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Breaking News: Pete duPont Still Alive, But Does He Have a Pulse?
In a symbolic embrace of ‘freedom’, the media was barred from the du Pont’s event last night, which included a mere cameo from New Jersey’s governor, who could barely squeeze this prestigious honor into his busy schedule.
Music I Like: Chicks Rule! Edition
Some Bulo Musical Selections for your Friday, including Davina and the Vagabonds, Otis Taylor and Cassie Taylor, The Sky Drops, Wild Flag and the Slow Club.
County Tries to Sell State White Elephant
Rockwood. Yet another tony estate, built in the mid-1800’s, championed by those people more concerned about family crests than family stability, purchased by New Castle County with lotsa bucks from the state, turned into a ‘mansion and a park’ during the go-go Gordon and Freebury years, and now, and now…the County can’t afford the upkeep and wants to pawn it off on the state.
Karen Weldin Stewart’s Appeal to Nowhere…
…on behalf of, well, not the people of the State of Delaware, has been dismissed by federal regulators. The News-Journal story has a distinct Karen in Wonderland flavor to it.
To (half-)wit: Our elected insurance commissioner, apparently on her own, applied for a three-year waiver to:
“exempt Aetna and UnitedHealthcare from spending 80 percent of premiums on medical care rather than administrative expenses or profits.”
R. I. P. Jerry Leiber: Part 2
And the hits just keep on comin’. Here is some more of Jerry Leiber’s work over the years.
Here It Is!: Tom Waits’ Private Listening Party
And you’re not invited: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeTja7JXK9A[/youtube]
R. I. P. Jerry Leiber: Part 1
One-half of one of the best and most influential songwriting teams of the rock ‘n roll era has passed away. The late Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller combined to create some of the most remarkable music of our lives. And the lyrics are tres tres cool and sometimes downright weird.
If I Was In a Garage Band…
Back from dropping our daughter’s stuff off at college. 10 hours each way. We listened to Little Steven’s Underground Garage on satellite radio virtually the entire time. I now realize that perhaps my sole remaining dream in life is to sing in a garage band, at least for one night. From time to time when […]
Tom Waits Meets Cookie Monster
I’ll just let this speak for itself: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5X4N2exOsU&t[/youtube] You’re welcome.
What the General Assembly Should Do Post-Tigani
The Delaware Way has been exposed in all its inglorious penny-ante glory, thanks to the even-by-Delaware standards excesses of Chris Tigani.
Legislative Perks That I Have Known
I am struck with the genuine surprise that many WDEL listeners felt when reading the News-Journal’s articles on Tigani and his (wait for it) ilk, and were especially surprised at the, let’s say, easy relationships between lobbyists and legislators (and, yes, legislative staff) and governors (and, yes gubernatorial staff). So, in the interest of full disclosure, I’m going to lay out as many of the legislative perks that I can recall. This will not be an all-inclusive list, so I intend to add to it as my memories come back. I would invite any and all anonymous current or former legislative staffers to add to the list.
R. I. P. Gene McDaniels
Yes, this was the guy who sang ‘A Hundred Pounds of Clay’: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r30Uf_bPRpE[/youtube]. You may not know that he penned two huge hits among his many compositions. You do now: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzvlivbptXk[/youtube] Les McCann/Eddie Harris: “Compared to What” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWzaEy_LGjQ[/youtube] Roberta Flack: “Feel Like Makin’ Love”
Markell Has Signed SB 146. Quietly. Very Quietly.
Virtually every day, we get at least one, and sometimes more, press releases from the Governor’s office, touting the signing of one piece of ‘landmark’ legislation after another. Jack Markell is not the first governor to do this, it’s a time-honored tradition of giving oneself ‘the rub’ (wrestling term for putting someone over) and giving […]
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