Song of the Day 10/14: Captain Beyond, “Sufficiently Breathless”
Supergroups have been a thing in rock since 1966, when Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ditched their former bands to form Cream, named because each was the cream…
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 14, 2024
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Normally if you told me that thousands of people went to a concert in the California desert and then got stuck there for hours because the inept organizers didn't have…
DL Open Thread Friday, Oct. 11, 2024
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Computer problems and scheduling problems today, so you folks are on your own today. The floor is truly yours. Play nice.
Song of the Day 10/11: Renaissance, “Northern Lights”
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Thanks to an unusually strong solar flare, the aurora borealis made a rare appearance over Delaware last night. Fittingly, I suppose, "Northern Lights" was a rarity, too. It was the…
Song of the Day 10/10: Parliament, “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)”
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Hurricane Milton didn't do as much damage as it might have, but you're probably seen the photos of St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field. The storm did, indeed, tear the roof off…
Song of the Day 10/9: Johnny Neel, “Talking About People”
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Wilmington native Johnny Neel, who died this week at age 70, was legendary in Nashville. Best known to the broader public for his stint with the Allman Brothers Band, he…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024
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Hurricane Milton will dominate news coverage today. Too bad none of the precipitation will make it up north; all of Delaware is either "abnormally dry" or in "moderate drought," and…
Song of the Day 10/8: Climax Blues Band, “Couldn’t Get It Right”
Like the presenter of this Top of the Pops video, I thought these guys were Americans, but it turns out they just wanted to sound like they were. They weren't…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024
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Florida is about to get whacked with a second major hurricane in the past two weeks as the rapidly-developing Milton bears down on Tampa Bay. It's expected to be the…
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 7, 2024
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Residents of flood-ravaged Appalachia, having been hammered by a hurricane, are suffering further because of the MAGAts among them. Goosed by Russians working through Elon Musk's propaganda platform, they're spreading…
Song of the Day 10/6: Pink Floyd, “See Emily Play”
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Most rock fans are aware that Roger Waters of Pink Floyd has gone down the rabbit hole of right-wing politics. It appears it has cost him some major coin. Pink…
Song of the Day 10/4: The Alan Parsons Project, “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You”
The more I hear from JD Vance, the more I think of this 1977 song. Though it was just a modest hit, No. 36 on the Hot 100, it helped…
Song of the Day 10/3: Tears for Fears, “Sowing the Seeds of Love”
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I've heard this No. 2 hit from 1989 in random places a couple of times lately, and though "Sowing the Seeds of Love" wears its psychedelic-era Beatles influences like a…