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Song of the Day 7/5: Kyu Sakamoto, “Sukiyaki”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona You could hardly turn on Top 40 radio in 1963 without hearing a pretty, slightly melancholy pop song called “Sukiyaki.” But there was something different about it, and the title gave it away. For the first time, a song from Japan was soaring up the charts over here. The language […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 5, 2025
Can We Have Those Expanded Tax Brackets Now?: The ink is not even dry on the far-reaching domestic policy law that President Trump signed on Friday, and already state governments are bracing for impact as Washington shifts much of the burden for health care, food assistance and other programs onto them. Even before the bill’s […]
Song of the Day 7/4: Albert Brooks, “A Phone Call to Americans”
Albert Brooks released this 50 years ago on his comedy album “A Star Is Bought.” The LP’s concept was that it included a cut for each genre of radio station, from classical to FM rock to political call-in shows. This was the track intended for country stations, which were repositories for this sort of patriotic […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, July 4, 2025
W-what? Real news on the 4th Of July? I mean, besides America’s ongoing experiment with Fascism? Ladeez And Gentlemen–YOUR 20th RD Democratic Candidate: Alonna Berry has been selected as the Democratic candidate for the upcoming special election in Delaware’s 20th House District. She will face Republican nominee Nikki Miller in the race scheduled for Aug. […]
Song of the Day 7/3: The Pyramid, “The Summer of Last Year”
A bright, sunshiny day at the start of a holiday weekend calls for some sunshine pop. Bet you’ve never heard this one before. The Pyramid was a short-lived surf-music trio that formed in London in 1966. “The Summer of Last Year,” released in January 1967, was their only recording, because singer Ian MacDonald – soon […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 3, 2025
The Final Day Of America As We Know It? Yes. There’s no way the Rethugs get this close and fail to seal the deal on Fascism: The House took its first step early Thursday toward a final vote on President Trump’s marquee domestic policy bill, after Republicans put down a revolt by conservative holdouts that […]
Song of the Day 7/2: Fine Young Cannibals, “She Drives Me Crazy”
If you thought the Immigrants Are Eating Pets story was as gormless as Republican fantasies got, think again. You could tell Kristi Noem wasn’t right in the head when she didn’t just tell the story of killing her dog, she told it as if it were justifiable. But she outdid herself at a news conference […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Just Shut Up-Part One: Republican Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday that despite voting in favor of the sweeping tax and spending package, she wants the House to return the “One Big Beautiful Bill” to the Senate for further work. “My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we’re […]
Song of the Day 7/1: Seatrain, “I’m Willin’”
El Som revealed the other day that the first albums he purchased were the debut LPs by Rotary Connection and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Commenter Erik Van Anglen chipped in with his (Chad and Jeremy and the Beach Boys) and asked for others to do the same. Mine was Seatrain’s eponymous second album, released in […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Major shout-outs to Joe Connor, The MoMo, and others who stayed up later than I do these days, for keeping the midnight oil burning in Leg Hall. Were there any key pieces of legislation that were expected to pass that did not get considered? Let me know. Also, for those of you who were in […]
Song of the Day 6/30: Mott the Hoople, “Ready for Love”
Nobody ever had to tell Mick Ralphs “shut up and play your guitar.” The founding guitarist for Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, who died last week, always let his guitar do most of the talking. When he did speak up he made it clear he had little use for any part of the music […]
WTF Is Going On In RD 20?
More specifically, WTF is going on with the RD 20 Democrats? Unless I missed it, we have neither a ‘call’ to the election, nor a date for the Special Election. In fact, Rep. Parker Selby resigned on June 24. Having said that, it appears that five candidates have already surfaced on the D side. Oh, […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Monday, June 30, 2025
No longer the longest mandated day–although it could be. The hour of adjournment on the final regularly-scheduled day of this year’s legislative session will be determined by how quickly the parties can resolve the Bond Bill hold-up that has been precipitated by the Senate R’s holding the bill hostage b/c of the wind turbine bill […]
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