DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023
Trump's business empire is in legal jeopardy over his constant lying, but lying is all he knows how to do, so he's still at it. He gave a speech to…
Song of the Day 9/27: Roger Whittaker, “The Last Farewell”
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Unless you're a boomer, and maybe even if you are, you probably don't recognize the name of Roger Whittaker, who died a couple of weeks ago at age 87. He…
Song of the Day 9/26: The Replacements, “Bastards of Young”
The Replacements' status as the greatest missed opportunity in rock history has gotten a major boost with the release of a newly remixed edition of their fourth LP, their major-label…
Song of the Day 9/25: The Association, “Everything That Touches You”
No group suffered a sharper drop in popularity when rock music turned from psychedelic pop to blues-based hard rock than the Association. Terry Kirkman, one of the group's founders and…
DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023
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More evidence that once the fetus is out he's on his own: Texas' razor-wired Rio Grande has claimed three more victims, one of them a 3-year-old. The Rude Pundit nails…
Song of the Day 9/23: The Band, “Ophelia”
It's rare that the Atlantic has 15 named storms in a hurricane season, so the odds were slim that we'd get a storm named Ophelia dumping all this rain on…
DL Open Thread Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023
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If you ever decide to hide ill-gotten gains, be smarter than "Gold Bar Bob" Menendez. When stashing cash in the pockets of your jackets, don't choose one with your name…
Song of the Day 9/22: Tower of Power, “Don’t Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)”
Kevin McCarthy's inability to control the Cuckoo Caucus has pundits speculating that he's not long for his gavel, because the cuckoos are all for 86ing him. I don't expect they'd…
DL Open Thread Friday, Sept. 22, 2023
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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”
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
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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)”
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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”
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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…