Song of the Day 8/6: Big Data feat. Joywave, “Dangerous”
Trends in popular music evolve rather slowly in modern times, which makes it harder to tell when they shift. Eleven years ago, for instance, this tune was all the rage,…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024
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Kamala Harris will name her choice for vice president today. Because American politics is essentially sports for the athletically disinclined, the bookies have Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pulling slightly ahead…
Song of the Day 8/4: Aerosmith, “Dream On”
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Some of the rock bands that formed in the '60s are still performing live – some are on their third or fourth farewell tour. But bands formed in the '70s…
Song of the Day 8/2: Rupert Holmes, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)”
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These hot, sticky days call for tropical drinks with tiny umbrellas in them, and no tropical drink with a tiny umbrella is more popular than the piña colada – nobody…
Song of the Day 7/31: Prince, “On the Couch”
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JD Vance, the Ted Cruz of the North, did not write in his memoir that he once had sexual congress with a latex glove wedged between his couch cushions. But…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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Everyone knows the story of the emperor's new clothes, but I think they miss the point of it. As Hans Christian Andersen told it, two con-men told the king their…
Song of the Day 7/30: Flavor Flav, “Unga Bunga Bunga”
OK, who saw this one coming? A major financial backer and official hype man for the U.S. women's water polo team is none other than Flavor Flav, who came to…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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I've kept up my vaccinations, so I'm immune to Olympic fever, but as a part-time resident of Paris I've been following organizers' quixotic quest to have athletes swim in the…
Song of the Day 7/29: The Police, “Every Breath You Take”
Though 1983 was the year Michael Jackson's "Thriller" put five singles on Billboard's Year-End Top 100 chart, even "Billy Jean" missed the top spot. It finished second to what became…
DL Open Thread Monday, July 29, 2024
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I was assured several days ago that Republicans would welcome a race against Kamala Harris because they had lots of ways to attack her. So far the attacks have been…
Song of the Day 7/26: The Who, “Did You Steal My Money”
A musical question Bethany Hall Long's campaign donors should be asking her husband. From "Face Dances," the 1981 album that was the band's first with Kenney Jones in place of…
Song of the Day 7/24: Harry Belafonte, “Cocoanut Woman”
The siloed existence of American political reporters is a wonder to behold. They talk confidently of how Kamala Harris is perceived by the public without ever acknowledging that, as countless…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Karl Baker at Spotlight Delaware dove into the 2024 Delaware Bond Bill so you don't have to, and he found lots of specific projects under vague descriptions, obscuring the total…