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Song of the Day 9/20: Pentangle, “Sally Go Round the Roses”

By Alby September 20, 2026No Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona “Sally Go ’Round the Roses” might be the weirdest song ever to make the Billboard Top 10, not counting the deliberately gimmicky ones. It’s a…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 20, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 20, 2026No Comments

How To Make A Documentary About 'The History Of Concrete': As mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani has frequently demonstrated impressive media savvy, but arguably nothing has proved his…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 19, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 19, 20261 Comment

Spadola Officially A Member Of Wilmington City Council. Ending a waste of time and money on a pointless court challenge: Wilmington City Councilman James Spadola will keep his seat after…

Why All Those Who Lost To Progressive Challengers Sucked

By El Somnambulo September 18, 20266 Comments

This post is by request from our DL Founder Jason 330. He wrote me asking that I write this because: 'Can you post a list of incumbent Democratic losers on…

Song of the Day 9/18: Earle Hagen, “The Andy Griffith Theme (The Fishin’ Hole)”

By Alby September 18, 2026No Comments

Guest post by Nathan Arizona When producer Sheldon Leonard was making "The Andy Griffith Show,“ he didn’t want to use the typical generic production music. He wanted a theme song…

DL Open Thread: Friday, September 18, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 18, 20263 Comments

Rethug Congressional Candidate Is A Piece O' Shit: A forum designed to be the first opportunity for candidates for Delaware's statewide offices in the general election season took a nasty…

Song of the Day 9/17: Nick Lowe and Rockpile, “Cracking Up”

By Alby September 17, 20261 Comment

Is Donald Trump more unhinged than usual lately? It's a hard theory to prove, given how unhinged he's been for years, but the lunatic pronouncements seem to be coming at…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 17, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 17, 20264 Comments

While it won't be official until tomorrow, Jason Hoover is the winner in his County Council race. Big changes coming there. Which sorta reminds me--Did anyone endorse as many losers…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 16, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 16, 20264 Comments

Yes, I'm late with this today. Here's why--now that the primary campaign is over, I need a new way to get my steps in. So I went on a walk…

Song of the Day 9/16: Macklemore, “Hind’s Hall”

By Alby September 16, 20261 Comment

What started as a kerfuffle and grew into a foofaraw has now become a major ruckus. It started when singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour was scheduled to play at Gillette…

My Quick Primary Election Takes

By El Somnambulo September 16, 202610 Comments

Dan Cruce was Dead Meat Biking without the Musk-Rats love. Two biggest underachievers of the night when it comes to results vs. $$'s spent: The Other Michael Smith, who finished…

DL 2026 Primary Election Results Thread

By El Somnambulo September 15, 202641 Comments

I enter tonight with both hope and trepidation. Hope that a superior slate of insurgents can eat away at Delaware Way insiderism. Trepidation that the unparalleled influx of dark money…

Song of the Day 9/15: Halestorm, “Back From the Dead”

By Alby September 15, 2026No Comments

Ending months of speculation, Mitch McConnell was wheeled into the Capitol yesterday, proving that rumors of his death had been greatly exaggerated. It was the first time the 84-year-old was…