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My XPN List Of Ten Fave Cover Songs
This year, the WXPN 885 Countdown will be an all-covers countdown. This is the list I submitted to XPN. I skipped the obvious choices like Hendrix doing ‘All Along The Watchtower’ because that song hardly needs my vote. Based on lists from hosts and XPN staff, it seems pretty apparent to me that ‘Hallelujah’ by […]
Song of the Day 10/10: The Gentrys, “Keep on Dancing”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona After the Gentrys recorded what became the first part of “Keep on Dancing,” they apparently couldn’t figure out how to keep on singing. Not even the vocalist who became the celebrity wrestling manager known as the Mouth of the South. No radio station was going to play a song roughly […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, October 10, 2025
Did Nepotism Influence Gov. Meyer’s Agreement (and/or surrender) With Christiana Care? The question becomes more germane as Mediawatch uncovered this potential conflict-of-interest for us. Dr. Cooksey is Matt Meyer’s wife. It’s not the only action that Meyer has taken that raises questions, though. Remember this? That’s right. Meyer’s two appointments to the Hospital Cost Review […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending October 9, 2025
1. James Spadola Is Suddenly A Democrat. Here’s why, in his own words: In his post, Spadola said that he weighed the decision to stay Republican. “Other than staying the course, I could not find a reason that fit my values or my vision for Wilmington, certainly not under the GOP’s nostalgic claim of fiscal […]
Song of the Day 10/9: Bram Tchaikovsky, “Girl of My Dreams”
Hollywood is up in arms over a new actress who literally came out of nowhere. Tilly Norwood is an AI creation that has real actors worried that they’ll soon be looking for new careers. Variety scoffs at the threat, pointing out that Tilly is the brainchild of a serial provocateur, but that’s unlikely to tamp […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 9, 2025
While Trump tries To stake his claim to the Nobel Peace Prize (Spoiler Alert–he’s not getting it), the Big Story remains that Our Demented President Wages War On American Cities. Months ago, Donald Trump claimed that Los Angeles “would be burning” if not for the federal troops he was sending there. On Sunday, in a similarly […]
Song of the Day 10/8: Joe Cocker, “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona Kristi Noem has been stamping her little feet because she was denied access to a toilet by staff at a municipal building in suburban Chicago. The folks inside had watched her armed henchmen snatch people off the street and basically told her she could just hold it. Ice Barbie followed […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025
America’s ever-credulous mainstream media quickly broadcast a supposed Trump administration effort to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers, despite a law to the contrary that Trump himself signed in 2019 (whether he remembers doing it is another matter). As the indispensable Josh Marshall points out, if reporters got off their asses instead of simply […]
Song of the Day 10/7: Townes Van Zandt, “Dead Flowers”
In compiling my list of 10 cover songs for the WXPN countdown, I’m prioritizing versions that reimagine or redefine the first release. Sometimes that means taking the lyrical element more seriously than the original artist did. Townes Van Zandt’s cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Dead Flowers” is a case in point. Mick Jagger and Keith […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025
Is the AI revolution a boom or a bubble? A recent analysis found that 80% of the growth in the stock market is in tech stocks, with much of the capital flowing in from overseas. What worries some analysts is the circular nature of a handful of companies investing in each other. Others worry that […]
Song of the Day 10/6: Vanilla Fudge, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
Every year WXPN solicits listener opinions for a “top 885” list. This year the subject is cover songs, a topic that eliminates less than half of all recorded music from consideration. Thousands of great records have been made by johnny-come-latelies. Many are so much better than the original recording that nobody realizes they’re covers. I’m […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 6, 2025
A Trump-appointed federal judge put the kibosh on Trump’s plan to send the National Guard, any national guard, to Portland. We’ll see how long that lasts before the six SCOTUS ass-suckers overrule her. Why do they keep ruling in Trump’s favor? Because they’re a-skeered. You know what happens to judges who rule against Derp Fuhrer? […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: October 5, 2025
Coffee, Cheese, Wine: Nature’s Most Essential Foods? Or just my most essential foods?: Coffee: Coffee growers are dealing with a lot right now. Most immediately, the Trump administration’s tariffs, which threaten their sales, add to the ongoing challenges of pests and diseases for coffee production. In the longer term, experts say the coffee industry can’t […]
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