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Song Of The Day: November 5, 2017
This song should be sung in front of the White House every day that Trump occupies it: Curtis Mayfield is on my Musical Mount Rushmore. This is one of the reasons why. This song gets me every time.
Song Of The Day: Nov. 4, 2017
We’re finishing out the week with a Curtis Mayfield trilogy. In this second installment, Curtis and the Impressions exhort their followers to Keep On Pushing. Written in 1964, one of his earliest contributions to the civil rights era. There would be more:
Delaware Political Weekly: Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2017
1. The Emergence Of Tizzy Lockman. Her candidacy for the 3rd Senatorial Seat currently held by Bob Marshall has become a rallying cry for grassroots activists. Notable not only for the candidate herself, but for the framework created by Network Delaware to facilitate her candidacy. Along with Rachel Blumenfeld and Laura Sturgeon, there are some […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 3, 2017
My musical sweet spot is indeed the Sweet Soul Music of the 1960’s and early ’70’s. The soundtrack to my life. To this day, I never tire of hearing those great songs. Oh, and singing them. While Curtis Mayfield would go on to create some of the most important music of the Civil Rights era, […]
Opponents Play Rope-A-Dope On Marijuana Legalization
Cutting red tape for business only extends to providing get-out-of-jail-free cards to serial polluters, not to assisting proponents of creating a new revenue source. Gee, who didn’t see this coming? From the linked News-Journal story: “We’re pleased more time will be allotted,” said Cathy Rossi, vice president of public and government affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “The […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 2, 2017
One taste of Richard Thompson leads to another taste of Richard Thompson. With another of my heroes, Bonnie Raitt. Together they turn this song into transcendent bliss:
Bulo’s Fave Tunes: October, 2017
Just when I thought the year was winding down, just when I’d begun to shift my attention to my Best Of The Year list, along comes a month filled with great music, incredible diversity. I’ve got my favorites, let me know what yours are: I’m not one to pat myself on the back (he […]
Delaware Facilitates Money Laundering To Balance Its Budget
First, go read the News Journal article on how Paul Manafort used Delaware’s LLC and corporate law to launder tens of millions of dollars from the Ukraine. Yep, we balance our budget by enabling criminal behavior and, more specifically, the evasion of criminal behavior. In this case, at least nine Delaware LLC’s formed for the […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 1, 2017
I told you this was gonna be free-association. When Paul mentioned Pink Floyd’s ‘Grantchester Meadows’ yesterday, I immediately thought of one of my fave British folk rock songs of all time. Although different profound meetings have been ascribed to the song’s lyrics, writer Richard Thompson said in an interview with Mojo magazine, “”The hardest thing about being […]
RIP: Roger A. Martin
Noted author/historian and perhaps less-noted State Senator Roger A. Martin passed away last Thursday. He has been hailed as an historian who traced the history of Delaware through the succession of its governors. As a State Senator, Roger struck me as a man out of time. It was as if he viewed the Senate through […]
Song Of The Day: Oct. 31, 2017
So, I’m listening to the vaguely ominous jamming, perhaps while under the influence of Jamaican herb, barely paying attention, when…well, you either know, or don’t know, what comes next. A GREAT Halloween song. Meant to be enjoyed in the spirit that it was created:
Network Delaware Flexes Its Political Muscles In SD3
Elizabeth ‘Tizzy’ Lockman. Remember the name. She is running for Bob Marshall’s seat in SD 3. She is the first candidate to emerge from Network Delaware’s grassroots efforts. She is a candidate who does not appear to be someone who was obsessed with being involved in politics, in stark contrast to Jordan Hines, who has […]
Song Of The Day: Oct. 30, 2017
When Walter Becker died, I sampled a lot of his and Donald Fagen’s solo stuff and, of course, listened to a lot of Steely Dan. While this song was on a Greatest Hits collection, (a) it wasn’t a hit; (b) never made it onto an album (written when the Dan were preparing The Royal Scam […]
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