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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 […]
Song of the Day 12/13: The Killers, “Mr. Brightside”
WXPN concluded its countdown of the best songs of the century so far last evening, and I can’t quibble with the top song. Jack White’s “Seven Nation Army” is familiar even to millions of sports fans who’ve never heard the record because it’s become a stadium chant as familiar as “We Will Rock You.” Even […]
Join Me in Donating to Friendship House
Given the city of Wilmington’s war on the homeless and unhoused, my annual donation to Friendship House is needed more than ever, so I thought I’d try something here on Delaware Liberal that I used to do on my radio show when we raised money for the state’s food banks: I will donate $1,000 to […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 13, 2024
Mayor Mike Vs. The Reverend (Not That One): Who Ya Gonna Believe?: A week after the pastor of a Wilmington church and 250 signatories sent a letter to the city and its police department accusing officials of harassing area homeless residents and social services workers, Mayor Mike Purzycki issued a scathing reply, citing “misstatements” in […]
Song of the Day 12/12: Joni Mitchell, “River”
I’m not violating my Only 12 Days of Christmas music rule, because this is not a Christmas song. It’s a breakup song of sadness and regret that mentions the approach of the holiday as a counterpoint to Mitchell’s melancholy, yet like Chrissie Hynde’s similarly themed “2000 Miles” it’s become part of the Christmas canon. Popular […]
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