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Song Of The Day: Dec. 4, 2018

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Donald Fagen’s hommage to the Four Freshmen:

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Song Of The Day: Dec. 3, 2018

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Here was the event.  Here’s the song:

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Song Of The Day: Dec. 2, 2018

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This guy had more than one great song in him.  But he’ll be remembered most for this one:

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Song Of The Day: Dec, 1, 2018

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Maybe everybody has one memorable song in them. Danny O’Keefe did:

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Song Of The Day: Nov. 30, 2018

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I scour the internets so that you don’t have to. Sometimes I come up with something as mind-blowing as this: 28 trombonists performing the following:

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Song Of The Day: Nov. 29, 2018

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This collaboration with the N’awlins ‘Indian’ tribe, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, helped convince Neville Brothers to become a band on their own. This is the America that I love:

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A Half-Good/Half Bad Idea From NCC

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 28, 2018 6 Comments

Karen Hartley-Nagle’s absence from last night’s County Council meeting reminded me that I wanted to talk about this.  I’ve come around to agreeing with Councilman Smiley that the members of County Council should elect their own Council president.  Not just because we’ve had some horrible Council presidents, including the current embarrassment.  But also b/c, as […]

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Song Of The Day: Nov. 28, 2018

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The Neville Brothers, at the peak of their musical powers:

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Let’s Talk Delaware Governor’s Race For 2020, Shall We?

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 27, 2018 50 Comments

I’ve been thinking about this race. A lot. So many questions. Let’s ask (and try to answer) a few: Will John Carney run for reelection? On one hand, he seems totally bored with being Governor. He has yet to put his stamp on the office, and he doesn’t appear to have anything approaching a direction […]

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Song Of The Day: Nov. 27, 2018

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There was a time, IMHO, when this was the greatest touring band in America. Caught ’em live at the Chestnut Cabaret in the late ’80’s.  Just great American music:

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Song Of The Day: Nov. 26, 2018

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I couldn’t close the book on the political career of Greg Lavelle w/o this homage to his final campaign:

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WTF Is Going On At Vaughn?

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on November 24, 2018 2 Comments

I’m not generally a conspiracy theorist. But I have to wonder if we’ve got a major cover-up going on at the Vaughn Correctional Center. Before I even get to that, can someone please explain to me how there are no security cameras in a correctional facility? Just whose interests does that policy serve? I may […]

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Song Of The Day: Nov. 24, 2018

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From my 2017 Top 10, a song that might’ve gotten lost, but shouldn’t::

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