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Song of the Day 1/9: Ohio Players, “Fire”
You know the California fires are bad – Hollywood is cancelling movie premieres and awards shows. In a way, the victims are lucky this happened now and not next month, when Lex Luthor with a bad rug will take over the White House. “Fire” defined the Ohio Players, the finest funk band ever to come […]
RIP: John Daniello
I think I first met him in my parents’ living room circa 1964. I would have been thirteen at the time. He was running for a spot on New Castle County Levy Court, and I remember him saying he was ‘running to get rid of my job’. Meaning, running to seek a different kind of […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 9, 2025
The Horrific SoCal Fires. Trump blame Dems for disaster: “Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning […]
Song of the Day 1/8: Guns N’ Roses, “You’re Crazy”
Axl Rose wrote it about an overenthusiastic female fan, but when a senile dolt elected president by a nation of dolts talks about going to war over Greenland, the only response is this song’s refrain: “You’re fuckin’ crazy.” The profanity wasn’t originally part of the song – Rose ad-libbed it one night in concert when […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Anybody with a first-hand report on the BHL festivities? Snark permitted, welcome, even. How The Cops Kept Kevin Hensley’s Name Out Of The Paper. Both Cris Barrish and Karl Baker report the story. I’m going with Cris b/c I umped him back in the Brandywine Little League: Four days after being elected to a sixth […]
Song of the Day 1/7: Soundgarden, “Fell On Black Days”
The approach of the Trump circus caravan has most right-thinking people experiencing a sense of dread, a mood Chris Cornell knew well. He once told Melody Maker, “Fell on Black Days” was like this ongoing fear I’ve had for years … It’s a feeling that everyone gets. You’re happy with your life, everything’s going well, […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Election Scofflaw Becomes Governor Today. Because only the voters did their jobs. Let the Vanity Governorship begin. The John Carney Interview. OK, kids, here is your assignment for today. Read this interview, which is must-reading, then point out the bullshit Carney spews. Sure, I could point out my favorite lies, but it’s more fun to […]
Over-Analyzing The First Legislative Pre-File
It’s what I do, and it’s what I like to do. Here are all the bills that have been introduced so far. The Senate pre-file is mostly the Darius Brown pre-file. We’ll get to that in a sec. But there are two notable House bills I want to address first. HB 140 (Morrison) is essentially […]
Song of the Day 1/6: Matt Pond PA, “Snow Day”
Snow days ain’t what they used to be. Global warming has made snow scarce, and even when schools close a lot of kids don’t go education-free, because remote learning didn’t disappear with the pandemic. Kids don’t know the difference, of course. They’re just happy to have a day mostly off with snow to play in. […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, January 6, 2025
“Premeditated And Continuous Deception”. Convict–And President: In the matter of Donald J. Trump, the criminal justice system failed egregiously to hold the once and future president accountable. It’s almost inconceivable that Trump will spend a single day behind bars. To the contrary, New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan suggested that, given Trump’s imminent […]
Song of the Day 1/5: Timothée Chalamet and Monica Barbaro, “Girl From the North Country”
“A Complete Unknown,” the Bob Bylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet released Dec. 25, has gotten mostly good reviews, and even the critics who dismissed it praised Chalamet’s performance. As well they should – he agreed to make the film with director James Mangold five years ago, and spent the time between acting jobs learning to […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 5, 2025
For Completists Only: The ‘Battle’ For DNC Chair: The two candidates who have emerged as front-runners to become D.N.C. chair, Ken Martin of Minnesota and Ben Wikler of Wisconsin, are both middle-aged white men from the upper Midwest and chair of their state parties whose politics are well within the Democratic mainstream. Yet, as is […]
2024 Top Song of the Day Countdown
I know how much El Somnambulo likes Top 10 lists, so here, in reverse order, are 2024’s top 10 Songs of the Day, measured by reader views. The No. 1 song won going away because it’s still getting visitors, while most of the others trailed off a week or so after they ran. 10: Toby […]
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