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Song of the Day 6/14: James Cagney, “You’re a Grand Old Flag”

By Alby June 14, 20241 Comment

It's Martha Ann Alito's favorite holiday, so here's George M. Cohan's tribute to Old Glory, as delivered by James Cagney in his Oscar-winning turn as Cohan in the 1942 film…

Song of the Day 6/12: The Unusual Suspect, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

By Alby June 12, 20244 Comments

This YouTuber's shtick is editing together movie clips to substitute them for the real vocals in popular songs. It looks like a lot of work, and most of the results…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, June 12, 2024

By Alby June 12, 20243 Comments

Hunter Biden was convicted of being a gun-toting drug addict – or was it a drug-addicted gun toter? – and MAGAts, in true Old Man Yells at Clouds form, are…

Song of the Day 6/11: Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, “I Went to a Party”

By Alby June 11, 2024

Nick Lowe has been playing and touring with surf-rock revivalists Los Straitjackets for a decade now, and he's finally done an album with them. "Indoor Safari" is set for release…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, June 11, 2024

By Alby June 11, 202411 Comments

Ever wonder why the American public opposes Israel's war on Gaza but its elected representatives are for it? Here's why: AIPAC funneled money from Republican donors to Democratic candidates more…

Song of the Day 6/10: Imagine Dragons, “Sharks”

By Alby June 10, 2024

Donald Trump's fear of sharks is well-documented, but I think it's confined to the oceanic sort. That's not the kind of shark Imagine Dragons sang about in this 2022 single,…

DL Open Thread Monday, June 10, 2024

By Alby June 10, 20244 Comments

If you're looking for something more esoteric to worry about than World War III or the climate-induced collapse of civilization, you might want to look into the latest outbreak of…

Song of the Day 6/9: The Sundays, “Summertime”

By Alby June 9, 20242 Comments

Americans insist on regarding "summer" as the period between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox. That's the astronomical definition of summer, but it's not the only one. The length…

Song of the Day 6/7: Chuck Wood, “Seven Days Too Long”

By Alby June 7, 20241 Comment

I like soul music on Fridays as much as the next guy, but sometimes I get tired of the same old songs. So I turn to Northern Soul, the British…

Song of the Day 6/6: Jim Radford, “The Shores of Normandy”

By Alby June 6, 20241 Comment

Certain minds think alike. Mike Dinsmore posted this in the Open Thread while I was writing it up. It's worth hearing twice. Jim Radford was a British folksinger and peace…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, June 5, 2024

By Alby June 5, 20247 Comments

Americans love scary stories, so it's no surprise that American media dispenses countless articles about Trump. You rarely see his name in European newspapers, but their political leaders are frightened…

Song of the Day 6/4: Cyndi Lauper, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”

By Alby June 4, 20241 Comment

Cyndi Lauper announced her tour this fall will be her last. The now-70-year-old singer released the girl power anthem that defined her career in 1983 with a video that became…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, June 4, 2024

By Alby June 4, 20244 Comments

For years now I've been told that attacking Donald Trump only makes his support stronger. Yeah, sure it does, buddy. Unfortunately for that argument, post-conviction polling says the opposite is…