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DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 4, 2024

By Alby November 4, 202433 Comments

See what happens when you don't pay the paperboy? There's not much point in linking to news stories this late in the day. Use the space to make your predictions,…

Different Strokes for Different Folks

By Alby November 2, 20244 Comments

Two Monica Beard mailers landed in my mailbox yesterday. At first glance they seemed like duplicates, because both showed her against a pink background on the front, with a list…

Song of the Day 11/1: The Temptations, “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)”

By Alby November 1, 2024

Another song that sadly hasn't lost any relevance over the past 54 years. In early 1970 Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong took a hard look at the wreckage of the…

Song of the Day 10/31: Camille Saint-Saëns, “La Danse Macabre”

By Alby October 31, 20247 Comments

Camille Saint-Saëns was one of the most famous and prolific composers of his day, and his serious works are part of the classical canon, but he's best known to the…

Song of the Day 10/30: Garbage, “The Men Who Rule the World”

By Alby October 30, 2024

Joe Biden is getting grief for calling MAGAts "garbage," which I maintain was just him being polite. Garbage got its name when a friend used the term to describe the…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024

By Alby October 30, 202413 Comments

A federal judge delivered a blow to Delaware's plan to expand its port along the Delaware River, ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to follow proper procedures in…

Song of the Day 10/29: Fleetwood Mac, “Gypsy”

By Alby October 29, 2024

Stevie Nicks is everywhere the past few weeks, appearing on Saturday Night Live, releasing a new song about women's rights and, most recently, appearing on a CBS Sunday show to…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

By Alby October 29, 20249 Comments

If Jeff Bezos was looking for a way to destroy the Washington Post, mission accomplished. Within three days of his decision to quash the paper's endorsement of Kamala Harris for…

Song of the Day 10/28: The Grateful Dead, “Box of Rain”

By Alby October 28, 20241 Comment

Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead bassist who died last week at age 84, had never played the bass when Jerry Garcia asked him to join the band. But he had…

DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 28, 2024

By Alby October 28, 202419 Comments

The disgrace of governments giving taxpayer money to private, for-profit businesses is, sadly, widespread, simply the way business is conducted in our greedy society. Poor-Excuse-For-A-Democrat John Carney brought Delaware to…

Song of the Day 10/25: Jay & the Techniques, “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”

By Alby October 25, 20241 Comment

Peach season is long gone, but fall is prime time for apples and pumpkin pie. Though it wasn't the only chart appearance for Allentown, Pa.'s, Jay Proctor and the Techniques,…

Song of the Day 10/24: Blind Melon, “No Rain”

By Alby October 24, 2024

Move over, Dry January. Philadelphia and the surrounding region are experiencing a dry October – there has been no measurable rainfall this month, and there isn't expected to be any…

Song of the Day 10/23: The Hollies, “King Midas in Reverse”

By Alby October 23, 2024

It's long been noted that everything Donald Trump touches turns to shit, and the past few days supplied more evidence for the theory: Trump pretended to work at a McDonald's…