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Song of the Day 5/11: Frank Zappa and the Mothers, “Camarillo Brillo”

By Alby May 11, 202510 Comments

Frank Zappa's record label wouldn't let him call his band the Mothers, so he added "of Invention" to pacify them. But nobody called them that. They were the Mothers, though…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 11, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 11, 202525 Comments

We start today with a Rorschach Test: Thoughts? Comments? Because Nothing In The Belichick/Hudson Saga Is Too Cringe-y For Me: A few minutes before 7 p.m. Saturday, just before the…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 10, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 10, 20251 Comment

Wasn't Using That Habeas Corpus Anyway: Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff who orchestrated President Trump’s crackdown on immigration, said on Friday that the administration was considering…

Song of the Day 5/9: The Who, “The Song Is Over”

By Alby May 9, 20252 Comments

The Who has announced another farewell tour. Yeah, sure, you might scoff – wasn't their first farewell tour back in 1982? Yes it was, and it took seven whole years…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 9, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 9, 20256 Comments

They're Just Trolling Us Now. Jeanine Pirro For DC AG. Some Influencer Who Isn't A Practicing Doctor For Surgeon General. Laura Loomer took time off from firing the Librarian Of…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 8, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 8, 20259 Comments

Wednesday was basically a committee day with a handful of non-controversial bills being worked in the Senate. Here is yesterday's Session Activity Report. Today's Senate Agenda features two House bills…

Song of the Day 5/8: Luke Bryan, “Little Boys Grow Up and Dogs Get Old”

By Alby May 8, 20256 Comments

It doesn't get any easier no matter how old you get. Mine was a corgi named Mackie – formally, Honeyfox Four on the Floor – and after 14 1/2 years…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 8, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 8, 20259 Comments

'That Boy Ain't Right'. We're talking US Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania: Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his…

Song of the Day 5/7: The Miracles, “I’ve Been Good to You”

By Alby May 7, 2025

Smokey Robinson, composer of umpteen romantic soul classics, was sued yesterday by four former housekeepers who accuse him of sexual assault and rape, among a raft of other charges. He…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 7, 20256 Comments

So. I went online around 2:45 pm yesterday, only to find that the Senate had broken its land-speed record for passing the corporate law package. Gavelled in at 2, agenda…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

By El Somnambulo May 7, 202525 Comments

Suh-prize, Suh-prize, It Was Never About Anti-Semitism. Just MAGAts going after an institution they don't like: The intensely hostile letter that Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent to the leadership of…

BREAKING: Camden (DE) Police Department Cuts Deal With ICE

By El Somnambulo May 6, 20256 Comments

This requires its own thread: Several Delaware civil rights organizations are calling for the town of Camden and its police department to withdraw from a recently adopted agreement with U.S.…

Song of the Day 5/6: Jake Holmes, “Dazed and Confused”

By Alby May 6, 2025

Led Zeppelin is notorious for claiming writing credit for songs they "borrowed." It wasn't just old blues numbers, like turning Willie Dixon's "You Need Love" into "Whole Lotta Love" and…