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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2023: #’s 50-41
This could be the best list I’ve ever put together. Not b/c the tunes were necessarily better this year, but because I listened to the tunes without the videos, and wasn’t influenced by a great video perhaps elevating a not-so-great song onto the list. I started out with 118 songs before gradually whittling them down […]
Song of the Day 12/25: Top 10 Most-Viewed Christmas Songs of the Day
According to one of those sketchy “favorite (noun) of every state” lists, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is the most popular Christmas song in Delaware. Well, maybe, but not here at Delaware Liberal. I’ve been running the 12 Days and Only 12 Days of Christmas Music for five years now, and […]
DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 25, 2023
Digby, noting Trump’s claim to have won the war on Christmas, has an interesting story about the Nazis’ attempts to modify Christmas to their particular tastes. Let’s just say peace on Earth was not viewed as a priority. You know who wants a present from taxpayers? The owners of America’s professional sports teams, who are […]
Song of the Day 12/24: Bruce Cockburn, “Cry of a Tiny Babe”
Most retellings of the nativity understandably dwell on the spiritual aspects. Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn went in another direction. I wanted to put it into terms people can relate to now, because the story itself is so familiar, that its been reduced to traditional images that really work against our understanding of it as a […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 24, 2023
Cris Barrish Chronicles Horror Story Of A Serial Abuser. Despite having been repeatedly beaten and having the tip of her finger bitten off, his wife begs judge not to send him to jail: Police and prosecutors still have not solved the 2019 murder of former Delaware banking executive Benjamin Ledyard’s second wife, but on Friday, […]
Song of the Day 12/23: John Prine, “Christmas in Prison”
In the five years I’ve been writing the Song of the Day feature, nobody has compiled more page views than John Prine. Prine loved Christmas – he told Rolling Stone once that he used to keep a Christmas tree up all year – but when he finally released a Christmas album in 1993, it was […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., December 23, 2023
Wisconsin Supreme Court Restores Democracy, Overturns Blatantly-Gerrymandered Legislative Maps: MADISON – The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Republican-controlled state Legislature to draw new legislative boundaries ahead of the 2024 election, arguing their GOP advantage is unconstitutional — delivering a long-sought win for Democrats who have stayed deep in the Legislature’s minority for more […]
Song of the Day 12/22: The Beach Boys, “Alone on Christmas Day”
You’re probably familiar with “Little Saint Nick,” the Beach Boys’ tune about Santa’s new hot rod. Alternate transporation for Santa was a popular theme back in the ’50s and ’60s, when various songs placed Kris Kringle in airplanes, helicopters, rocket ships, UFOs – anything but that so-19th-century sleigh. It debuted in 1963, then appeared on […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Dec. 22, 2023
A Preview Of Our Holiday Programming: Dec. 26: DL’s MVP’s Of 2023 Dec. 26-30: ‘Bulo’s 50 Fave Tunes Of The Year. 10 each day. Dec. 31: 2023: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous. The only look-back on the year in Delaware you will ever need that you’ll want to read. It’s epic(ally long), or will […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Dec. 15-21, 2023
1. 37th RD Special Election Post-Mortem: First of all, the Delaware Department of Elections can kiss my ass. I’m writing this at 9:05 on election night. The issue isn’t that we have no results, although we don’t. But that there’s no place on the DOE site where you can even find the results. Is DOE […]
Song of the Day 12/21: Mannheim Steamroller, “Good King Wenceslas”
Mannheim Steamroller sounds like the name of a Krautrock outfit, but it’s really mostly one guy, composer/producer Chip Davis, who would have a footnote in music history even without the Steamroller. He was the composer of the music for “Convoy,” the trucker anthem that swept the nation and helped kick off the CB radio craze […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., December 21, 2023
Judge To Rudy: Pay Up Now!: For a guy who’s supposedly destitute, he’s still livin’ large. Time for that liquidation sale: Judge Beryl A. Howell wrote that there is a strong danger Giuliani is likely to hide his assets from plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss and is unlikely to succeed in having […]
RUMOR ALERT: Has Governor Carney Endorsed Eugene Young?
I had a generally reliable source just share this with me. Not sure why he would wade into that primary, but, if true, well, it’s something. I’m sure we’ll soon find out…
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