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Song Of The Day: April 2, 2018
Before he became Jingle Writer To Spec for Disney, Randy Newman created a canon of unforgettable (and often loathsome) characters in his songs. Pretty much the stories of their lives in under 4 minutes. This week, I focus on those characters and their songs. Starting with this toxic codependent relationship:
Song Of The Day: April 1, 2018
Why not conclude our salute to Procol Harum with the title track from their Magnum Opus?:
Song Of The Day: March 31, 2018
Hadn’t planned on turning this into a Procol Harum-themed week, but so be it. Shine on brightly, quite insane:
Delaware Political Weekly: March 23-29, 2018
1. Outten Retires, 2 Candidates File in 30th RD. Nature and politics abhor a vacuum. Within 24 hours of Rep. Bobby Outten‘s retirement announcement, two candidates flied to run for his 30th RD seat. D Charles Groce and R Shannon Morris. Groce is a, stop me if you’ve heard this before, retired state trooper. For […]
Song Of The Day: March 30, 2018
Introducing the ‘multilingual business friend’. I love the song and the lyric…even though I have no idea what it means. I think that Keith Reid loved him some Lewis Carroll, some Poe, perhaps some Salvador Dali, and most assuredly some hallucinogens:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 29, 2018
The bill raising the minimum age for purchasing deadly weapons was voted out of Senate committee yesterday and is scheduled for today’s Senate Agenda. 3 of 5 members voted to release it, but the committee report doesn’t specify who the third vote was. The third person who voted to release the bill clearly opposes the […]
Song Of The Day: March 29, 2018
The departure of disgruntled keyboard player Matthew Fisher enabled Robin Trower to assume a more prominent role in Procol Harum. This is the group’s first performance as a quartet, some kickin’ blues-rock:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 28, 2018
Karen Hartley Nagle’s dream of one day becoming New Castle County Executive is on its way to becoming just another of her delusions. The House passed legislation yesterday that would have the Governor fill a vacancy in that office, and that would also allow the Governor’s appointee to subsequently run for the position. The original […]
Song Of The Day: March 28, 2018
Procol Harum rocks out. Robin Trower’s last album with the band. Also enjoy the fact that the Gary Brooker built the piano riff off of ‘Cool Jerk’, or so it sounds to me. He sure could sing, too:
Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 27, 2018
A quick wrap-up from last Thursday, starting with the comprehensive Session Activity Report. I will only note the passage of HB 144 (Osienski) in the Senate. Why? Because even what appears to be a modest restriction on DELDOT’s ability to acquire property caused the downstate dead-enders to fulminate and foam at the mouth. Perhaps b/c […]
Song Of The Day: March 27, 2018
This song was supposedly written as Lou Reed observed Andy Warhol and Warhol’s denizens at the Factory. The weird piano sound is due to the fact that paper clips were attached to the piano strings. Hey, it’s Wikipedia, the King Of Truthiness. The song is still bleeping amazing 50-plus years on:
Dave McBride & Greg Lavelle: Twin Executioners Of Assault Weapons Ban?
Let’s first state the obvious: The so-called leader of the Delaware State Senate has given the finger to every student, family and person who took part in the March For Our Lives throughout the world. That includes Delaware and, yes, former VP Joe Biden. He ‘pulled a Schwartzkopf’, but, in this case, it was even […]
Song Of The Day: March 26, 2018
We’re stickin’ with yesterday’s theme for one more day. This song is too good to pass up:
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