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Song of the Day 2/14: Sam Cooke, “Cupid”
By all accounts, Sam Cooke didn’t need Cupid’s help. Girls rushed to the front pews to get a glimpse of him when he sang with the Soul Stirrers, a phenomenon new to gospel, and once he went secular his reputation as a ladies’ man became as legendary as his expressive tenor voice. So, no surprise, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, February 14, 2025
Fascists On The March. Adams Prosecutor Resigns Rather Than Dropping The Case: On Thursday, the interim U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Danielle R. Sassoon, resigned rather than sign off on Mr. Bove’s command to dismiss the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York. Ms. Sassoon is no member of the liberal resistance: She clerked […]
Song of the Day 2/13: War, “Slippin’ Into Darkness”
Theme song for the United States of America. The band that became War started out in Long Beach, Calif., in the early ’60s. They were a tight unit by 1970, when songrwriter/producer Jerry Goldstein saw them backing a local R&B singer. He hooked them up with British singer Eric Burdon, fresh off the breakup of […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, February 13, 2025
So much grift, so much fascism, so little time: One Way To Boost Tesla Sales: The US Department of State is planning to spend $400m buying new Tesla armoured vehicles, even as the carmaker’s boss, Elon Musk, leads efforts to slash government spending under Donald Trump. A procurement forecast produced by the department showed the […]
Song of the Day 2/12: Johnny Horton, “Young Abe Lincoln”
If you’re old enough, you might remember Feb. 12 as a holiday, Lincoln’s Birthday. At least it was in Delaware – it never was a federal holiday, though most Northern states observed it, despite it falling just 10 days before what was a federal holiday, Washington’s Birthday. All that was swept away when Nixon declared […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Another Day In The Life Of A Fascist State. President Musk Claims To Have Uncovered Massive Federal Fraud. Provides no proof: The billionaire Elon Musk said in an extraordinary Oval Office appearance on Tuesday that he was providing maximum transparency in his government cost-cutting initiative, but offered no evidence for his sweeping claims that the […]
Song of the Day 2/11: Blue Öyster Cult, “Career of Evil”
Pretty much everyone in the Trump administration could accurately title his memoirs “Career of Evil,” so I hope Patti Smith sues anyone who dares to. The godmother of punk wrote the lyrics to several tunes for the Long Island-based Blue Öyster Cult, including this cut from the 1974 album “Secret Treaties,” before she formed her […]
Meyer To Go After ‘Third Rail’ Of Delaware Politics?
That ‘third rail’ being the corporate golden egg that fills the state’s coffers: Delaware’s budget depends on more than $2 billion brought in by its leading corporate franchise work, which helps to keep the cost of living lower for residents. A recent spate of high-profile corporate departures has unnerved state leaders, however, and now reforms […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
A Day In The Life Of A Fascist State: Trump’s DOJ Orders Charges Dropped Against NYC’s Corrupt Mayor. After Eric Adams virtually took up residence at Mar-A-Lago. Trump Orders Consumer Protection Agency Shut Down. More accurately, the co-author of Project 2025 orders it shut down. In theory, it would take congressional action to close the […]
Song of the Day 2/10: The Smashing Pumpkins, “Pennies”
The collapse of the Kansas City Chiefs might be the latest evidence that everything Trump touches turns to shit. His chosen gladiator, Pat Mahomes, landed flat on his ass six times, and you can tell Mein Furball was pissed off, because he quickly changed the subject by issuing one of his impetuous edicts. Immediately and […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, February 10, 2025
The Bad News? Trump Is President. The Good News? The Eagles Are Your Super Bowl Champions! Me? I’m opting for a day of Bread And Circuses. How they got there. No, no spoilers. I really like this piece. Click, take your time. Savor it. The Chiefs never had a chance: Before long, they stopped looking […]
Song of the Day 2/9: Robin Trower, “Day of the Eagle”
The Eagles won their first Super Bowl by beating the best team in the league, and they’ll have to do the same thing tonight if they’re going to win their second. Guitarist Robin Trower joined Procol Harum in 1967, a couple of months after the band scored a smash hit with “A Whiter Shade of […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, February 9, 2025
‘Make Musk The Villain’. I agree with Chris Murphy: “I don’t think economic populism really sells to anybody unless you’re naming names. When you engage in sort of just general critiques of billionaires or special interests, I think that falls flat,” Murphy said. “Donald Trump is really good at naming enemies, particular individuals or particular […]
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