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Song Of The Day: March 1, 2018
Big Joe Turner got jazz immortal Coleman Hawkins and several of Count Basie‘s top players into the studio for this album. Big Joe was one of the really important, but oft overlooked, giants who helped create rock ‘n roll.
Song Of The Day: Feb. 27, 2018
If you ever saw Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks in concert back in the day, you never forgot ’em. Check out this mash-up of a great song and…Buster Keaton?:
Song Of The Day: Feb. 26, 2018
I love this band. I love them so much that I’ve booked them at the Arden Gild Hall for April 7. Voted Best Band at the Freshgrass Festival. Perhaps more importantly, they made it into my 50 Fave Tunes Of 2017 long before I booked them. This is a different tune, I like the karaoke […]
Song Of The Day: Feb. 25, 2018
Heard this song on XPN yesterday, really liked it. At first, I thought it was Todd Rundgren, but it wasn’t. It was from another Philly-based legend, though. For some reason, this song had dropped completely out of my memory bank:
Song Of The Day: Feb. 24, 2018
That pernicious Russian influence is everywhere. Even…the Song Of The Day? From Russia with love for Elvis:
Delaware Political Weekly: Feb. 16-22, 2018
Man, what a week. 1. Rep. Bryon Short Retires. The Special Election that propelled Short into the General Assembly was a watershed event for the Democratic Party, especially for the Party in suburban New Castle County. Let’s first recount what happened. Fresh off of his reelection victory in 2006, House Majority Leader Wayne Smith (Delaware’s […]
Song Of The Day: Feb. 23, 2018
I know why Alby didn’t like yesterday’s selection. He’s not a fan of any sort of country/rock hybrid. He’s a fan of trad country. He’s a purist. As in, “Son, there’s only five country songs that’s ever been wrote.” This one, sung by the voice of God (if God was an ex-con), is definitely a descendant […]
Song Of The Day: Feb. 22, 2018
Did I mention something yesterday about great country music coming out of west Texas? If I could only choose one album to represent that spirit, it would be Joe Ely’s Honky Tonk Masquerade. No wonder the Clash had him and his killer band open for them in England:
Carney To Prospective Breast Cancer Patients: Drop Dead
OK, even I grant you that the headline is a bit alarmist. But not much. John Carney has proposed parking the state mammography van. Alleged savings: $277,000. Because this brain-dead aparatchik can’t envision a scenario where Delaware’s wealthiest pay more in order to protect those who can’t afford mammograms. 1005 women, mostly black or Hispanic, […]
Song Of The Day: Feb. 21, 2018
One of the more unlikely concert pairings I ever saw. This guy opening for…Husker Du: Hey, they both were on Warner Brothers at the time..
Gene Truono Seeks R Senate Nod To Challenge Carper
Here’s his website: https://votetruono.com/ It’s not clear to me why he’s running. He basically tries to out-Carper Carper. To wit: “Early in his career, Gene saw firsthand how the burdensome regulations impacted the banking industry but did little to help the consumer.” Yep, just we need. Someone who wants to cut burdensome regulations on the […]
Song Of The Day: Feb. 20, 2018
Saw this obit in the NYTimes. Arthur Robinson…: …or Mr. Okra, as pretty much everyone called him, who rolled each day through the streets of New Orleans in a loudly painted pickup truck-cum-fruit stand singing his sales pitch like the roving food vendors once common in the city, died on Thursday at his home there. […]
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