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Song of the Day 6/25: Fataday Korngor, “Pinky Ring”

By Alby June 25, 20241 Comment

New music is El Somnambulo's territory, but I heard this on WXPN's local music show last week and I'm not willing to wait until his end-of-the-month roundup to share it.…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, June 25, 2024

By Alby June 25, 20246 Comments

Media chatter has turned to Thursday night's televised debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and it seems nobody is pretending anymore that the event has anything to do with…

Song of the Day 6/24: Shaboozey, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”

By Alby June 24, 20242 Comments

H/t Jason, who posted this in the comments the other day. It was among the songs featured in this this article about the contenders for the Song of the Summer.…

DL Open Thread Monday, June 24, 2024

By Alby June 24, 20247 Comments

Somebody must have spiked Sen. Chris Coons' breakfast on Sunday, because he went on Fox News and freaked out the host by pointing out that Trump is a convicted felon.…

Song of the Day 6/23: LL Cool J, “Mama Said Knock You Out”

By Alby June 23, 20241 Comment

So Trump's latest idea for controlling immigration is to have the equivalent of bum fights. I'm all for it, given that the first person the first contestant gets to fight…

Song of the Day 6/21: Bill Lloyd, “The Fix Is In”

By Alby June 21, 2024

This one's for Aileen Cannon, the unqualified federal judge who's slow-walking Donald Trump's stolen documents trial and refused colleagues' calls to recuse herself. You can figure out why. Bill Lloyd…

Song of the Day 6/20: The Power Station, “Some Like It Hot”

By Alby June 20, 20241 Comment

This one's for commenter Jarvis, who thinks people need to turn off the air conditioning because it's not that hot out there. The Power Station, a super group formed by…

Song of the Day 6/19: The Treniers, “Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)”

By Alby June 19, 20244 Comments

Baseball's greatest all-around player, Willie Mays, died yesterday at age 93. He retired 50 years ago, so unless you're a Boomer you never saw him play, and it might be…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, June 19, 2024

By Alby June 19, 202414 Comments

My 10-year-old grandson asked me what Juneteenth was. When I told him it was when the news of the Union victory in the Civil War, which had technically been over…

Song of the Day 6/18: Arrow, “Hot Hot Hot”

By Alby June 18, 20242 Comments

The heat dome that had monkeys falling dead from the trees in Mexico is headed our way. Delaware is expected to dodge the worst of it – places in the…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, June 18, 2024

By Alby June 18, 20245 Comments

Democrats would have an easier time drubbing Republicans for corruption if there weren't so many corrupt Democrats. New Jersey is proving a happy hunting ground for indicting crooked ones. While…

DL Open Thread Monday, June 17, 2024

By Alby June 17, 20245 Comments

There is no news today outside of the usual huffing and puffing from Trump and his acolytes in politics and the media, so feel free to discuss what you want.…

Song of the Day 6/15: Françoise Hardy, “Tous les Garçons et les Filles”

By Alby June 15, 2024

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Singer Françoise Hardy might have been the coolest person in a cool era, the pre-hippie 1960s. Pretty and waif-like, perfect shoulder-length hair, soulful eyes, legs…