Song of the Day 12/3: Ratboys, “The Window”
El Som included a tune from Chicago band Ratboys in his monthly favorite new tunes post back when their fifth studio LP, "The Window," came out in August. The album,…
Song of the Day 12/2: The Pogues, “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah”
It's been a tough year for Ireland's musicians. Sinead O'Connor died in July, and this week Shane MacGowan, frontman for the Pogues, died a week after being discharged from a…
Song of the Day 11/30: Billy Joel, “Only the Good Die Young”
Henry Kissinger was already 54 years old when Billy Joel, a scamp half his age at the time, released this banger in 1977. The third single from "The Stranger," his…
Song of the Day 11/29: André 3000, “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time”
The music world is still trying to figure out what to make of the new album from André 3000, best known as half of the hip-hop duo Outkast. Though he's…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023
This isn't getting the media play it should: Hunter Biden said he'd testify in the House GOP "investigation" of his business dealings, but only if the session were open to…
Song of the Day 11/28: Spinal Tap, “Warmer Than Hell”
Director Rob Reiner – or was it Marty DiBergi? – confirmed yesterday that filming on a sequel to "This Is Spinal Tap" will begin in February. The new movie reportedly…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023
Good things happen when you get people to stop killing each other, even temporarily: The ceasefire in Gaza has been extend to Thursday, with the option open for further extensions.…
Song of the Day 11/27: Hall & Oates, “Possession Obsession”
We now know what Daryl Hall's lawsuit against John Oates is about: Oates wants to sell his half of their catalog and Hall sued to stop it. A chancery court…
DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 27, 2023
There's a nasty civil war going in in Sudan, where the ethnic Arabs are slaughtering the ethnic Africans in what looks an awful lot like genocide.. Nobody elsewhere seems to…
Song of the Day 11/25: 39 Steps, “Slip Into the Crowd”
Somebody put Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters" on the TV on Thanksgiving – the multi-year plot contains two big Thanksgiving scenes – and I got to hear the song…
Song of the Day 11/24: Graham Parker and the Rumour, “Lady Doctor”
I'll take any excuse for playing Graham Parker's blue-eyed soul, so here's one for Dr. Bethany Hall Long. From his 1976 debut album, "Howlin' Wind." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbSh9AcCEn0 Parker released a new…
Song of the Day 11/23: Mary Gauthier, “Thanksgiving”
Just in case you're not feeling all that thankful today, Mary Gauthier's song about visiting prison on the holiday will remind you that some people have it much worse. Unlike…
Song of the Day 11/22: Daryl Hall and John Oates, “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”
Here's the proof that we're living in the most contentious times since the Civil War: Daryl Hall is suing John Oates. The lawsuit, filed in Nashville, is sealed, so we…