Song of the Day 1/26: Tina Fabrique, “Reading Rainbow” theme
Voters scrubbed Meatball Ron DeSantis from the presidential race, but the residents of Florida have to put up with him for three more years. I'm sure he's fuming inside his…
Song of the Day 1/25: Melanie, “Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma”
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Melanie Safka, a coffeehouse folk singer thrust into stardom with her set at the original Woodstock Festival, has died at age 76. Her popular success lasted just a few years,…
Song of the Day 1/24: The Smiths, “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want”
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I've never understood why Donald Trump is so aggrieved. He's no billionaire except by his own accounting, but he objectively lacks for nothing. So why does he playt this Smiths…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024
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Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary, but in a way that allows any interpretation of the data you like. He got 54.6% to Nikki Haley's 43.1%, which is far…
Song of the Day 1/23: Elle King, “Ex’s and Oh’s”
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Singer Elle King, the daughter of former SNL comedian Rob Schneider, had a career-wrecking moment at the Grand Ole Opry last Friday during a birthday tribute for Dolly Parton. She…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024
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The surest sign that Trump is off his termite-infested rocker: The months-long effort to portray Biden as senile, when of course it's Trump whose feeble mind is splintering. Last night…
Song of the Day 1/22: Tom Petty, “I Won’t Back Down”
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Ron DeSantis said he'd never back down, but he didn't say he wouldn't back away, so that's just what he's done. He left the presidential race with a quote he…
DL Open Thread Monday, January 22, 2024
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A week ago, Ron DeSantis said his second-place finish in the caucuses punched his ticket out of Iowa. To be fair, he didn’t say where he was going. Turns out…
Song of the Day 1/20: The Shangri-Las, “Leader of the Pack”
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Mary Weiss, lead singer for the '60s girl group the Shangri-Las, died recently at age 75. The group had a strong chart run in 1964 and '65, including this No.…
Song of the Day 1/19: The Honeycombs, “Have I the Right?”
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Donald Trump apparently has never been a music fan. He's never seen going to concerts, and we don't hear about his Spotify playlists – a far cry from the days…
Song of the Day 1/18: The Bee Gees, “Words”
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Every MAGA accusation is a confession – why do you think they keep talking about mental health when we bring up gun violence? – which is why Fux News et…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
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Are Republicans capable of empathy? As my Magic 8-Ball says, signs point to no. First example: Testimony from a Pennsylvania woman whose son died in a school shooting last year.…
Song of the Day 1/17: Phish, “Farmhouse”
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The venerable jam band Phish is coming to the Woodlands, the Dover Downs-adjacent campground that hosted the Firefly festival for a decade, for a four-day festival in August. Travel package…