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Song of the Day 10/16: Red Rider, “Lunatic Fringe”

By Alby October 16, 2024

You might remember this song from 1985, when it was used on "Miami Vice" and the movie "Vision Quest," but you probably don't remember the band. Red Rider never reached…

Towards A Delaware Transparency Agenda

By El Somnambulo October 16, 202412 Comments

Premature? No. It's long past time to drive a stake through the secrecy that practitioners of the Delaware Way have used to perpetuate the casual corruption at its core. We'll…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

By Alby October 16, 202411 Comments

For years we've wondered how bonkers Trump would have to get before mainstream media stopped normalizing him. We might have reached that point now that the brain worms have given…

WHYY Reports On Progressive Agenda For Transparency

By El Somnambulo October 16, 20245 Comments

Matt Meyer makes clear that transparency on police actions would be part of that agenda: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Meyer said he supports absolute transparency in policing and would assess…

Song of the Day 10/15: The Doobie Brothers, “Listen to the Music”

By Alby October 15, 20242 Comments

I don't know who's DJing Donald Trump's rallies, but after seeing the partial playlist from yesterday's question-and-answer session turned listening party, I think he needs some new material. "Ave Maria"…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024

By Alby October 15, 202415 Comments

Trump cut short his Q&A session in Oaks, Pa., yesterday to – I'm not making this up – stand there and sway to the music. For, like, half an hour.…

Song of the Day 10/14: Captain Beyond, “Sufficiently Breathless”

By Alby October 14, 2024

Supergroups have been a thing in rock since 1966, when Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker ditched their former bands to form Cream, named because each was the cream…

DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 14, 2024

By Alby October 14, 20249 Comments

Normally if you told me that thousands of people went to a concert in the California desert and then got stuck there for hours because the inept organizers didn't have…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 13, 2024

By El Somnambulo October 13, 20242 Comments

Yep, JD Vance's Mom Owes Her Health Insurance To--Obamacare: In Vance’s telling, his family members’ experience reflects Trump’s stewardship of the nation’s health-care markets — a perspective shared by some…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 12, 2024

By El Somnambulo October 12, 202417 Comments

Trump Comes Out For Full-Fledged Fascism. Not bothering to hide it: Donald Trump wants to immediately invoke a more than 200-year-old wartime law that grants the president unilateral authority to…

DL Open Thread Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

By Alby October 11, 20242 Comments

Computer problems and scheduling problems today, so you folks are on your own today. The floor is truly yours. Play nice.

Song of the Day 10/11: Renaissance, “Northern Lights”

By Alby October 11, 20241 Comment

Thanks to an unusually strong solar flare, the aurora borealis made a rare appearance over Delaware last night. Fittingly, I suppose, "Northern Lights" was a rarity, too. It was the…

Song of the Day 10/10: Parliament, “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)”

By Alby October 10, 20241 Comment

Hurricane Milton didn't do as much damage as it might have, but you're probably seen the photos of St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field. The storm did, indeed, tear the roof off…