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DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 23, 2023

By Alby October 23, 202320 Comments

Anyone who's raised children recognizes Donald Trump as an overgrown toddler. The lies he tells are the sort of incompetent falsehoods even small children outgrow. After his attorney Sidney Powell…

Song of the Day 10/22: Jimmy Cliff, “Trapped”

By Alby October 22, 2023

For Gaza. Jimmy Cliff released this song as a single in 1972, the same year he starred in "The Harder They Come," the movie and soundtrack that made Jamaican music…

Song of the Day 10/20: Tom Jones and the Cardigans, “Burning Down the House”

By Alby October 20, 2023

I thought Jan. 6, 2021, made clear what the MAGA Republicans wanted to do to Congress, so the current House fire is no great surprise. I blame voters for handing…

Song of the Day 10/19: Vince Taylor, “Brand New Cadillac”

By Alby October 19, 2023

Americans might be forgiven for thinking British rock and roll began with the Beatles. The Merseybeat sound they represented seemed to grow from meager roots – skiffle, the craze that…

Song of the Day 11/18: The Grateful Dead, “Touch of Grey”

By Alby October 18, 20234 Comments

The media hasn't had time to remind you lately, what with a couple of wars and a couple of Trump trials and Republicans In Disarray Chapter XII, but Joe Biden…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023

By Alby October 18, 202322 Comments

The hospital bombing in Gaza has convinced his handlers that Joe Biden won't meet with Arab leaders in Jordan on his Middle East trip today. I'm not sure how yet,…

Chump Change

By Alby October 17, 2023

Among the many MAGAfestations I don't understand: Why do people give their money to a guy who claims to be a billionaire? Isn't the whole point of being a billionaire…

Song of the Day 10/17: Sly and the Family Stone, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”

By Alby October 17, 2023

Sly Stone, much to my surprise, is still alive. Now 80, he's released a memoir, titled after his No. 1 hit "Thank You ((Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," something I…

Comment Rescue: The Case for BHL

By Alby October 17, 202313 Comments

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

By Alby October 17, 202318 Comments

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”

By Alby October 16, 20231 Comment

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

By Alby October 16, 20237 Comments

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”

By Alby October 15, 20231 Comment

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,…