Song of the Day 12/5: Nine Inch Nails, “The Beginning of the End”
Could this be a message for Valerie Longhurst? You decide. It comes from Trent Reznor's 2007 LP "Year Zero," a concept album about an American dystopia. Reznor set his tale…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023
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Proof, as if more were needed, that politics is now professional wrestling: Disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos is monetizing his graft in various ways. One of them is selling cameo greetings…
Song of the Day 12/4: Jim Bryant, “Something’s Coming”
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El Somnambulo insisted I feature this tune today. I have no idea why, but when a man in a luchador mask tells you to do something, you do it. Though…
DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 4, 2023
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This story came out a week ago and sank without a trace: The president of the United Nations’ annual climate summit planned to use the talks to lobby dozens of…
Song of the Day 12/3: Ratboys, “The Window”
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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”
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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”
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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
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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”
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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
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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
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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…