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DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 24, 2024

By Alby February 24, 20254 Comments

Here's another sterling example of why you shouldn't give the mainstream media your trust or your money: A former KGB spy said that the Russians have cultivated Donald Trump as…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 23, 2024

By Alby February 23, 202510 Comments

I'll be filling in for El Som this week, and if you're looking for stories about Fascism on the March, you'll have to look elsewhere for the links. I won't…

Song of the Day 2/22: Jerry Butler, “He Will Break Your Heart”

By Alby February 22, 2025

As El Somnambulo noted last night, soul singer Jerry Butler died Thursday at age 85. When his recording career wound down in the '80s he got elected to the Cook…

Song of the Day 2/21: Brian Setzer, “Blue Moon of Kentucky”

By Alby February 21, 2025

Man, old rockers are dropping like flies. I don't mean they're all dying. Some are just hitting the rock and roll disabled list. Just the other day rockabilly revivalist Brian…

Song of the Day 2/20: David Johansen, “Heart of Gold”

By Alby February 20, 2025

David Johansen is not a guy who gives up. When the New York Dolls broke up he went solo. When that didn't pan out he became Buster Poindexter. As Buster,…

Comment Rescue: Et tu, Bryan?

By Alby February 20, 20257 Comments

"Dude," writing about why Bryan Townsend should be primaried, posted this comment under El Som's top 5 2026 targets. Because Townsend's seat isn't up until 2028, I'm reposting it here,…

Song of the Day 2/19: Johnny Rodriguez, “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)”

By Alby February 19, 20251 Comment

As usual, the cruelty is the point. The White House released a video of captive immigrants shackled for air transport; naturally no details about who they were or where they…

Song of the Day 2/18: Chumbawamba, “The Day the Nazi Died”

By Alby February 18, 20255 Comments

I'm not on social media but my wife is, and this Chumbawamba song has popped up on her scroll several times lately. Listening to the lyrics I understand why. The…

Song of the Day 2/17: Sheryl Crow, “A Change Will Do You Good”

By Alby February 17, 2025

Sheryl Crow made the news the other day for doing something that's become increasingly difficult recently: She sold her used Tesla. We know this because she posted about it on…

Song of the Day 2/15: The Wallflowers, “Sleepwalker”

By Alby February 15, 2025

Since I featured Sam Cooke's "Cupid" yesterday I felt I had to follow it up with Jakob Dylan's oblique answer song, which drew a bit of attention when it was…

Song of the Day 2/14: Sam Cooke, “Cupid”

By Alby February 14, 2025

By all accounts, Sam Cooke didn't need Cupid's help. Girls rushed to the front pews to get a glimpse of him when he sang with the Soul Stirrers, a phenomenon…

Song of the Day 2/13: War, “Slippin’ Into Darkness”

By Alby February 13, 20251 Comment

Theme song for the United States of America. The band that became War started out in Long Beach, Calif., in the early '60s. They were a tight unit by 1970,…

Song of the Day 2/12: Johnny Horton, “Young Abe Lincoln”

By Alby February 12, 20252 Comments

If you're old enough, you might remember Feb. 12 as a holiday, Lincoln's Birthday. At least it was in Delaware – it never was a federal holiday, though most Northern…