Song of the Day 4/10: Huey Lewis and the News, “Back in Time”
In its third installment the "Back to the Future" film series sent Marty McFly back to the Old West. Arizona's Supreme Court did the same thing to Arizona's womenfolk yesterday.…
Song of the Day 4/8: Pink Floyd, “Eclipse”
C'mon, what else would you expect? The final track from the LP that has spent more than 1,000 weeks on the Billboard album chart, with sales of more than 45…
DL Open Thread Monday, April 8, 2024
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Klaatu barada nikto, motherfuckers. Welcome to the Day the News Stood Still. Whatever else is happening in the country has taken a back seat to this afternoon's total eclipse. In…
Song of the Day 4/7: Len, “Steal My Sunshine”
Showing you can make up doomsday theories about anything, TikTokers and other assorted nuts – looking at you, Alex Jones – have concocted a witches' brew of crackpot claims about…
Song of the Day 4/6: Bill Haley and His Comets, “Shake, Rattle and Roll”
The battle outside is ragin', but that's not what shook your windows and rattled your walls yesterday. It was a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered in northern New Jersey. It came just…
Song of the Day 4/5: MGMT, “Kids”
Are the misogynistic people behind the forced-birth movement really so oblivious to popular opinion that they think they can put the birth-control toothpaste back in the tube? Do they really…
Song of the Day 4/4: Eurythmics, “Here Comes the Rain Again”
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H/t KentCoCat, who alerted me with how many days of heavy rainfall Delaware has gotten since the weather was supposed to turn cold – according to this article, triple the…
Song of the Day 4/3: Wilco, “War on War”
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If we can have Peacekeeper missiles, why can't we have a war on war? One would come in handy about now. From Wilco's album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," posted online by…
Song of the Day 4/2: Al Wilson, “Show and Tell”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Everybody knew Johnny Mathis could sing. His satiny voice sold a lot of records. But he didn’t exactly swing and his voice didn’t have that…
Song of the Day 4/1: Aretha Franklin, “Chain of Fools”
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Written by Don Covay, a singer and songwriter who got his start working for Little Richard – as both his chauffeur and his opening act – when Atlantic Records head…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2024
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAgsn7la3jg A Creative Roller-Coaster Ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6RjzBPKvP8 Song Title Of The Month. Also--Nathan Arizona's favorite for March? Oh, Nathan? I don't always have a fave tune of the month, but I…
Song of the Day 3/31: Ralph McTell, “The Streets of London”
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No song about London has been recorded more often than "The Streets of London" – there reportedly have been more than 200 covers over the years. Ralph McTell wrote it…
Song of the Day 3/30: The Clash, “London Calling”
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In our apocalyptic age it's hard to remember that the media has always peddled stories of impending doom. When Joe Strummer wrote this song in 1979, he recalled later, "I…