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Song Of The Day: Aug. 2, 2018

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Saw so much great music in college.  Including a triple bill that featured the Youngbloods, Boz Scaggs & His Band and this opener:   

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Song Of The Day: August 1, 2018

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Listening to Boz Scaggs covering ‘On The Beach’ yesterday activated my Boz jones.  Here’s a great one from early in his career:

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: July, 2018

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This month, I’m simply gonna present the songs in the order that I first heard them. Just remember, if you don’t like one, you can move onto another one. Might not like that one either. But you’ll probably like something:

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Most Intriguing Primaries: RD 22

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 31, 2018 14 Comments

This one is a political scientist’s dream.  A retiring long-time legislator.  A district which has moved from red to purple.  Primaries in both parties. The retiring legislator is Joe Miro.  Probably the last of his breed: A moderate R from a northern New Castle County district that is trending more D every month. Current registration […]

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Song Of The Day: July 30, 2018

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Heard this on ‘XPN coming home from work.  My kind of music:

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Song Of The Day: July 30, 2018

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From probably the greatest break-up album ever, they truly couldn’t stand each other by the end. And, yet, they brought us songs like this:    

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Song Of The Day: July 29, 2018

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Just a great song that’s been stuck in my head for decades:

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Song Of The Day: July 28, 2018

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I’d like to dedicate this to John Atkins. John, just think of Jacksonville as Anytown, USA. ‘Didn’t have a dime for a call. Public defender LAUGHIN’ in the hall’:

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Song Of The Day: July 27, 2018

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There was some pretty good stuff on MTV in the ’80’s. Always liked this one:

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Song Of The Day: July 26, 2018

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More noir from Chris Isaak:

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Why Isn’t John Atkins In Jail?

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 25, 2018 17 Comments

After allegedly strangling a woman earlier this month, Atkins was arrested again this week for harassing the same victim and for breaching the conditions of his release: www.wdel.com/news/ex-state-lawmaker-atkins-charged-with-harassing-victim His punishment?: He’s free on his own recognizance. This man is a serial abuser of women.  He is not wired right. While many people accused of non-violent […]

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Most Intriguing Primaries: New Castle County Council Districts 1, 4 & 6

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on July 25, 2018 3 Comments

We have two insurgent candidacies challenging back-benchers, and we have an outlier.   Let’s start with the outlier. Perpetual candidate and realtor Vincent White is challenging Penrose Hollins in Council District 4.  If elected, White would join fellow family members Charles Potter and Velda Jones Potter in feeding off the taxpayers. Not to mention the unwillingly-retired […]

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Song Of The Day: July 25, 2018

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A wonderfully-noirish song from Chris Isaak. Combines the Secret Agent Man theme w/Isaak’s Orbisonesque vocals:

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