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Song of the Day 4/1: Elvin Bishop, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”
Fate played a mean joke on blues guitarist Elvin Bishop. Bishop, who cut his teeth playing with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, is remembered as a one-hit wonder for his composition “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” but he didn’t even get to sing it. Bishop thought his gravelly voice wouldn’t do the song justice, […]
Song of the Day 3/31: Unicorn, “No Way Out of Here”
It seems Donald Trump has finally found a bed he couldn’t unshit. Since blundering into his war on Iran, his two chief weapons, bullying and whining, have failed to open the Strait of Hormuz, and according to the Wall Street Journal he’s considering employing his third chief weapon, running away and telling somebody else to […]
Song of the Day 3/30: Sia, “Helium”
Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has bottled up a significant portion of the world’s petroleum and nitrogen-based fertilizer. It’s also choked off a third important resource that’s starting to get more attention: helium. The inert gas is used in a variety of industries, most noticeably semiconductors and medical imaging. While prices will rise […]
Song of the Day 3/29: Tatsuro Yamashita, “Sparkle”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona You’ll be hearing a lot about the K-pop group BTS, international superstars back on stage after completing compulsory service in the South Korean army. But a much more interesting Asian-pop style has been sparking interest in young listeners, thanks partly to a YouTube algorithm that captured their attention. They call […]
Song of the Day 8/27: Seals & Crofts, “Hummingbird”
Darrell “Dash” Crofts, half of the ’70s soft rock hitmakers Seals & Crofts, died Wednesday at 87 in a hospital in Texas. Crofts and fellow Texan Jim Seals met as teenagers when they played together in a rockabilly band there before moving to California and joining the Champs in 1958, after that group had scored […]
New Poll: Who’s Next?
As Trump’s polling numbers keep dropping, it’s only a matter of time until somebody gets the blame. Who do you think will be the next sacrificial bootlicker to walk the plank? Cast your vote at right, and feel free to explain your vote below.
Song of the Day 3/26: Daryl Hall & John Oates, “Out of Touch”
Want to know why Donald Trump thinks the U.S. is winning its war of choice in Iran? Look no further. Each day since the start of the war in Iran, U.S. military officials compile a video update for President Donald Trump that shows video of the biggest, most successful strikes on Iranian targets over the […]
Song of the Day 3/25: Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez, “Red Dog Tracks”
Songwriter Chip Taylor, the younger brother of actor Jon Voight, died Monday, two days after his 86th birthday. All the obituaries lead with “Wild Thing,” the most iconic song in his voluminous catalog. He wrote hundreds of songs and released almost three dozen albums, the most recent earlier this year, in a career that began […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, March 25, 2026
New Castle County residents should brace for a tax increase. County Executive Marcus Henry proposed a 17.2% hike of the property tax rate to the county council last night. The median annual payment on the new rate in unincorporated New Castle County is $102 more per year, according to finance chief Del Grande. The 25th […]
Song of the Day 3/24: Hank Williams, “(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Trains and prison have always been favored subjects in country music. The train whistle calls to farm boys who long to ramble or need to escape. Sometimes they start to miss home. Sometimes they end up in prison. Then the lonesome whistle calls again. “(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle” has […]
Song of the Day 3/23: Incubus, “Megalomaniac”
Predicting Donald Trump’s behavior is fairly easy: Just ask yourself, “What would an asshole do?” Robert Mueller – a Republican, mind you – dies? Anyone else would heed the advice, “Better to remain silent and be thought an asshole than speak up and remove all doubt,” but Trump has long since removed the doubt, so […]
Song of the Day 3/22: Afroman, “Lemon Pound Cake”
That cops frequently act like bullying dicks is hardly news. They usually demonstrate it through immunity-enabled violence. But they sometimes show it with the whining victimhood that bullies display when someone hits them back. So here’s a shoutout to Afroman, who hit them back twice. You might remember Afroman, the stage name of Joseph Edgar […]
Song of the Day 3/20: Tom Waits, “Big in Japan”
Donald Trump considers himself a very funny guy. His rallies, back when he was capable of holding them, were long, boring exercises in his putative stand-up comedy. Many of his tasteless outbursts, like his mockery of reporter Serge Kovaleski’s congenital joint condition, are his attempts at so-called jokes. He was at it again Thursday, when […]
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