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Song of the Day 10/8: Climax Blues Band, “Couldn’t Get It Right”
Like the presenter of this Top of the Pops video, I thought these guys were Americans, but it turns out they just wanted to sound like they were. They weren’t a one-hit wonder, but “Couldn’t Get It Right” was their only Top 10 single in the U.S., and it it took them nearly a decade […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024
Florida is about to get whacked with a second major hurricane in the past two weeks as the rapidly-developing Milton bears down on Tampa Bay. It’s expected to be the worst storm to hit that area since 1921. About 120,000 people lived there then; nearly 3 million live there now. The only good thing about […]
The 30-Day Reports
We’ll keep adding to this post as I get to more reports. Remember, for those candidates who did not face primaries, this is the first report they must file this year. An 8-day report is also required, as is a year-end report. Let’s see what has surfaced so far… Any doubts that Bill ‘Lumpy’ Carson […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 7, 2024
Residents of flood-ravaged Appalachia, having been hammered by a hurricane, are suffering further because of the MAGAts among them. Goosed by Russians working through Elon Musk’s propaganda platform, they’re spreading rumors about nefarious activity by FEMA that has their local officials, almost all of them Republican, begging them to knock it off. They’re country people, […]
Song of the Day 10/6: Pink Floyd, “See Emily Play”
Most rock fans are aware that Roger Waters of Pink Floyd has gone down the rabbit hole of right-wing politics. It appears it has cost him some major coin. Pink Floyd announced last week that it sold its music catalog to Sony for $400 million, about 80% of what they were asking before “Roger Waters” […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 6, 2024
Feckless Joe Done Got Played. ‘Some’ people are placing him in the pantheon of great presidents. Here’s why he’s not: When Israel defied America’s appeals for restraint by invading Lebanon a few days ago, a reporter asked President Biden if he was comfortable with what had unfolded. “I’m comfortable with them stopping,” Biden replied plaintively. […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024
55,000 Bibles. The Oklahoma Superintendent has ordered a Bible in every classroom. The RFP limits the Bible that must be purchased to, wait for it: Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the […]
Song of the Day 10/4: The Alan Parsons Project, “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You”
The more I hear from JD Vance, the more I think of this 1977 song. Though it was just a modest hit, No. 36 on the Hot 100, it helped push the band’s second LP, “I Robot,” into the Top 10, and it seems more apt today than ever. So does the concept album it […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 4, 2024
Bad Day For Trump Evildoers: Tina Peters: DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the first local election official to be charged with a security breach after the 2020 election as unfounded conspiracy theories swirled, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday. Peters, a one-time hero to election deniers, was accused […]
Song of the Day 10/3: Tears for Fears, “Sowing the Seeds of Love”
I’ve heard this No. 2 hit from 1989 in random places a couple of times lately, and though “Sowing the Seeds of Love” wears its psychedelic-era Beatles influences like a paisley-pattern Nehru jacket, its preposterous optimism does lift the spirits in these Trump-tainted times. Maybe that’s not an accident. Roland Olazabel wrote this in the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Unsure of your Presidential pick? Might I suggest–Vermin Supreme? He is somehow on Delaware’s ballot as a candidate for the ‘Conservative Party Of DE’, which doesn’t strike me as particularly conservative: Vermin Love Supreme (1960 or 1961) is an American performance artist and activist who has run as a novelty candidate in various local, state, […]
Was The DelDems Coordinated Campaign Merely An LBR Vanity Project?
You’ll notice the use of the past tense. Word on the street is that indeed LBR’s team was functioning as the Party’s Coordinated Campaign team and that–they all just resigned and went back exclusively to LBR’s campaign. Candidates are being informed of this as the news surfaces in DL. Our local committee had a fleeting […]
Song of the Day 10/1: Rod McKuen, “Jean”
For all the tributes to Dame Maggie Smith since her death last week, I haven’t seen a single one mention the No. 2 hit that its composer said was written for her. Every story mentioned Smith’s Oscar for Best Actress for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” the film adaptation of Muriel Spark’s lauded 1961 […]
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