Another […]
Song of the Day 3/25: Barenaked Ladies, “If I Had $1000000”
Dedicated to Donald Trump, with all the sympathy he deserves. Barenaked Ladies wrote about what they’d do with a million dollars even before the band formed in 1988. Frontmen Steven Page and Ed Robertson were working as counselors at a summer music camp, and they would sing this to the campers on the bus, filling […]
DL Open Thread Monday, March 25, 2024
Today’s the deadline for Trump to come up with the cash or equivalent in New York, but he took time last night to go to his West Palm Beach golf club to celebrate his victory in – here, I’ll let him tell it: “THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY & THE SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.I WON BOTH!” […]
Song of the Day 3/24: Cypress Hill w/the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, “Insane in the Brain”
Life, as we know, imitates “The Simpsons,” which is why we got a Trump presidency. Even minor gags from long-ago episodes have come to pass: The U.S. won the Olympic gold medal in curling, the guy in Siegfried and Roy was attacked by one of his white tigers, Michelangelo’s David became the subject of censorship […]
Song of the Day 3/23: Пикник, “Королевство кривых” [Piknik, “Kingdom of Crooks”]
Once again, terrorists have attacked a live music event, this time a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow. Gunmen associated with the Islamic State opened fire before the start of a performance by Piknik, one of Russia’s longest-running rock bands; the death toll stood at 133 as this was written. Piknik, aka Picnic, recorded […]
Song of the Day 3/22: Barrett Strong, “Money (That’s What I Want)”
Donald Trump is getting INCREASINGLY FRANTIC! as the clock winds down toward his deadline for posting bond as he appeals his fraud conviction. Before you read any story about it, you should cue up this song as the soundtrack. Barrett Strong had his only hit as a performer with “Money,” written by Berry Gordy. It […]
DL Open Thread Friday, March 22, 2024
Polling shows Americans have soured on the Supreme Court, the last institution that held the respect of a majority of the American public. Its approval rating started to slip a few years ago, but the decline accelerated with Dobbs and now stands at 40%. The conservative justices’ partisan leanings and love of graft are so […]
Song of the Day 3/21: Alex Melton, “MMMBop”
Alex Melton is a South Carolina-based multi-instrumentalist who’s made a name for himself on YouTube by making genre-twisting covers – country songs done as pop-punk and vice versa are his specialties – and doing it all as a one-man band, playing all the instruments and mixing it together by computer. He’s been doing this for […]
Song of the Day 3/20: The Tragically Hip, “Bobcaygeon”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Americans might have been puzzled by a recent Philadelphia Inquirer story about what Flyers’ hockey players want to hear on the song playlists that blast out on road trips or before and after games. Why did the name Tragically Hip come up so often? Who are they? Why is one […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Banana republic isn’t just a clothing store anymore. First the Supreme Court blew the layup about Texas’ attempt to seize control of the border from the federal government, refusing to put the Texas law on hold. Then, after all the reporters had gone home, the Fifth Circuit itself put it on hold. We’re actually living […]
Sock Puppets Get Banned
We’ve got several newbies – happens every election season – so it’s time for a reminder: Sock puppets get banned. You get one screen name. Use a second one and you’re banned. If your comments don’t appear and you’ve engaged in sock puppetry, that’s why. “Landlith Lou/Johnny,” this is your only warning. “Kevis Greene/Jean/Claymonster,” buh-bye. […]
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