THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……WITH A NICE DAY FOR A… “White Christmas.” Ouch.AHMET ERTEGUN, who co-founded Atlantic Records and helped bring John Coltrane, Big Joe Turner, LaVern Baker, Bobby Darin, Ruth Brown, Ray…
Read MoreJOHNNY CASH counts down “The 12 Days of Christmas.” I shoulda thought of this yesterday!A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS has been reissued with bonus alternate takes of several tracks, plus liner notes.SEASON of…
Read MoreNIRVANA wishes Ru Paul a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. (thx Stereogum)THAT RARE VELVET UNDERGROUND ACETATE has failed to sell, after the winning 155K bid on eBay turned out to…
Read MoreCHRISTMAS WITH THE DEVIL: This is Spinal Tap.NEW RELEASES: Mary J. Blige and American Idols Fantasia and Taylor Hicks are straming from AOL — yikes! Sonic Youth has that odds and ends…
Read MoreTHE KILLERS' Christmas single, “A Great Big Sled,” now has a video.ELVIS COSTELLO and DIANA KRALL are the parents of twin boys — named Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James.SEASON of…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with R.E.M., on German television in October 1985. Your setlist — “Sitting Still,” an embryonic version of “Fall on Me,” “So. Central Rain,” CCR's “Have You Ever Seen the…
Read MoreTHEY'RE TOO MUCH: Heat Miser and Snow Miser, natch.SEASON of the LIST: I Love Music has reprinted NME's Top 50 Albums and Songs. NPR's All Songs Considered is streaming songs from the…
Read MoreSANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN, much like Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band came to Passaic, NJ in 1978.SEASON of the LIST: Filter has at least three Top Ten lists…
Read MoreSLADE: “Merry Xmas Everybody.”NEW RELEASES: You know it's a slow week when OC Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks — indie bands covering older alternative songs for The OC — is the most…
Read MoreWIZZARD: Roy Wood & crew with the seasonal “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day.”THE HOODOO GURUS confirm they will tour the US next spring, including a stop at SXSW. You…
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