THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with BILLY MACK! Because “Christmas Is All Around.”NORAD will be tracking Santa Sunday night, per usual.SEASON of the LIST: PopMatters has its Best of 2006 in many genres, some…
Read MoreCHRISTMAS COMES THIS TIME EACH YEAR: It's the “Little Saint Nick” by the Beach Boys. But if I posted the Beach Boys today, who will top my holiday countdown tomorrow?SEASON of the…
Read MoreAIMEE MANN has a video medley of all of the songs on One More Drifter in the Snow.HOLIDAY MUSIC from various artists is streaming from AOL.GO ELF YOURSELF: Sylvia Hauser just turned…
Read MoreTHE MONKEES sing a Christmas medley at MTV, circa 1986. Even Mike Nesmith turned up.NEW RELEASES: It's pretty much all that hippety-hop stuff at AOL this week. You might want to keep…
Read MoreHOW DO YOU SPELL CHANNUKKAHH? The LeeVees try to help with an Electric Company-esque video. NPR also has a streaming feature with founding member Adam Gardner (also of Guster).SEASON of the LIST:…
Read MoreTHE 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…
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