Song of the Day 12/15: The Ray Coniff Singers, “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona You don’t find many Christmas songs with St. Nicholas in them. Santa Claus took over in the 19th century with a big boost from Clement…
Song of the Day 12/14: Stevie Wonder, “Someday at Christmas”
Today we kick off Song of the Day's 12 Days of Christmas Music with a song I'm hearing more this year than I have in a long time, and with…
Song of the Day 12/13: Lenny Kravitz, “Fly Away”
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Lenny Kravitz was viewed as a promising young talent when he debuted in the late '80s, but by 1998 he was written off as someone who could emulate his multiple…
Song of the Day 12/12: Talking Heads, “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)”
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The WXPN 885 cover songs countdown ended last evening, and there were no surprises among the top finishers: Jimi Hendrix covering "All Along the Watchtower" was No. 1, Johnny Cash…
Song of the Day 12/11: The Mavericks, “Here Comes the Rain”
Raul Malo, founder and lead singer of the Mavericks, died of cancer Monday at 60, silencing one of the best voices of his generation. Malo, the son of Cuban immigrants,…
Song of the Day 12/10: Simple Minds, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona There’s an ‘80s revival going on. It’s been going on since about 1990. It’s the decade that wouldn’t die. Eighties pop culture nostalgia spiked in…
Song of the Day 12/9: Vince Guaraldi Trio, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind”
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Donald Trump's War on Wind – a particularly stupid fixation given AI's soaring demand for electricity – suffered a setback yesterday. A federal judge ruled his abrupt cancellation of all…
Song of the Day 12/8: Gloria Gaynor, “Fida Known”
Trump played MC for the Kennedy Center Honors last night, and managed to get through the evening while keeping the cringe to a minimum. But it's Trump, so he couldn't…
Song of the Day 12/7: Steve Cropper & the Midnight Hour, “Talkin’ Bout Politics”
Steve Cropper, who died Dec. 3 at 84, did as much as anyone to make Stax a soul powerhouse in the '60s – playing guitar in the house band, Booker…
Song of the Day 12/5: Mark Knopfler, “Sailing to Philadelphia”
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Guest post by Nathan Arizona Two Englishmen sail west across the Atlantic and finally spy “the capes of Delaware.” They have a big job ahead. As this Mark Knopfler song…
Song of the Day 12/4: The Beatles, “Rocky Racoon”
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Things are so bad in this country that even the wildlife is getting hammered. A liquor store in Virginia was ransacked by a raccoon that was found passed out drunk…
Song of the Day 12/3: The Byrds, “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better”
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Alina Habba, the pride of Widener Law School, has been disqualified as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey after an appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration's ploy for appointing…
Song of the Day 12/2: Green Day, “Brain Stew”
Trump's rapid unraveling is getting hard to ignore, but I'm not seeing many stories about the man-child rage-tweeting into the wee hours to spout ever-more-incredulous fabblegab. My personal favorite: in…