SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES: "Tears of a Clown." Originally released in 1967, but it didn't become a hit until 1970. Sometimes, a hit takes time. KATHLEEN EDWARDS visits World Cafe.  DRY…

NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready?  SAINT ETIENNE visits World Cafe.  BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT: Favorite Albums of 2025.  BILLY JOEL performed in front of a crowd for…

FIRST, A LITTLE "NEWS": BRIGITTE BARDOT, the pouty, tousle-haired French actress who redefined mid-20th-century movie sex symbolism in films beginning with “And God Created Woman,” then gave up acting at 39 to devote…

BREAKING: AVATAR 3 opened at the low end of projections with 88MM…  THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY STARTS HERE: … with CHRIS ISAAK, live at Universal Studios. Your holiday-themed numbers include "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,"…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera.…

GLAM CHOPS: Art Brut's Eddie Argos has a "Countdown to Christmas."  JEFF TWEEDY visits World Cafe.  BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD is giving away a cover of Big Star's "The Ballad of El…

AIMEE MANN has a video medley of all of the songs o­n One More Drifter in the Snow. YO LA TENGO: Hanukkah Night 2 featured covers of The Thamesmen's "Gimme Some Money"…

THE MONKEES sing a Christmas medley at MTV, circa 1986. Even Mike Nesmith turned up.   YO LA TENGO starts their Hanukkah series, including a cover of Russ Ballard's  "New York Groove."…

EURYTHMICS' Dave Stewart declares "Christmas is For Lovers." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to This Is Lorelei, Leif, and more. AMY MILLAN plays World Cafe.  CAMERON WINTER (Geese) covers This is Lorelei‘s…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with ELTON JOHN! Half of a live show captured by the OGWT on Christmas Eve, 1974.  Your setlist includes: "Grimsby" (incomplete), "Rocket Man," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Daniel,"…