Arts and Entertainment
Song of the Day 11/24: Weezer, “Undone – The Sweater Song”
MAGA men sure are easily ruffled. The latest threat to MAGAsculinity is…a pink sweater. J Crew, known for its preppy aesthetic, is selling one in wool, with a Fair Isle yoke. Its very existence has offended the delicate sensibilities of the manly men of MAGA. We learned this when an outrage-seeking influencer on the RWNJ […]
Song of the Day 11/23: Elton John, “Friends”
Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani shocked most people by getting along – not just politely coexisting, yukking it up together like old friends. Josh Marshall of TPM pointed out that Mamdani arrived with a press gaggle in tow, something bound to impress Trump who is, as LGM’s Scott Lemieux noted, an “incorrigible starfucker.” So maybe […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: November 23, 2025
Long-time readers know that I am a Sondheim fanatic. I think he’s our Shakespeare. He is the first among equals on my musical Mt. Rushmore (along with Curtis Mayfield, Joni Mitchell and Thelonious Monk). I plead guilty to proselytizing on his behalf on this blog. Why? Because I think that people would love his work […]
Song of the Day 11/21: Booker T. and the M.G.’s, “Hang ‘Em High”
Donald Trump’s filter, badly atrophied to begin with, appears to have disappeared entirely with his call for six Democrats in Congress to be hung as traitors. Their “crime”? They recorded a video reminded members of the armed forces of their Constitutional duty to disobey illegal orders. Somebody should tell him panicked screeching isn’t a good […]
Song of the Day 11/20: Gordon Lightfoot, “Sundown”
Most of what Trump does would be considered “erratic behavior” in other adults, even members of Congress, but it’s all normal for him. He’s acted this way for years, so though he has clearly deteriorated, the thinking goes, the substrate of vengeance and self-aggrandizement was always close to the surface, it’s just showing through more […]
Song of the Day 8/19: The Beatles, “Piggies”
Given all the classless acts on Donald Trump’s record, calling a female reporter “piggy” would seem to rank on the low end of the scale, the kind of low-level insult he doles out routinely. But it hasn’t landed that way. Maybe it’s the way the Epstein files are exposing the misogyny among America’s self-styled elite, […]
Song of the Day 11/18: Buddy Holly, “That’ll Be the Day”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona We’ve just learned they’re going to paint over the Buddy Holly crosswalk in his home town of Lubbock, Texas. Trump has decided to enforce a 12-year-old rule banning art work on public crossings. Otherwise, no federal money for you. The original rule stressed safety, but statements by officials made it […]
Song of the Day 11/16: Todd Snider, “Alright Guy”
Americana singer-songwriter Todd Snider would be bemused by all the attention he’s getting. He’s the kind of artist that even if you know about him you assume other people don’t, so it’s surprising to see how widely mourned he’s been after his death Friday at age 59. Snider was in the news a couple of […]
Song of the Day 11/14: Warren Zevon, “Desperadoes Under the Eaves”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finally got around to honoring Warren Zevon, letting him in through the side door labeled Musical Influence, and then honoring him some more by having the Killers, a band fronted by a guy who looks like Zeppo Osmond, play “Lawyers, Guns and Money.” I can hear Zevon snorting […]
Song of the Day 11/13: Bing Crosby, “Pennies From Heaven”
The United States has minted its last penny. Sure, there’s no real need for them – they’re expensive to produce, and most are given out as change and never used again (it’s estimated that there are 240 billion pennies, 724 per capita, sitting around the U.S. unused). Nobody misses them in the many countries like […]
Song of the Day 11/12: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, “Young Girl”
The government shutdown was a godsend for Trump, because it kept the media’s attention off those pesky Epstein Files. Pressure’s been building, though, because at this point a lot of people have gotten a look at them, and word is that no matter how bad you think they are for Trump, they’re actually worse. According […]
Song of the Day 11/11: The Blue Jean Committee, “Catalina Breeze”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Yacht rock has been sailing along for half a century and will apparently keep going till the end of time. But one of the best latter-day yacht rock songs was made by a band steering way off course. In fact, it wasn’t even a real band. The Blue Jean Committee […]
Song of the Day 11/10: R.E.M., “Daysleeper”
After a long night of rage-tweeting, how’s a busy president supposed to get enough shut-eye? Simple – catch a few z’s during one of those boring news conferencesthey’re always scheduling during nap time. The Washington Post analyzed the footage and found that Drowsy Don spent 20 minutes in the Land of Nod during Thursday’s press […]
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