Recent Articles
Song of the Day 3/3: Radiohead, “Let Down”
Lots of artists have protested the use of their music by the Trump regime, but the British band Radiohead put their objection more bluntly than most after “Let Down,” a track from their seminal 1997 LP “OK Computer,” turned up in an ICE video. “We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
The Unholy Holy War: Hey, ya gotta get the troops ready to die: A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return […]
Song of the Day 3/2: Neil Sedaka, “Bad Blood”
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, who died last week at age 86, had two separate eras of chart-topping success in his nearly seven-decade career. Yet his name is probably unfamiliar to anyone born after, say, 1980, because all his hits came earlier. Sedaka almost became a concert pianist. He won a scholarship to Julliard’s youth program when […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 2, 2026
“Mideast Conflict Widens Across Multiple Fronts”. That’s the lead headline in today’s NYTimes: Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia, traded strikes early Monday after the breakdown of a fragile yearlong truce, opening another front in the widening war in the Middle East following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hezbollah said it […]
Song of the Day 3/1: Canadian Resistance Army, “Not Your 51st State”
H/t Al Jackson, who sent me the link to the most recent AI creation of DesertFlyingFox, the creator behind the Greenland Defense Front video. This time around the anti-American forces include beavers, moose, grizzlies and an air force of Canada geese, all fueled by – what else? – Tim Horton’s.
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 1, 2026
Leave it to Trump to make me deviate from my Sunday Morning format. But when he’s perhaps started WW III without Congressional approval, I’m left with no choice. Meet The New Old Guard, Same As The Old Old Guard?: Iran’s top national security official said that an interim council would be formed on Sunday to […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
US AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN! Let’s see–three rogue states. Who ya got?: The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in a major assault that threatened a broader regional conflict, with President Trump vowing to devastate the country’s military, eliminate its nuclear program and bring about a change in its government. Large explosions shook […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 27, 2026
It’s The Weakness, Stupid. Americans are unhappy with the way things are going in the country, and don’t feel particularly well represented by either major political party. In our new February Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, 53% of U.S. adults say the Democratic Party is out of touch with the concerns of most Americans. An identical […]
Song of the Day 2/27: Johnny Nash, “I Can See Clearly Now”
Dedicated to El Somnambulo, for reasons he’ll understand. Johnny Nash started singing as a teenager in Houston and released his debut single in 1956. In the first 16 years of his career he had exactly two Top 40 hits, and one of them just squeaked in at No. 39. He was way ahead of the […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February 2026
Yes, I’m posting this a day early. Why? Loads of new tunes–and new discoveries, this month. I just couldn’t wait. So sue me. Perhaps the greatest musical month of ALL TI-I-I-I-ME!: Yes, I’d book ’em at the Gild Hall if I was still booking shows: BTW, it’s possible that you’ll prefer this Boy Golden song […]
Song of the Day 2/26: Phil Collins, “I Don’t Care Anymore”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released its list of nominees to the usual criticisms, mainly that half of the acts have little if any connection to the genre of music in the institution’s name. As Paste magazine reported, the list comprises Sade, Phil Collins, Oasis, The Black Crowes, Joy Division and New Order, […]
DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
The Epstein Files are like radioactive material with a long half-life, still killing the careers of people like Larry Summers, the overrated economist, long after the pedophile at the center of it all exploded. Summers out-creeped most others involved by seeking Epstein’s advice on bedding a younger colleague and “mentee” long after Epstein was convicted. […]
Song of the Day 2/25: Bettye LaVette, “Everything Is Broken”
A true State of the Union address would have sounded a lot like this Bob Dylan number from “Oh Mercy,” the 1989 LP that critics treated as a comeback album. But not his original version, where Daniel Lanois’ glossy production distracts from Dylan’s delivery. Soul singer Bettye LaVette improved it considerably by slowing it down, […]
Recent Comments