Song of the Day 12/28: The Specials, “Vote for Me”
Singer Terry Hall, frontman for three bands that reached the British charts in the 1980s, died last week at age 63 of pancreatic cancer. Best known as co-lead vocalist for…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022
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David Cay Johnston, who has chronicled Donald Trump's financial chicanery for decades, has sifted through the Jan. 6 Committee reports and found evidence of at least 26 instances of tax…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 30-21
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30. 29. 28. Coming to Arden Gild Hall, Sat. Feb. 18, 2023: 27. 26. 25. 24. 23. 22. 21.
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022
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There was so little news yesterday that media has been reduced to carrying the brainless ramblings of America's most disgraced former president. His latest fantasy included the baseless notion that…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 40-31
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40. 39. 38. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33. 32. 31. First time Emily Dickinson has made my Best Of The Year list:
Song of the Day 12/26: Fleet Foxes, “White Winter Hymnal”
Some songs are born to be played at Christmas. Others have Christmas thrust upon them. "Jingle Bells" and "Let It Snow" never name a holiday. The Pretenders' "2000 Miles" does…
DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 26, 2022
Good morning, yule survivors. Hope your holiday was happy. I spent part of mine wondering how anti-Semites reconcile their love of Jesus with the fact that he was born, lived…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2022: #’s 50-41
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Yes, my annual holiday gift to you--whether you want it or not. We'll count down to #1. I will then add a Spotify list of my fave tunes. Since I…
Song of the Day 12/25: Pet Shop Boys, “It Doesn’t Often Snow at Christmas”
People who hope for a white Christmas must be those fortunate souls who spend the day in their own homes. Personlly, I can remember too many Christmas Day drives to…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 25, 2022
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Yes, Virginia, There Really Was a Festivus. Even A 'Festivus For The Rest Of Us': (Seinfeld writer) O’Keefe said years later, “I mean this in the nicest way possible: My…
Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!
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Happy holidays & Merry Saturnalia, to every lurker, hate-lurker, banned dickface idiot, regular commenter, & people immersed in Delaware politics who pretend to not read the blog when we meet in public. Except for the hate-lurkers, banned dickface idiots, you are all trying to keep Bedfordfalls from turning into Pottersville in your own way, and that is worthy.
We love you all. Cheers to you.
Song of the Day 12/24: Frankie Carle and His Orchestra, “Little Jack Frost Get Lost”
My car thermometer registered 5 degrees this morning, so it's a good day for this revived swing-era tune that makes Christmas playlists every year despite making no mention of the…
DL Open Thread: Sat., December 24, 2022
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I know it's the day before Christmas. I know that many of our daily readers will be away and will not be reading this. But you never know. This could…