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DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 1, 2026
Leave it to Trump to make me deviate from my Sunday Morning format. But when he’s perhaps started WW III without Congressional approval, I’m left with no choice. Meet The New Old Guard, Same As The Old Old Guard?: Iran’s top national security official said that an interim council would be formed on Sunday to […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
US AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN! Let’s see–three rogue states. Who ya got?: The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in a major assault that threatened a broader regional conflict, with President Trump vowing to devastate the country’s military, eliminate its nuclear program and bring about a change in its government. Large explosions shook […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
It’s The Weakness, Stupid. Americans are unhappy with the way things are going in the country, and don’t feel particularly well represented by either major political party. In our new February Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, 53% of U.S. adults say the Democratic Party is out of touch with the concerns of most Americans. An identical […]
Song of the Day 2/27: Johnny Nash, “I Can See Clearly Now”
Dedicated to El Somnambulo, for reasons he’ll understand. Johnny Nash started singing as a teenager in Houston and released his debut single in 1956. In the first 16 years of his career he had exactly two Top 40 hits, and one of them just squeaked in at No. 39. He was way ahead of the […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February 2026
Yes, I’m posting this a day early. Why? Loads of new tunes–and new discoveries, this month. I just couldn’t wait. So sue me. Perhaps the greatest musical month of ALL TI-I-I-I-ME!: Yes, I’d book ’em at the Gild Hall if I was still booking shows: BTW, it’s possible that you’ll prefer this Boy Golden song […]
Song of the Day 2/26: Phil Collins, “I Don’t Care Anymore”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released its list of nominees to the usual criticisms, mainly that half of the acts have little if any connection to the genre of music in the institution’s name. As Paste magazine reported, the list comprises Sade, Phil Collins, Oasis, The Black Crowes, Joy Division and New Order, […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
The Epstein Files are like radioactive material with a long half-life, still killing the careers of people like Larry Summers, the overrated economist, long after the pedophile at the center of it all exploded. Summers out-creeped most others involved by seeking Epstein’s advice on bedding a younger colleague and “mentee” long after Epstein was convicted. […]
Song of the Day 2/25: Bettye LaVette, “Everything Is Broken”
A true State of the Union address would have sounded a lot like this Bob Dylan number from “Oh Mercy,” the 1989 LP that critics treated as a comeback album. But not his original version, where Daniel Lanois’ glossy production distracts from Dylan’s delivery. Soul singer Bettye LaVette improved it considerably by slowing it down, […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026
I don’t watch State of the Union speeches because I avoid self-promotion no matter who the president happens to be, but apparently the Screeching Shitbag delivered the longest-ever such speech, apparently so he could cram in all the lies. I’ll chalk it up as a win for Trump on the basis that he didn’t foam […]
Song of the Day 2/24: Dion, “Runaround Sue”
He was just Dion, sans the Belmonts and without his surname DiMucci, in 1961 when he assembled an impromptu doo-wop chorus at a party and started ad-libbing lyrics about a girl who wouldn’t be true. When he brought it to songwriter Ernie Maresca they came up with a No. 1 hit. Guys have been writing […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026
How Epstein’s ‘Male Gaze’ Toxicity Created A Glass Ceiling For Women. Academia: In 2018, an elite group of academics and scientists planned to gather for an exclusive retreat at a luxury farm in the woods of Connecticut. The guests had been hand-picked by prominent New York literary agent John Brockman, who frequently hosted similar salons […]
Song of the Day 2/23: America, “A Horse With No Name”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona When listeners first heard America’s “A Horse With No Name” in 1972 a lot of them had questions. Why did this new Neil Young song seem to pop up out of nowhere? And why would Neil write a line like “the heat was hot?” Well, at least they knew where […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, Feb. 23, 2026
Anybody OK With ICE Building Concentration Camps? Without the ovens–so far: A once sleepy rural town named Social Circle, Ga. — just over 40 miles east of Atlanta off Interstate 20 — has become the epicenter of the stealthy plan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to rapidly create an American gulag archipelago of […]
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