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Song Of The Day: March 13, 2018
Nobody does Sondheim like Bernadette Peters. This song is from “Merrily We Roll Along”, initially a flop that featured a great Sondheim score, one of his greatest in fact. The musical has successfully been reworked, and is now produced all over the world. There are several amazing songs in the score, this is but one […]
Song Of The Day: March 12, 2018
Hey, it’s my Birthday Week, and I’m gonna celebrate it with some Stephen Sondheim. He’s on my Musical Mount Rushmore. I’ve perhaps spent more time listening to Sondheim than any other artist. And I still hear new stuff whenever I listen. In this gorgeous song from a made-for-British-TV production, ‘Evening Primrose’, a store mannequin briefly […]
Song Of The Day: March 10, 2018
Well, these guys were never posers. Dave & Phil Alvin used to travel from campsite to campsite with their father, who was a union organizer. They snuck into small clubs to hear their heroes like Big Joe Turner. When it came to finding a sax player for the Blasters, they brought in Lee Allen, who […]
Carper And Coons: ‘The Real Enemy Isn’t The Banks. It’s…Elizabeth Warren’
Yep, the DINO senators who voted to radically reduce oversight of some of the biggest and most corrupt financial institutions are blaming Elizabeth Warren for outing them. By name. I say, first outing, then ousting. The money quote from this article?: “If Warren’s colleagues didn’t want to be criticized as Wall Street-owned hacks, then they […]
Delaware Political Weekly: March 2-8, 2018
1. Miro Retires, D Primary Set In RD 22. One of the worst-kept political secrets in Dover is secret no more. State Rep. Joe Miro announced yesterday that he would retire at the end of this legislative session. This immediately becomes a top D pickup opportunity as two credible candidates have already filed. Those two […]
Song Of The Day: March 9, 2018
They put the ‘psycho’ in psychobilly. Ladeez & Gentlemen, Lux Interior, Poison Ivy and the Cramps:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 8, 2018
For starters, there indeed was one vote of note on Tuesday. I mean one vote by one legislator. To quote my favorite political commentator (me): Today’s House Agenda is highlighted by a piece of ‘transparency’ legislation. HB 92 (K. Williams): …provides that every member of the General Assembly or person elected to state office shall […]
Song Of The Day: March 8, 2018
Betcha there ain’t a whole ‘nother political blog anywhere featuring this song today. Uh, not that there should be:
Song(s) Of The Day: March 7, 2018
Hasil Adkins, folks. Remember that name. Rockabilly don’t get no weirder than ol’ Hasil from Boone County, WV. Hasil (pronounced Hassel) invented psychobilly back in the ’50’s. He didn’t call it that, and the genre didn’t take off until the Cramps turned Hasil’s warped vision into an entire sub-genre. Not gonna say that Hasil had […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 6, 2018
On Feb. 14, 17 people were killed and many more were injured in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Florida. The weapon of destruction was an assault weapon known as the AR-15. On Friday, Feb. 23, Delaware governor John Carney called for a ban on assault weapon sales in Delaware: “Military-style […]
Song Of The Day: March 6, 2018
We take a baby-step towards rockabilly weirdness today. The screams in the background are from the drummer, who wanted his mom to hear him on the record. BTW, Bamboozer? We take a giant leap into full-blown craziness tomorrow. I’ll give you a teensy-weensy hint: Boone County, West Virginia. As for today?:
Song Of The Day: March 5, 2018
Somebody suggested Rockabilly Week. Welcome to Rockabilly Week. We’ll start the week off with a couple of the classics, and then it’s off to Weirdoville. A year later, another performer recorded it. You might have heard of him:
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