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DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: August 17, 2025

By El Somnambulo August 17, 20256 Comments

"You Say 'Potato', I Say 'Origin Story'"--A felicitous one-night stand between a tomato and the oft-maligned Etuberosum: And yet the domesticated potato and all of its wild relatives have long…

Song of the Day 8/16: Desi Arnaz, “Babalu”

By Alby August 16, 2025

Guest post by Nathan Arizona If some 1950s Donald Trump – Franco? Stalin? – had tried to deport Desi Arnaz back to Cuba, millions of “I Love Lucy” fans would…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 16, 2025

By El Somnambulo August 16, 20255 Comments

A Collective Sigh Of Relief--No Title Changes At Alaska Armageddon: After meeting for nearly three hours, Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin left Alaska without announcing any deal or any specific…

DL Open Thread: Friday, August 15, 2025

By El Somnambulo August 15, 20259 Comments

Trump's obsession with changing the subject from Everything Epstein to Anything But renders today's meeting with Putin particularly fraught with danger. Anchorage Armageddon, if you will. Michael Wolff's take: President…

Song of the Day 8/15: Buck Owens, “Put a Quarter in the Jukebox”

By Alby August 15, 20251 Comment

For some reason the News Journal obituary for former governor and congressman Mike Castle doesn't even mention, anywhere, what he will be remembered for outside Delaware: The 50 State Quarters®…

Song of the Day 8/14: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “Goon Squad”

By Alby August 14, 2025

ICE didn't exist when Elvis Costello wrote this song for "Armed Forces," the 1979 LP he was originally going to call "Emotional Fascism," but then all goon squads are pretty…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 14, 2025

By El Somnambulo August 14, 202533 Comments

Trump Creates Emergency That Doesn't Exist: The impact of Trump’s federal actions came into view Tuesday night, with National Guard troops on the ground and agents from numerous federal agencies…

Song of the Day 8/13: Dolly Parton and Lorrie Morgan, “Best Woman Wins”

By Alby August 13, 2025

Its always satisfying when villains go after each other – you don't care who wins, you just root for injuries. By that measure, the current catfight between Trump whisperers Laura…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, August 13, 2025

By El Somnambulo August 13, 20258 Comments

Well. Sounds like I was better off at the concert than observing what appears to have been a political viper pit in the House last night. All I know is…

Song of the Day 8/12: Johnny Horton, “North to Alaska”

By Alby August 12, 20254 Comments

What's left of Donald Trump's brain? There already were blank spaces where common knowledge should be, but yesterday's senior moment was a doozy. I get that he says dumb stuff…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, August 12, 2025

By El Somnambulo August 12, 202519 Comments

Quick Note: Depending on how long today's Special Session runs (I'm thinkin' real long), I might miss a lot of it while I'm enmeshed in the blues-rock stylings of Joanne…

Joanne Shaw Taylor To Rock The Arden Shady Grove Tuesday

By El Somnambulo August 11, 2025

If you're a fan of Stevie Ray Vaughan or (my fave) Albert Collins, you won't want to miss her. She was discovered by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, and she's…

Song of the Day 8/11: David Bowie, “Starman”

By Alby August 11, 20252 Comments

As far as I'm concerned, time travel has been proved impossible. I base this on the simple premise that if it could happen, somebody would have come back in time…