31 December 2023

31 December 2023 - Olivia Rodrigo - get him back!

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If you thought I'd be ending the year with anyone other than Olivia Rodrigo, you haven't been paying attention.   Olivia Rodrigo rel...
29 December 2023

29 December 2023 - Joywave - Obsession

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I lived in Rochester, NY from 1996 until 2022.  In all my years there, I wasn't really someone that listened to the biggest hit band of ...
28 December 2023

28 December 2023 - Juliana Hatfield - Universal Heart-Beat

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So I was on a bit of a Juliana Hatfield binge last week, as I am wont to do from time to time. It surprised me that this, one of my favorite...
27 December 2023

27 December 2023 - The Ting Tings - Great DJ

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It's been a while since we posted The Ting Tings.   We actually wrote that first line in 2021.  Mostly because, in 2021, it had been a w...
26 December 2023

26 December 2023 - The Smithereens - Top of the Pops

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From their fourth album, Blow Up , this song was a mainstream and alternative rock hit song.  Written entirely by Pat DiNizio, it's a st...
25 December 2023

25 December 2023 - Lights - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

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Why exactly are you reading my blog on Christmas morning?! Well, since you're here, Merry Christmas!  Here's Lights, one of our #Map...
24 December 2023

24 December 2023 - Cœur de Pirate, Pierre Lapointe, Garou, Marc Dupré - Noël des enfants / Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

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This is starting to become an annual tradition, isn't it?  I mean, it's Christmas Eve, and here I am with the œ on my clipboard agai...