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DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 11, 2023

By Alby December 11, 202329 Comments

Cynics might consider a UN climate conference a study in hypocrisy – thousands of people burned fossil fuel flying to a desolate stretch of sand atop a petroleum patch so…

Song of the Day 12/8: Imogen Heap, “Hide and Seek”

By Alby December 8, 2023

WXPN's countdown of the 885 Greatest Songs By Women – yes, it's grandiose, but they had to call it something – has passed the halfway mark, and my strategy of…

Song of the Day 12/7: Denny Laine’s Electric String Band, “Why Did You Come”

By Alby December 7, 2023

Denny Laine, who died Tuesday at 79, might have been who Andy Warhol had in mind when he said everyone would get 15 minutes of fame. For about that long…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023

By Alby December 6, 202315 Comments

Everyone knows that Donald Trump has never had an original thought and that most of his insults are simply projection. You'd think the mainstream media would have noticed this by…

Song of the Day 12/5: Nine Inch Nails, “The Beginning of the End”

By Alby December 5, 2023

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

By Alby December 5, 20235 Comments

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”

By Alby December 4, 20233 Comments

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

By Alby December 4, 20232 Comments

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”

By Alby December 3, 20231 Comment

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”

By Alby December 2, 20233 Comments

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”

By Alby November 30, 20232 Comments

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”

By Alby November 29, 2023

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

By Alby November 29, 20236 Comments

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…