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DL Open Thread Friday, Sept. 22, 2023

By Alby September 22, 20239 Comments

Republicans are in disarray amid another poo-flinging fight between Team Dumb and Team Dumber. A government shutdown looks all but inevitable. I'm sure it will go as well as it…

Song of the Day 9/21: Stevie Wonder, “He’s Misstra Know-It-All”

By Alby September 21, 2023

Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone magazine and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, embroiled himself in controversy this week – not for the first time – when…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023

By Alby September 21, 20239 Comments

Democrats who base their political decisions on what they think independents and Republicans might do still want to dump Joe Biden, so it probably won't change their minds that Biden…

Song of the Day 9/20: Jim Croce, “Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)”

By Alby September 20, 20234 Comments

Nobody called it the Day the Music Died, but 50 years ago today Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, La., cutting short his career…

Song of the Day 9/19: Maren Morris, “Get the Hell Out of Here”

By Alby September 19, 20234 Comments

Country music's instincts have always been reactionary. Back in 1969, when people were realizing Richard Nixon's promise to end the war in Viet Nam was bullshit, Merle Haggard wrote "Okie…

Song of the Day 9/18: Joe South, “Games People Play”

By Alby September 18, 2023

It's hard to tell nowadays, but pop psychology wasn't always with us. The book that brought it to the masses was published in 1964 by psychiatrist Eric Berne, who noticed…

Song of the Day 9/17: Jewel Akens, “The Birds and the Bees”

By Alby September 17, 2023

A little heavy petting music for Lauren Boebert, along with a suggestion that next time she get a room. Jewel Akens sang with a number of doo-wop groups in the…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023

By Alby September 17, 20235 Comments

Josh Marshall makes the hard-to-argue-with case that the Republican reaction to their politically disastrous SCOTUS victory on abortion proves they don't give a flying fuck about babies. Like that was…

Song of the Day 9/15: Arthur Conley, “Sweet Soul Music”

By Alby September 15, 20231 Comment

If you can listen to this song without getting excited, you might want to find a nurse to check you for a pulse. Arthur Conley's was one of the most…

Song of the Day 9/14: Leslie Kritzer, “Creepy Old Guy”

By Alby September 14, 20234 Comments

Lauren Boebert, demonstrating the classiness we've all become familiar with, was booted from a performance of the musical "Beetlejuice" in Denver the other night after managing a hat trick of…

Song of the Day 9/13: Old and in the Way, “Wild Horses”

By Alby September 13, 2023

Joe Biden – you might have heard about this – is old. He's been old for quite some time now, having been born in 1942, but the media has just…

Song of the Day 9/12: R. Dean Taylor, “Indiana Wants Me”

By Alby September 12, 20236 Comments

So much for a good guy with a gun. Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante broke into a house in rural Chester County and stole a .22-caliber rifle despite the homeowner firing…

Song of the Day 9/11: Shawn Colvin, “Viva Las Vegas”

By Alby September 11, 2023

Today marks a memorable anniversary. I speak, of course, of Sept. 11, 1991, the date The Dude writes a 69-cent check to pay for a quart of half-and-half at Ralph's…