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Song of the Day 9/27: Frank Zappa, “What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body?”

By Alby September 27, 2026No Comments

Donald Trump was never an attractive man. In his younger days he fobbed himself off to gossip columnists as some sort of playboy, and in later years bragged that he…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: September 27, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 27, 20261 Comment

How Macklemore Took On The NFL, The Israel Lobby, Live Nation--And Won: The chain of events that led to the rapper Macklemore’s ejection this week from a concert tour for…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 26, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 26, 20261 Comment

The Two-Legged Deer. Yeah, I'm not buying the hunter's explanation either: Santos Maria Chilel Soto went for a walk with her family the evening of Sept. 18, and never came…

Song of the Day 9/25: Cannonball Adderley, “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!”

By Alby September 25, 20261 Comment

Guest post by Nathan Arizona Jazz players are comfortable in their own world, where people don’t often ask "where’s the melody?" or "why can’t I dance to this?” But sometimes…

DL Open Thread: Friday, September 25, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 25, 20269 Comments

Remember that article about Susan Collins greasing the skids for a campaign contributor? This one? Remember this quote?: “It was a simple enough play. Let’s find the small states that…

Song of the Day 9/24: Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, “Kill Your Television”

By Alby September 24, 20261 Comment

Donald Trump has tried his hand at many businesses over the years, and not a single one of them has been successful. Beyond the bankrupted casinos, he's managed to fail…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 24, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 24, 2026No Comments

Christian Willauer Calls Out Reassessment Inequities: Wilmington City Councilwoman Christian Willauer said she's heard from scores of residents saying their properties were overassessed during the recent canvassing, and she's calling…

Song of the Day 9/23: Jimmy Buffett, “Havana Daydreamin’”

By Alby September 23, 20263 Comments

Letting Donald Trump speak at the United Nations is like allowing Satan to speak in church. But there he was yesterday, spewing his usual blustering bullshit about Iran and... Cuba?…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 23, 202614 Comments

I just love it when my spies do most of my work for me. Shout-outs to them for these first two stories--they know who they are. Forces Of Evil File…

Whoa! Looks Like Susan Collins Is Toast

By El Somnambulo September 22, 20267 Comments

Don't think her campaign spokespersons can bullshit their way our of this one. A bombshell report from Pro Publica: In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen.…

Song of the Day 9/22: Tony Joe White, “No News Is Good News”

By Alby September 22, 2026No Comments

Trump has kicked himself in his ample ass yet again. After he banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House, ABC, NBC, CBS and even Fox News announced…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, September 22, 2026

By El Somnambulo September 22, 2026No Comments

Absentee Voting Decision Finally Final. I gotta ask, WTF is Steven Washington involved in his lawsuit? Asked and answered--he doesn't have anything better to do: The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed…

Song of the Day 9/21: Duncan Sheik, “White Limousine”

By Alby September 21, 20263 Comments

Duncan Sheik's death last week at age 56 had a lot of Gen Xers recalling the halcyon days of 1996, when the economy was good, we weren't mired in wars…