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Different Strokes for Different Folks

By Alby November 2, 20244 Comments

Two Monica Beard mailers landed in my mailbox yesterday. At first glance they seemed like duplicates, because both showed her against a pink background on the front, with a list…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 2, 2024

By El Somnambulo November 2, 20249 Comments

Does Trump WANT To Lose? I'm starting to think so. Because he'd rather have to reprise the 'election was stolen' meme from 2020 than to actually have to do the…

Song of the Day 11/1: The Temptations, “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)”

By Alby November 1, 2024

Another song that sadly hasn't lost any relevance over the past 54 years. In early 1970 Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong took a hard look at the wreckage of the…

DL Open Thread: Friday, November 1, 2024

By El Somnambulo November 1, 20245 Comments

Trump Fantasizes About Liz Cheney...With Guns Trained On Her: During an onstage conversation with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Ariz., Trump launched into a meandering diatribe against Cheney, who…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: October 2024

By El Somnambulo November 1, 202412 Comments

A surprisingly superb selection this month. 'Surprising' in that I have a rule. It's a stupid rule, but a rule nonetheless: If a song comes out, but is on an…

Song of the Day 10/31: Camille Saint-Saëns, “La Danse Macabre”

By Alby October 31, 20247 Comments

Camille Saint-Saëns was one of the most famous and prolific composers of his day, and his serious works are part of the classical canon, but he's best known to the…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 31, 2024

By El Somnambulo October 31, 202421 Comments

Personal To Feckless Joe: Can't you just shut up for one more week? Or, you know, maybe stop sending more weapons to Israel? Or both? A Garbage Truck Named Trump. …

Song of the Day 10/30: Garbage, “The Men Who Rule the World”

By Alby October 30, 2024

Joe Biden is getting grief for calling MAGAts "garbage," which I maintain was just him being polite. Garbage got its name when a friend used the term to describe the…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024

By Alby October 30, 202413 Comments

A federal judge delivered a blow to Delaware's plan to expand its port along the Delaware River, ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to follow proper procedures in…

I’m Calling It: Harris Will Win

By El Somnambulo October 30, 202419 Comments

Not only that--she'll have coattails that will flip the House and quite possibly at least lead to a 50-50 Senate. Yes, I think the polls are wrong. I think that…

Song of the Day 10/29: Fleetwood Mac, “Gypsy”

By Alby October 29, 2024

Stevie Nicks is everywhere the past few weeks, appearing on Saturday Night Live, releasing a new song about women's rights and, most recently, appearing on a CBS Sunday show to…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

By Alby October 29, 20249 Comments

If Jeff Bezos was looking for a way to destroy the Washington Post, mission accomplished. Within three days of his decision to quash the paper's endorsement of Kamala Harris for…

Song of the Day 10/28: The Grateful Dead, “Box of Rain”

By Alby October 28, 20241 Comment

Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead bassist who died last week at age 84, had never played the bass when Jerry Garcia asked him to join the band. But he had…