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DL Open Thread Monday, May 20, 2024

By Alby May 20, 20242 Comments

Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed when his helicopter crashed. That should give conspiracy theorists plenty of grist, but analysts agree the effects will be internal, because he was seen…

Song of the Day 5/19: Dolly Parton, “9 to 5”

By Alby May 19, 20241 Comment

Dabney Coleman, who died last week at 92, was best known for playing arrogant, venal characters in movies and television, especially during the '80s, when he starred in the sitcoms…

Song of the Day 5/17: Childish Gambino, “Redbone”

By Alby May 17, 2024

Actor Donald Glover has been busy the last several years, notably by playing Lando Calrissian in a Star Wars prequel and starring in an Amazon Prime series, a remake of…

Song of the Day 5/16: Louis Prima, “I Wanna Be Like You”

By Alby May 16, 2024

The sad spectacle of Trump's gaggle of suckups convening outside his trial in New York – in matching outfits, no less – made me think of this tune from Disney's…

Song of the Day 5/15: David Sanborn, “Hideaway”

By Alby May 15, 2024

Alto saxophonist David Sanborn's music is usually categorized as smooth jazz, much to his chagrin. Sanborn, who died Sunday at age 78, released 25 albums leading his own band, incorporating…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 15, 2024

By Alby May 15, 202413 Comments

You can tell Donald Trump has been stung by the fact that, contrary to what pollsters will tell you, he doesn't have all that many diehard fans. The proof: He…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 14, 2024

By Alby May 14, 20245 Comments

As H.L. Mencken said a century ago, every human problem has a solution that is neat, plausible and wrong. Keep that in mind when you read about the health care…

Song of the Day 5/13: Baby Lasagna, “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”

By Alby May 13, 20243 Comments

Eurovision, the international song contest, rarely makes the news in America, but it's a big deal in Europe, a sort of a musical Olympics that pits one musical act from…

DL Open Thread Monday, May 13, 2024

By Alby May 13, 20243 Comments

A little wake-up call for anyone who thinks putting Republicans in power would help the Palestinians in Gaza: South Carolina lickspittle Lindsay Graham wants Israel to nuke Gaza. It won't…

Song of the Day 5/12: Pixies, “Where Is My Mind?”

By Alby May 12, 2024

This is a question two presidential candidates who aren't Joe Biden should be asking themselves. They could use this tune as a soundtrack. Black Francis said the song was inspired…

Song of the Day 5/10: Redd Kross, “Candy Coloured Catastrophe”

By Alby May 10, 20242 Comments

El Somnambulo left this one off his list of his favorite new tunes of April, maybe because he didn't get a chance to hear it – it dropped April 29.…

Song of the Day 5/9: Harold Arlen, “Stormy Weather”

By Alby May 9, 20241 Comment

Contentious cross-examination of porn star Stormy Daniels made this an inevitable tabloid headline. I started humming this Harold Arlen standard, now 91 years old, as soon as I read it.…

Song of the Day 7/8: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Mercury Poisoning”

By Alby May 8, 2024

H/t El Somnambulo It must be something in the water, nanoplastics or something, because suddenly politicians are saying shit that nobody looking for votes should ever say. First it was…