“Open Your Mouth… Pour Beer in… Repeat… It’s Summertime”
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“Zeppelin Melancholy (Playlist and Writeup)”
There are people out there who can’t get past the fact that Led Zeppelin covered old blues songs, as if playing other people’s songs is such a preposterous crime or such a rarity. Excuse me, Alien Ant Farm’s BIGGEST hit is a cover. Led Zeppelin’s biggest hit is an unwieldy eight-minute opus that isn’t even … Read more“Zeppelin Melancholy (Playlist and Writeup)”
“A ’90s Mix Meant to Be Imbibed on Chartreuse Vinyl”
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“Indie Rock Playlist Spring 2019”
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“Dolby’s Top 100 Ska and Reggae Songs of All Time”
100 Mikey Dread – “Positive Reality” . This was a really impressive arrangement I thought from the big, sophisticated sax part and the honest, raspy-voiced lyrics: Mikey Dread comes at us out of Jamaica, ’70s and ’80s and seems to always somehow get brushed under the carpet of fame, recommended to me thankfully by a … Read more“Dolby’s Top 100 Ska and Reggae Songs of All Time”
“R.E.M. Playlist Spring 2019”
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“Classic Rock Lunch Box Spring 2019”
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“XTC Album Tracks (Meant as a Companion Piece to the Singles Collections)”
Spotify playlist .. Very few bands, I think, sum up the SPIRIT of the ’80s better than XTC, who arguably did their best work with albums like English Settlement and Mummer, veering from punk into a sort of surreal, distinct contemporary pop. I put this list together pretty off-the-cuff and definitely still consider myself by … Read more“XTC Album Tracks (Meant as a Companion Piece to the Singles Collections)”
“Dolby’s Top 100 Classic Oldies Songs”
Now, it might seem sort of redundant, employing the term “classic oldies,” but friends, there was a barbaric scourge of lots of this material about 10 years ago, when someone at the iHeartMedia [1] control towers altered the “oldies” format from Motown and ’60 jingles to almost like half butt-rock, with some Elton John thrown … Read more“Dolby’s Top 100 Classic Oldies Songs”
“December Mix”
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