Comment Rescue: The Case for BHL
Found this in the trash folder. From "Deeds," whose comment ended up there because he or she used more than one screen name. I have consistently asked for someone to…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023
The media news-scape is cluttered with war porn, but not so much that it pushed the Trump porn out of the picture. Horse-race stories about the House speakership round out…
Song of the Day 10/16: Mickey Dolenz, “Shiny Happy People”
Rock is deep into its post-modern phase. How else to explain 78-year-old Mickey Dolenz, the last surviving Monkee, releasing an EP of R.E.M. covers? Well, maybe as time being a…
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 16, 2023
Whatever you think about the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you have to admit that U.S. media picks and chooses its obsessions, and that dwelling on those stories stirs the deranged to…
Song of the Day 10/15: Madness, “Michael Caine”
Iconic British actor Michael Caine announced yesterday on BBC Radio that, at 90 years old, he's retiring. “I keep saying I’m going to retire. Well, I am now. I’ve figured,…
Song of the Day 10/14: Joni Mitchell, “Banquet”
For Paul and El Som, by request. The original arrangement on "For the Roses" features Joni on piano, but this full band concert performance from her film 1983 film "Refuge…
Song of the Day 10/13: Cyndi Lauper, “Money Changes Everything”
What makes so many politicians succumb to the lure of lucre? I think Cyndi Lauper summed it up. Actually, a guy named Tom Gray, who led an Atlanta new wave…
Song of the Day 10/12: Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
I saw a story last week by a mom whose tweenage daughter told her the term "preppy" equates to “people who wear Nirvana shirts.” It seems that what the youngster…
Song of the Day 10/11: Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime”
The Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense" is getting as much critical acclaim in its recent rerelease as it did when it opened in theaters back in 1984, maybe…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023
Whether you're rooting for Israel or Hamas, the media has plenty of atrocity stories to stoke your righteous ire. I'm not linking to any of them because I don't think…
Song of the Day 10/10: U2, “Pride (In the Name of Love)”
Did Hamas deliberately single out the Tribe of Nova trance music festival, where they massacred at least 260 people and took an unknown number hostage? It wouldn't be the first…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, October 10, 2023
I'm not following the Hamas-Israeli conflict, but as sportswriter Hugh Keough (not Damon Runyan) observed, “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but…
DL Open Thread Monday, October 9, 2023
Do House Republicans hand out Speaker of the House bonus points for being a kiddie diddler? Dennis Hastert, former high school wrestling coach, served in the office. Now America's drooling…