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Song of the Day 12/29: Counting Crows, “A Long December”
It has been a long December, but I don’t think anybody believes this coming year will be better than the last. Adam Duritz doesn’t sound like he believes it when he sings it, either, but he wrote the song for a friend who was recuperating after getting hit by a car – hence the smell […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 29, 2024
Matt Meyer Gives His Developer Friends This Lovely Parting Gift. Kevin Caneco’s take is right on: My statement on outgoing CE Matt Meyer veto of ORD 24-008 (Impact fees)You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch…Last night I learned outgoing CE Matt Meyer vetoed Substitute No. 1 to ORD 24-008 which adjusted and raised impact fees on […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 20-11
Here’s where it gets tough. Can definitely make an argument that all these songs belong in the Top 10. Too bad there are twenty of ’em: 20: 19: 18: Sheer artistry. Adds lyrics to a typically-complex Charles Mingus tune. An incomparable voice. Exercise patience, you’ll be rewarded: Yeah, I know this performance is from 2023. […]
Song of the Day 12/28: Van Halen, “Panama”
Sclerotic bully Donald Trump has been talking tough about Panama, which like, sure, Grandpa. I’m not the only one whose mind went to this 1984 Van Halen classic, which has nothing to do with the country. When a reporter accused frontman David Lee Roth of only writing lyrics about sex, drugs and fast cars, Roth […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 28, 2024
Meet The New Audit, Same As The Old Audit: Delaware Unemployment Compensation Fund Still Unauditable: The State’s Department of Labor was unable to provide sufficient appropriate audit evidence for the balances and financial activity of the account balances of the unemployment fund. The State’s records do not permit us, nor is it practical to extend […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 30-21
Now that I’ve demystified the process with yesterday’s explanation, you have but to be mystified (or elated) by my choices: #30. Read her absolutely great takedown of Aussie music industry misogyny here, listen to her band’s great song about the same issue here, then listen to this: #29: #28. “I’m the God of Everything Else, […]
Song of the Day 12/27: The Four Seasons, “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)”
I always found this song’s opening line a bit strange. “Oh, what a night, late December, 1963.” Considering that “late December” is already filled with several significant calendar items, like “Christmas Eve,” “Christmas” and “New Year’s Eve,” not to mention the winter solstice, it seems odd that the singer can’t put a specific date on […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 27, 2024
How Cops Routinely Mistreat Our Most Vulnerable: The Biden administration launched the probes in the wake of the national outcry over the police killings in 2020 of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville. Reports issued over the last two years have focused largely on excessive use force and the kind of racial […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: #’s 40-31
For the sake of pseudo-transparency, I don’t really agonize whether, say, Song #37 is ‘better’ than Song #36. I find ten songs that I think roughly belong where they are and, yes, I do program them a bit so that we don’t have three ‘similar’ artists go back to back to back. Just more info […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 26, 2024
Let’s get this out of the way first: Wednesday NFL football is bad NFL football. At least Beyonce was there to save halftime. Israel: Fuck The Civilians. And you believed them when they said that they weren’t targeting civilians: At exactly 1 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel’s military leadership issued an order that unleashed […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes Of 2024: #’s 50-41
OK, kids, here we go. Real happy with the songs I unearthed this year. I notice that the selection is perhaps a bit more roots-oriented than usual. Although it’s technically my list, I solicit input from my wife, my daughters, my son-in-law and, this year, our very own Nathan Arizona. Oh, did I mention that […]
Song of the Day 12/25: The Band, “Christmas Must Be Tonight”
H/t El Somnambulo, who suggested this for the Christmas playlist back in March. This Christmas song by Robbie Robertson went overlooked for years. Written and rejected for the Band’s 1975’s “Northern Lights – Southern Cross” album, it didn’t see release until 1977 on their final, contract-fulfilling LP “Islands,” a grab-bag of covers and tracks cut […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Been a tough month for those born on December 25. Rickey Henderson. Justin Trudeau. December boys got it bad: Hey, it’s December 25. Howzabout a double shot?: This is what we in the Open Thread biz refer to as ‘vamping’. Ho-kay, let’s see if I can dig up some, you know, real stuff… Yikes, America’s […]
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