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Song of the Day 9/8: Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.”
Earlier this year Bruce Springsteen released seven previously unreleased albums from the vaults, but didn’t include the one fans have clamored for since the ’80s – the full-band version of “Nebraska,” the one he recorded with the E Street Band, then scrapped in favor of the acoustic demos he made at home on a four-track […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, September 8, 2025
Trump’s Gone Stark-Raving Mad. 25th Amendment, Anyone? Which American City Will He Attack Next?: On Saturday, Trump posted online that Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” (Last week Trump signed an order renaming the Defense Department, though Congress would have to officially change its title.) The social media […]
Song of the Day 9/7: The Turtles, “Happy Together”
Mark Volman, who co-founded the ’60s pop band the Turtles with his friend Howard Kaylan, died in Nashville Friday at age 78. He had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia several years ago but was still performing with a lineup of the Turtles, with Ron Dante of “Sugar, Sugar” fame replacing Kaylan, whose health problems […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 7, 2025
Has Elon Musk Gotten Bored With Making Cars?: Elon Musk still makes some of America’s best electric cars. Earlier this summer, I rented a brand-new, updated Tesla Model Y, the first refresh to the electric SUV since it debuted, in 2020. Compared with even just two years ago, when the Model Y became the world’s […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 6, 2025
‘He’s A Walking Disaster, He’s A Demolition Man’–Trump’s plan to turn the White House into a casino continues apace: President Donald Trump needs to build his gold-plated monstrosity of a ballroom, and he can’t wait a minute more. So he got one of the numerous personal attorneys he has stashed in high-level administration jobs to […]
Song of the Day 9/5: Lee Moses, “Bad Girl”
There are so many awful women in Trump’s inner circle it’s impossible to decide which one to dedicate this song to. We don’t know who Lee Moses was singing about, but then we don’t know much of anything about Lee Moses. Moses hailed from Atlanta, where he developed his bluesy, deep soul sound with a […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 5, 2025
We’re Officially At ‘War’ Now: Even weirder than you might think: President Trump will sign an executive order on Friday to give the Department of Defense a new name: the Department of War. The change would return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department […]
Mars Needs Electric Cars
Guest Post From Gary Mullinax, The Minister Of Culture When Elon Musk starts up his self-sustaining Martian colony — he will because he says he will — he can use the many canals there to bring water to the new community. Otherwise intelligent people a century ago did think there were Martians and that they […]
Song of the Day 9/4: The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar”
Some great, classic songs by great, classic artists were released as singles in 1969. “Get Back” by the Beatles. “Honky Tonk Women” by the Stones. Sly’s “Everyday People,” Creedence’s “Proud Mary,” Elvis’ “Suspicious Minds.” None of them was Billboard’s No. 1 song for the year. That honor went to a tune written for children and […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Florida Chooses Disease. Perhaps it’s just me, but killing off your citizens hardly seems the way to expand your electoral dominance. But who am I to judge?: Florida plans to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren, rejecting a practice that public health experts have credited for decades with limiting […]
Song of the Day 9/3: Ndlovu Youth Choir, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Most people who’ve heard of the Ndlovu Youth Choir encountered them back in 2019, when they reached the final round of “America’s Got Talent,” despite hailing from Limpopo, South Africa. I found out about them yesterday when I saw a story about their latest release, the EP “From Limpopo to the World,” featuring Queen’s “Bohemian […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
It All Ends At The Supreme Court: A federal appeals court late Tuesday blocked President Trump from using an 18th-century wartime law to quickly deport a group of Venezuelans, rejecting the administration’s argument that the migrants were part of an “invasion” of the United States. The Trump administration has said the migrants are members of […]
Song of the Day 9/2: Bryan Ferry, “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Donald Trump has finally found a way to get people to stop talking about the Epstein Files: Let them think he’s dying. His bruised hands and cankles and lack of public appearances are fueling the speculation, but it was his out-of-character speculation about the state of his soul (“I wanna try and get to heaven […]
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