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Saturday, December 31, 2016

The Brits Just Knighted Raymond Douglas Davies!!!

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From The Guardian: Kinks frontman Ray Davies, 72, said he felt a mixture of joy and embarrassment on being awarded a knighthood for servic...
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Friday, December 30, 2016

Hey, It's Been a Rough Week or Two

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Drunk Donald Trump . I particularly like when he says that everything is "rosy dory." Regular music posting -- possibly New ...
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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Love, Doggie Style

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I hadn't thought about this song in years, but it was playing at the supermarket yesterday and I gotta say -- it blew my mind to be reac...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Closed for Monkey Business

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Are the holidays over yet? Regular tanned and ready postings resume tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Programming Notes From All Over

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Yes, ladies and germs, yours truly is going to be on friend of PowerPop Capt. Al 's radio show Lost at Sea today, starting at Noon, EST...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

Who Says the Contemporary Musical is Dead?

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So apparently Radio City Music Hall's famed Rockettes are being required to perform -- and for most the members of the troupe, who seem...
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Sunday, December 25, 2016

Christmas Comes But Once a Year (An Annual Series): Part IV -- Special The Golden Age of Television Edition

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From CBS TV -- originally broadcast live in 1956, but here recorded in the studio -- please enjoy Basil Rathbone (what a singer!) and ...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

Christmas Comes But Once a Year (An Annual Series): Part III -- In Which I'm Revealed as a Sentimental Old Fluff Edition

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[ I originally posted this little confessional back in 2013; I'm reposting it now not because I'm trying to make it a tradition or a...
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Friday, December 23, 2016

Christmas Comes But Once a Year (An Annual Series): Part Deux

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From last year, please enjoy my pals The Mockers and the greatest Christmas rock song of this century. "There's No War on Christ...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Christmas Comes But Once a Year (An Annual Series): Part I

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From some time in the 80s or 90s (I have no idea which) please enjoy (if possible) my all time favorite Xmas rock record. "Silent Nig...
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