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Song(s) Of The Day 10/28: The Kinks-Three From ‘Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)’

By El Somnambulo October 28, 2019

While everyone else was zigging from Woodstock to Altamont in 1969, the Kinks, who were barred from the US due to alleged misbehavior on a previous tour, zagged. Created this…

El Somnambulo Barely Escapes Clutches Of The Marriott Cult

By El Somnambulo October 27, 20193 Comments

A generous benefactor gifted us a vacation to San Diego as my wife had been nominated for a national pharmacy award. As such, we were guests at the Marriott Pulse…

DL Open Thread: Sun., Oct. 27, 2019

By El Somnambulo October 27, 20196 Comments

Carney Nominates Seitz To Be Supreme Court Chief Justice And Tamika Montgomery-Reeves As Associate Justice. I can only hope that Seitz has the same sense of social justice as his…

Song Of The Day 10/27: Roger McGuinn-Ballad Of Easy Rider

By El Somnambulo October 27, 2019

Legend has it that Dylan scrawled the opening lines on a napkin and said, 'Give it to McGuinn, he'll know what to do with it.' After viewing a private screening…

Song Of The Day 10/26: Stevie Wonder-My Cherie Amour

By El Somnambulo October 26, 2019

He was 19 years old when he released this:

Song Of The Day 10/25: John Mayall-Room To Move

By El Somnambulo October 25, 20191 Comment

Following the breakup of The Bluesbreakers, John Mayall decided to form a band that would play 'low-volume music. This cut comes from a live concert at Bill Graham's Fillmore East…

Song Of The Day 10/24: The Flying Burrito Brothers-Sin City

By El Somnambulo October 24, 2019

When Gram Parsons left, or was fired from, the Byrds after Sweetheart of The Rodeo, he rebounded with the Flying Burrito Brothers, joined by fellow ex-Byrd Chris Hillman. I just…

Songs Of The Day 10/23: Joni Mitchell-Both Sides, Now & Chelsea Morning

By El Somnambulo October 23, 20192 Comments

Other artists had already recorded these classics before Joni got around to doing them on her 1969 album, Clouds. I consider her to be one of our greatest singer/songwriters. I…

DL Open Thread: Tues., Oct 22, 2019

By El Somnambulo October 22, 20193 Comments

That Phony Emoluments Clause. It's the Founding Fathers' fault. Besides, it doesn't matter if you're already rich. BTW, here's how he planned to get around that pesky clause--get rich donors…

Songs Of The Day 10/22: Neil Young-Cinnamon Girl/Down By The River

By El Somnambulo October 22, 2019

Although his first solo album was an understated gem and well worth seeking out, his post-Springfield career really got started with his second release, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Crazy…

DL Open Thread: Mon., Oct. 21, 2019

By El Somnambulo October 21, 20197 Comments

D's Losing Social Media Race--Bigly. There is no excuse for this. This should be a strength, not a weakness. It speaks to the ossified 'leadership' of the national party. How…

Song Of The Day 10/21: Neil Diamond-Sweet Caroline

By El Somnambulo October 21, 2019

OK, I don't like this song. But at our 50th HS Reunion, everyone was singing along to it. Even I joined in. Wine will do that to you:

DL Open Thread: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019

By El Somnambulo October 20, 20195 Comments

Trump Bails On Doral. Read it for the Madman's tweets. My fave?: "....Therefore, based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National…