Song of the Day 5/12: Pixies, “Where Is My Mind?”
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”
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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”
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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”
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…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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If you want to dominate the headlines, it helps to be the defendant in four legal proceedings simultaneously. Luckily for Trump, the one serious crime he's accused of, stealing top-secret…
Song of the Day 5/7: “Weird Al” Yankovic, “Fat”
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You can tell Donnie Two Scoops is on Ozempic (or Wegovy, they're the same thing, just different doses) because he's taken to mocking people for being fat. At a fundraiser…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 7, 2024
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Hamas has agreed to a cease-fire proposal put together by Egypt and Qatar. Netanyahu, who faces jail time for corruption as soon as the fighting stops, rejected it. I wish…
Song of the Day 5/6: Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”
Kristi Noem's dog murder-career suicide exposed her inhumanity, but as this writer pointed out, to really understand what a sicko she is, consider the poor billy goat who caught her…
DL Open Thread Monday, May 6, 2024
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Whatever happened to "the home of the brave"? This country has an entire political party scared to confront the sociopath who leads it, and his lickspittles are vying for a…
Song of the Day 5/4: Bill Murray (as Nick Winters), “Star Wars”
Nowadays, after nine feature-length films and spinoff series galore, it's hard to remember what a big deal the original Star Wars was when it came out in 1977. That was…
Song of the Day 5/3: David Bromberg, “Dehlia”
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David Bromberg, who's called Wilmington home for the past 22 years, announced that he's moving to New York City – for a quieter life. Bromberg relocated from Chicago to Wilmington…
Song of the Day 5/2: Duane Eddy, “Rebel Rouser”
Duane Eddy, whose deep, twangy guitar instrumentals helped lay the foundations of rock 'n' roll, died Tuesday at age 86. His string of hit singles produced by Lee Hazlewood, who…
Song of the Day 5/1: John Lennon, “Working Class Hero”
It's International Workers' Day in 160 countries, but not the United States, where every day is Industrialists' Day. Get back to work. John Lennon recorded more than 100 takes of…