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Song of the Day 3/17: The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, “Brennan on the Moor”

By Alby March 17, 20212 Comments

Sure, celebrating St. Paddy's Day by partying is an American invention, but so is an important element of this traditional Irish outlaw ballad. The song was popularized by a Clancy…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 17, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 17, 20213 Comments

The Big News: SB 15, the $15 Minimum Wage bill, will be heard in committee today, and has been placed on tomorrow's Senate Agenda. All 14 Senate Democratic senators are…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 17, 2021

By jason330 March 17, 20214 Comments

Newly-Released Bodycam Video ‘Refutes’ Police’s Initial Account Of Fatal Shooting Of Lymond Moses “They were not in harm’s way at all. They were not in harm’s way. And that refutes…

Song of the Day 3/16: Bill Parsons, “She Blinded Me With Science”

By Alby March 16, 2021

Maybe Thomas Dolby is the reason Republicans distrust science -- they're afraid it will make them go blind. I like covers that show a different side of a familiar song,…

General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 16, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 16, 202112 Comments

We can't let last Thursday's session go w/o mentioning the latest musings of Delaware's Least Woke (Awake?) legislator. SB 56 (Sturgeon), which 'codifies the Opportunity Fund, an additional source of…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 16, 2021

By jason330 March 16, 20216 Comments

As the Acting Chairman of the Mid-Delaware Mike Ramone Haters Club, I fully endorse this attempt to make Ramone account for his abuse of office. Murkowski won as a write…

Song of the Day 3/15: Emma Swift, “Queen Jane Approximately”

By Alby March 15, 2021

Australian singer-songwriter Emma Swift, who works out of Nashville, released a well-received album of Bob Dylan covers last August, "Blonde on the Tracks," that I only caught up with because…

DL Open Thread: Monday the Ides of March, 2021

By jason330 March 15, 20212 Comments

"WAP" (an acronym for "Wet-Ass Pussy") was performed on the Grammy's last night by Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion. I'm not qualified to discuss the musical merits, but anything…

DL Open Thread Sunday, March 14, 2021

By Alby March 14, 2021

Among the generally strong reviews of Joe Biden's first presidential address, a few pundits are pointing out that the most important part wasn't even spoken out loud: The overthrow of…

The Last Guy can’t even fuck up the GOP correctly

By jason330 March 14, 20211 Comment

Mired in legal battles, and his fundraising slowing to a trickle, TLG is looking more like the floundering loser he is and less like a king maker. He backed away…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 13, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 13, 20215 Comments

Kentucky Senate Outlaws Saying Something That Might Hurt Cops' Feelings: Kentucky’s Republican-majority Senate on Thursday moved forward a bill that would make it easier to arrest protesters for insulting a…

Song of the Day 3/12: Sturgill Simpson, “In Bloom”

By Alby March 12, 2021

I guess it's my week for country-adjacent covers of rock songs. Sturgill Simpson turns Nirvana's tuneful grunge-pop nugget into a power ballad that builds to a horn-embellished climax worth of…

Republicans planning to “opt out” on infrastructure

By jason330 March 12, 2021

It would be great if voting against the upcoming infrastructure package was framed as opting your sate or district out of the infrastructure bill. It would be even better if…