Song of the Day 5/26: Stevie Wonder, “Too High”
There's a reason "the dog ate my homework" was a plausible excuse, and had a better chance of working with teachers who owned dogs: Dogs will eat anything. Too picky…
Song of the Day 5/24: Amy Winehouse, “Love Is a Losing Game”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve heard a whole lot about Amy Winehouse’s troubled behavior before she died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at age 27. It sounds like we…
Song of the Day 5/23: Paul Simon, “Graceland”
For supermarket tabloids, Elvis is the gift that keeps on giving, even though he's been dead for nearly 50 years. A headline the Weekly World News might have invented declared…
Song of the Day 5/22: Pixies, “Monkey Gone to Heaven”
Theme music for the heat dome over Mexico that's causing monkeys to fall dead from the trees. Black Francis wrote "Monkey Gone to Heaven" about the environment 35 years ago,…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 22, 2024
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Rehoboth Beach, the resort town of 1,100 year-round residents that gifted Delaware politics with Pete Schwartzkopf and Kathy McGuiness, is embroiled in a controversy that for once involves neither of…
Song of the Day 5/21: Randy Rainbow, “Forty-Five”
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This is a weird coincidence. Just a couple of days after featuring "9 to 5" as Song of the Day, Randy Rainbow released a new parody song set to its…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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That Trump trial in New York is getting close to its conclusion, with all the plot twists the writers could think up. Michael Cohen revealed on cross-examination that he stole…
Song of the Day 5/20: King Willonius, “Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body”
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It's not exactly life imitating art, more like reality imitating reality TV, but the Catfightin' Congresswomen of Washington could be the hottest new show in the capital. In last week's…
DL Open Thread Monday, May 20, 2024
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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”
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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”
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”
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”
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…