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DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025
Why Democrats Suck–Infinity Squared. While Democrats remain largely mute about the ongoing Fascist takeover of America, this terrifies them: Zohran Mamdani’s front-running campaign to lead the nation’s largest city is stoking fear among moderate Democrats that his far-left politics will cost them at the ballot box. They worry a Mamdani mayoralty will deepen an existential […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: August 2025
We arrived at a real good musical month in uncharacteristic fashion. Had some songs I liked, had about three borderline songs, and not all that many songs. Then, in the last week and a half, a buncha good ones surfaced, so I jettisoned the borderline songs. There’s one Song Of The Year candidate in this […]
Song of the Day 9/1: Creedence Clearwater Revival, “The Working Man”
Happy Labor Day, I suppose, though I don’t see much to celebrate under a president who makes Reagan seem like a friend of the working man. This song from the 1968 debut album by Creedence Clearwater Revival was one of the first John Fogerty wrote after assuming leadership of the band from his older brother […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, September 1, 2025
The Trump Gaza Riviera: Are all the Democrats OK with this? A postwar plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump administration, modeled on President Donald Trump’s vow to “take over” the enclave, would turn it into a trusteeship administered by the United States for at least 10 years while it is transformed into a gleaming […]
Song of the Day 8/31: Big Star, “Don’t Lie to Me”
Hey, Matt Meyer! This one’s for you! One of the deep cuts from “#1 Record,” the 1972 debut album by Big Star that’s regarded as one of the founding documents of power pop. Songwriters Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, emulating Lennon/McCartney, are co-credited on all but one of the LP’s tracks because they each tinkered […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: August 31, 2025
Life’s Greatest (?) Mystery Solved. 10-pack hot dogs, 8-pack hot dog buns. Why?: Before about 1940, hot dogs were bought and sold from local butcher shops and were not packaged as they are today. Shoppers would simply ask the butcher for the number of sausages they needed and would be charged by the pound. This […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 30, 2025
Arden Fair Day! I’ll be working the Book Sale in the Gild Hall from 10-12. I noticed an incredible number of books that would fascinate cinephiles amongst this year’s offerings. Just sayin’. The Supreme Court Will Ultimately Determine Whether Fascism Triumphs. Removal Of Immigrants. Tariffs. Journalism. Firing Of Independent Federal Officials. Those are just today’s […]
Song of the Day 9/29: Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings, “Soul Love”
In 2012 somebody posted three songs to YouTube, purportedly by an obscure soul group from the early ’70s, Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings. All three were covers, soul arrangements of David Bowie songs from his Ziggy Stardust album. The videos showed needle drops onto a scratchy copy of an album called “Starman.” It took a […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 29, 2025
Yes, we ran into the dreaded ‘technical difficulties’ yesterday. Which is unfortunate, since I’m technologically illiterate. It won’t happen again. Until the next time. Public Health? What Public Health?: The firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, Susan Monarez, less than a month after she was confirmed by the United States Senate […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 28, 2025
Pandemics Coming Soon! Vaccines, Not So Much. Courtesy of Bobby Brainworm, Jr: The White House on Wednesday fired Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she refused to resign amid pressure to change vaccine policy, which sparked the resignation of other senior CDC officials and a showdown over whether […]
Song of the Day 8/28: Thelma Watson and Her All-Girl Orchestra, “You Gotta Be a Football Hero (To Get Along With the Beautiful Girls)”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona If you wonder how a lunkhead (I mean regular guy) like Travis Kelce landed the teen-girl whisperer who became the most powerful woman in the world, you need to hear a song that’s been explaining it for 82 years. The title says it all: “You Gotta Be a Football Hero […]
Song of the Day 8/27: Oasis, “Half the World Away”
There’s no pleasing some people. Hardcore Oasis fans, for example. Noel and Liam Gallagher finally agreed to work together again, reforming Oasis after 15 years of sniping at each other, but though their sold-out worldwide reunion tour has gotten positive reviews, their stans have a complaint: They’ve played the same 23-song setlist at every show. […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Electoral Trend Emerging? Not just (or primarily) for Democrats. But for progressives: Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey won a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping a deep-red seat in the state Senate and breaking the GOP’s supermajority in the chamber. Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch by a wide 55-45 margin in a district Donald Trump carried […]
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