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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…

Song of the Day 6/3: Gladstone, “A Piece of Paper”

By Alby June 3, 20242 Comments

June 1 marked the 25th anniversary of the launch of Napster, the file-sharing network that destroyed the music industry as everyone knew it. Stories marking the date mostly focus on…

DL Open Thread Monday, June 3, 2024

By Alby June 3, 20242 Comments

Their dangerous rival just got convicted on 34 felony charges, and the reaction from Democrats is just what we've come to expect: They not only don't know how to capitalize…

Song of the Day 5/31: Nazareth, “Guilty”

By Alby May 31, 20242 Comments

Yes, that's Scottish rockers Nazareth covering Randy Newman on their breakthrough 1975 LP, "Hair of the Dog." The tune, from Newman's controversial "Rednecks" album of the year before, got lots…

Song of the Day 5/29: Gotye, “Somebody That I Used to Know”

By Alby May 29, 20244 Comments

This song has been having a moment – I've heard it recently not only on the radio but on the supermarket muzak, and it showed up in my YouTube feed.…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 29, 2024

By Alby May 29, 20243 Comments

Closing arguments concluded in the Trump hush-money trial, so the speculation has begun. Few think he'll be acquitted, but opinion seems split on whether he'll be convicted. One person who…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 28, 2024

By Alby May 28, 20241 Comment

Anyone who thinks that removing Benjamin Netanyahu from power would end Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza is overlooking an inconvenient truth: Two-thirds of the Israeli public doesn't just support the…

Song of the Day 5/28: Iron Butterfly, “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida”

By Alby May 28, 20244 Comments

Doug Ingle, who wrote, sang and played organ on "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida," Iron Butterfly's iconic 1968 hit, died last week at age 78. Ingle was the last surviving member of the lineup…