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Song Of The Day: July 15, 2018
When you write songs as well as Graham Parker, you can escape the bar scene. Here we catch him and the Rumour just as they were making that transition. As you can see/hear, Graham had great taste in soul covers as well:
Song Of The Day: July 14, 2018
Most bar bands never escape the bar circuit b/c they just don’t have the ‘it’ factor. I never understood how this band made their escape, but they did, and Thorogood is pretty cool, so that’s OK. And, if you’re gonna channel somebody, Hound Dog Taylor ain’t a bad choice:
Delaware Political Weekly: July 6-12, 2018
1. Best Week Ever For Kerri Harris Campaign. Finally, the battle is joined. Tom Carper has a record that is indefensible to real Democrats. We’ve chronicled that record here for years now. It’s all over the DL blog this week. You’ve probably read much of it. Kerri Harris was not going to have a chance […]
July 12 Open Thread: Pizza For Perverts
I was gonna lead off with the news that Tom Carper has finally been engaged on the issue of his terrible record. But I can’t emphasize it enough. Hey, read the article twice. (Hmmm, guess I did lead off with Carper’s terrible record.) Alby’s fave pizza slinger steps in it again. ‘Resigns’ from Papa John’s. […]
Song Of The Day: July 12, 2018
Pretty sure that’s Nick Lowe on bass guitar. And Dave Edmunds might be up there as well. Pub rockin’ at its best:
July 11 Open Thread: Everything Falls Apart
Trump trashes Germany and NATO in his opening salvo at the NATO summit in Brussels: “Germany, as far as I’m concerned, is captive to Russia because it’s getting so much of its energy from Russia,” Trump told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in a fiery on-camera exchange that was nearly without precedent in the history […]
Song Of The Day: July 11, 2018
Hey, no list of great bar bands would be complete w/o these cats from Asbury Park, NJ:
July 10 Open Thread: It Could Have Been Worse. Maybe
At least one right-winger wanted an all-out culture war, and so was hoping that Trump would nominate Amy Coney Barrett. I’m sorry, you can read all the tea leaves in search of hopeful signs, but Kavanaugh will push the Court rightward. A good day to call Carper and Coons’ offices, and contribute to Kerri Harris’ […]
Filing Deadline Countdown Thread
Was gonna wait until first thing tomorrow, but a lot happened today. First and, I believe, most important, Nnamdi Chukwuocha has indeed filed to challenge the ethically-bankrupt Charles Potter for Potter’s 1st RD seat. He is a serious and well-qualified challenger. You can learn more about him here. Kelly mentioned that Vincent White had filed […]
July 9 Open Thread: Trump Vs. The Breast-Feeders
Yep, doing the bidding of the formula makers, the Trump Administration sought to deep-six a UN Resolution endorsing breast-feeding. Used ‘gangster tactics’ (threatened trade sanctions) to force Ecuador to drop its sponsorship. Ultimately, the resolution passed when, wait for it, Russia stepped in as the sponsor. No Trump threats there. Local non-profit drops hiring of […]
Song Of The Day: July 9, 2018
I just saw that Pittsburgh’s most legendary bar band played a Free At Noon on ‘XPN. Didn’t hear it, but I betcha they played this one:
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