Recent Articles
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 20, 2024
Three Notable Trends From This Year: 1. The News-Journal is no longer an essential newspaper. While the paper broke a couple of stories, most of the big stories were reported by the likes of Spotlight Delaware, WHYY, Bay To Bay, and even the Cape Gazette. Our so-called newspaper became little more than that weekly shopper […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 19, 2024
It takes a person truly comfortable in their own skin to admit when they were wrong. I was…I was…I was… I’m working on it. However, you (and some others who I respect who e-mailed me) have convinced me that my take on Greg Patterson’s nomination was….I can’t say it. Here’s what I’ve taken away from […]
Song of the Day 12/19: Perry Como, “(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona It took just one day to write a Christmas song that’s been a staple of the season for 70 years. Sometimes you get your work done pretty fast when the boss demands it. Mitch Miller, then chief A&R man at Columbia Records, told composer Robert Allen and lyricist Al Stillman […]
Song of the Day 12/18: The Philly Specials & Mt. Joy, “Santa Drives an Astrovan”
Jason Kelce and his erstwhile offensive linemates on the Philadelphia Eagles released the third and what they say will be their final charity Christmas LP, “A Philly Special Christmas Party,” late last month. The success of the first two albums helped them land some big-name guest artists this time around, including Philly natives Boyz II […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
I’m putting this out there as a self-enforcing mechanism to get the stuff done: Monday, December 23: DL’s MVP’s Of 2024. December 26-30: ‘Bulo’s Fave Fifty Tunes Of The Year. December 31: 2024: The Good, The Bad, The Ridiculous. Man-n-n-n, they don’t pay me enough… Trump Sues Des Moines Register. Only the beginning. He’s gonna […]
Song of the Day 12/17: GlassDuo, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
You’ll seldom hear a better match of music and instrument than this performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from “The Nutcracker Suite.” It was written in 1892 for the then-recently invented celeste, a piano-like instrument with hammers that strike metal bars, producing a soft, bell-like tone. It sounds even better given the […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Articles I Won’t Read–And Won’t Link To: ‘The Road Back To Power For Democrats’ by Rahm Emanuel. It’s out there. You’ll have to find it for yourselves. Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against So-Called ‘Elite’ Colleges For ‘Price-Fixing’. You just know it happens, but are the schools liable?: A filing in an antitrust lawsuit against some […]
Song of the Day 12/16: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Christmas All Over Again”
“A Very Special Christmas,” the 1987 charity LP conceived by producer Jimmy Iovine as a memorial to his father, succeeded beyond all expectations. Inspired in part by Phil Spector’s legendary holiday LP, Iovine tapped people he had worked with, starting with Bruce Springsteen, to donate songs for the album, and produced several tracks himself. It […]
A Very Special Delaware Edition Of The DL Open Thread: Monday, December 16, 2024
Rethugs Got Handed The SD 5 Seat. Turned It Down. Backwards reels the mind. Word on the street is that Cathy Cloutier sought the nomination for the post being vacated by Lt. Governor-Elect Kyle Evans Gay. She would have blown away the rumpled empty suit who D party insiders chose as the nominee. However, the […]
Song of the Day 12/15: Herb Alpert, “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona The other day I heard a Christmas song I’d never heard before, by a composer whose songs I’ve been listening to most of my life. It turns out Burt Bacharach wrote “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle” without much fanfare in 1962. He had just wrapped up a 6-year stint as […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 15, 2024
ABC To Pay Trump $15 Million. Because, he didn’t ‘rape’ E. Jean Carroll, he only ‘sexually assaulted’ her: Trump sued ABC and Stephanopoulos in federal court in Miami days after the network aired the segment, in which the longtime “Good Morning America” anchor and “This Week” host repeatedly misstated the verdicts in Carroll’s two civil […]
Song of the Day 12/14: Dean Martin, “A Marshmallow World”
Despite a crying need for Christmas music that hasn’t been played to death, some holiday songs that used to be popular have fallen out of favor. But there’s always hope for a revival. For example, Eartha Kitt’s 1953 tune “Santa Baby” was all but forgotten until Madonna recorded it for the charity record “A Very […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 14, 2024
Carney’s Final Friday News Dump Of The Year? Or did the Senate just wait until now? (Update: Nope. Governor made the appointments on Friday, was unavailable for comment.) Oh, and just check out who he’s nominated for that Hospital Cost Review Board: VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY Appoint: Hon. Bonnie W. David JUSTICE […]
Recent Comments