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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…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

By Alby October 23, 20249 Comments

Another day, another raft of Trump stories about what a shit person he is. Another one of his generals, his former chief of staff John Kelly, warned that he's a…

Song of the Day 10/22: Faith No More, “Falling to Pieces”

By Alby October 22, 20242 Comments

From all reports, Donald Trump has gone from sounding like the guy at the end of the bar to the guy who lives under the bridge. It won't cost him…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024

By Alby October 22, 202412 Comments

The liberal sense of dread about this election isn't just about the danger of Trump winning. As Dave Weigel argues, no matter who wins, the country is moving to the…

Song of the Day 10/21: AC/DC, “Meltdown”

By Alby October 21, 2024

H/t to DFL, who suggested this one the other day. It was released on the 2000 LP "Stiff Upper Lip." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCfyHJg0dVo

DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 21, 2024

By Alby October 21, 202418 Comments

We're at the stage of the presidential campaign/Trump unraveling where I expect he'll be biting the heads off bats onstage by the end of the week. Or maybe he'll just…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024

By Alby October 20, 2024

As if football weren't destructive enough on its own – gotta love the irony of pursuing a brain-endangering pastime under the aegis of education – it's now evolved a new…

DL Open Thread Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024

By Alby October 19, 20245 Comments

I had to double-check to make sure this story wasn't from The Onion: The attorneys general of three Gilead-aspiring states are suing the FDA over rule changes regarding abortion drugs.…

Song of the Day 10/18: James Brown, “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World”

By Alby October 18, 2024

Among the tracks spun by DJ Donnie Two Scoops in Oaks, Pa., the other day was this James Brown classic. Originally released in 1966, it reached No. 8 on Billboard's…