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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:
Song Of The Day: March 4, 2018
Harvey Schmidt died this week. Who? Along with lyricist Tom Jones (not that Tom Jones), Schmidt was a composer for several musical theatre productions, including The Fantasticks, the longest-running show of all-time. The show’s opening number has become a classic. Here it is, sung by the person who originated the role back in 1960. You […]
Song Of The Day: March 3, 2018
Used to play this for my daughter when she was little. She’d jump around to it. Called it ‘jumping music’. It sure was. Still is. Doesn’t hurt that the ‘little big band’ is Roomful Of Blues.
Delaware Political Weekly: Feb. 23-March 1, 2018
1. And Then There Were None. Announced R candidates for AG, that is. Tom Neuberger has dropped out to, what else, represent a plaintiff in a high-profile liability suit. In this case, this plaintiff in this suit. Let’s see, the Rethugs ‘discouraged’ the pro-marijuana guy from running…no word yet on whether they are gonna scrape […]
Song Of The Day: March 2, 2018
Best modern-day progenitors of jump blues? I hereby nominate Roomful of Blues:
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February, 2018
Hey, guys, it’s not my fault that the vast majority of tunes this month are from female artists. Up your game, and I’ll feature you. Afraid of a little competition? Until then, these are the artists on the cutting edge, according to moi:
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