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DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 4, 2023

By Alby December 4, 20232 Comments

This story came out a week ago and sank without a trace: The president of the United Nations’ annual climate summit planned to use the talks to lobby dozens of…

Song of the Day 12/3: Ratboys, “The Window”

By Alby December 3, 20231 Comment

El Som included a tune from Chicago band Ratboys in his monthly favorite new tunes post back when their fifth studio LP, "The Window," came out in August. The album,…

DL Open Thread: December 3, 2023

By El Somnambulo December 3, 202314 Comments

A Trump Dictatorship Could Well Be Upon Us. Just in case you were enjoying your Sunday morning coffee. The article is long, but necessary. Please read it. Bush V. Gore:…

Song of the Day 12/2: The Pogues, “Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah”

By Alby December 2, 20233 Comments

It's been a tough year for Ireland's musicians. Sinead O'Connor died in July, and this week Shane MacGowan, frontman for the Pogues, died a week after being discharged from a…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 2, 2023

By El Somnambulo December 2, 20238 Comments

Trump Pardoned Them. They're Helping His Presidential Run. No other word but 'transactional' comes to mind: Never before had a president used his constitutional clemency powers to free or forgive…

DL Open Thread: Friday, December 1, 2023

By El Somnambulo December 1, 202311 Comments

Israel Knew Of Hamas' Planned Attack--And Did Nothing. For over a year: Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it…

Delaware Political Weekly: November 24-30, 2023

By El Somnambulo December 1, 20239 Comments

1. Annnd, just like that, we have a Democratic primary for NCC Council President. Robert A. Williams, who previously served on Wilmington City Council, as filed. I spoke to him…

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: November 2023

By El Somnambulo December 1, 2023

A shorter list this month. Always happens in November as some of the best tunes I heard will not be released until 2024. February, in particular, looks real promising. Shorter,…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 30, 2023

By El Somnambulo November 30, 20235 Comments

War Criminal Dead. Finally. I mean, who gave a shit about Cambodia and Laos anyway? As was the case with Vietnam, history has judged some of his Cold War realism…

Song of the Day 11/30: Billy Joel, “Only the Good Die Young”

By Alby November 30, 20232 Comments

Henry Kissinger was already 54 years old when Billy Joel, a scamp half his age at the time, released this banger in 1977. The third single from "The Stranger," his…

Val Longhurst–Anti-Semitic Legislator AND Scofflaw Violator Of State Law

By El Somnambulo November 29, 202322 Comments

Both on behalf of Bethany Hall-Long. We've already established that Longhurst urged legislators to back BHL because, at least in part, Matt Meyer was part of some 'Jewish cult', apparently…

Song of the Day 11/29: André 3000, “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time”

By Alby November 29, 2023

The music world is still trying to figure out what to make of the new album from André 3000, best known as half of the hip-hop duo Outkast. Though he's…

RIP: Kathy MacDonough

By El Somnambulo November 29, 20234 Comments

Many of you knew her on this blog as Scarlet Woman. Without a doubt, one of my favorite commenters ever. Many of us knew her in 'real life'. In my…