5th and final #SaturdaySong, 11/1/2025: "Kickin' Back" (1981-82) by LTD Lead vocals: Leslie Wilson, after taking over for Jeffrey Osborne [R&B: top-10]

4th #SaturdaySong, 11/1/2025: "Dream Merchant" (1975 Jerry Butler cover) by New Birth [R&B: #1 / Pop: top-40]

3rd #SaturdaySong, 11/1/2025: "Wildflower" (1973 Skylark cover) by the New Birth [R&B: top-20 / Pop: top-50]

2nd #SaturdaySong, 11/1/2025: "It's Been A Long Time" (1973) by the New Birth [R&B: top-10 / Charting pop hit]

1st #SaturdaySong, 11/1/2025: "I Can Understand It" (1973 Bobby Womack cover) by the New Birth, as performed on the 11/1/1972 episode of @pbs.org's "Soul!" Lead vocals: Leslie Wilson (6/17/1953 - 10/28/2025) [R&B: top-5 / Pop: top-40] (53 years ago tonight!)

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentConcertsInCT: The Zambonis at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, #Bridgeport, 10/24/2025 (Our third time covering them this year - so this should qualify as a hat trick, right?)

#SongOfTheDay, 10/31/2025: "Big Money" (2025) by Jon Batiste, Stephen Colbert's bandleader on "The Late Show" from 2015 to 2022 #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/31/2025 #Quote by: "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert, accepting his award for Outstanding Talk Series at the Emmys last month #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#SongOfTheDay, 10/30/2025: "Swamp" (2025) by pianist Michael Wolff #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/30/2025 #Quote by: satirist Mark Russell (1930 - 2023), whose specials aired on @pbs.org from 1975 to 2004 #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#SongOfTheDay, 10/29/2025: "Giggles" (2002) by Terri Lyne Carrington #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/29/2025 #Quote by: comedian Robert Klein, from his 1986 @hbo.bsky.social special #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentConcertsInCT: The Hewitt-Torff Trio with Ben Bilello @pequotlibrary.bsky.social in #Fairfield, 10/23/2025

#SongOfTheDay, 10/28/2025: "Truth" (2000) by Sheila E and the E-Train, written by band keyboardist Renato Neto #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/28/2025 #Quote by: comedian and frequent presidential candidate Pat Paulsen, from his 1968 TV special, with Tommy Smothers as executive producer #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#SongOfTheDay, 10/27/2025: "Face To Face" (1986) by guitarist Kevin Eubanks #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/27/2025 #Quote by: comedian Mort Sahl (1927 - 2021) #QOTDCostume #Halloween

A timely #SundaySong, 10/26/2025: "Sweet Pumpkin" (2025 Samara Joy cover) by Naama Gheber #Halloween #autumn

#SaturdaySong, 10/25/2025: "Atlantic City" (1982 / "Electric Nebraska" version) by @brucespringsteen.net, from the expanded edition of the revered "Nebraska" album, timed to coincide with the release of the biopic about Bruce, "Deliver Me From Nowhere"

#SongOfTheDay, 10/24/2025: "New York Connection" (1975) by saxophonist Tom Scott #QOTDCostume #Halloween

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/24/2025 #Quote by: comedian Will Rogers, from his syndicated column known as the "Weekly Article" - still relevant after 101 years #QOTDCostume #Halloween

(It's time once again for our annual theme: what's the #QOTDCostume for our staff member this #Halloween? The clues will be posted here in musical and quote form through next Thursday!)

#SongOfTheDay, 10/23/2025: "Here's Johnny" (1986) by Weird @alyankovic.bsky.social, actually more of an Ed McMahon tribute that parodies El DeBarge's "Who's Johnny?" from earlier that year

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/23/2025 #Quote by: longtime "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005), born 100 years ago today, in a satirical commentary shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union (with an image from that night's monologue)

#SongOfTheDay, 10/22/2025: "Almost Seems (Too Late To Turn)" (1985) by Clannad The band's ninth release "Macalla" is being reissued this Friday for the album's 40th anniversary.

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/22/2025 #Quote by: former Secretary Of State Warren Christopher (1925 - 2011), born 100 years ago this coming Monday, speaking at the unveiling of his official portrait (not seen here) in 1999

#SongOfTheDay, 10/21/2025: "Bemba Colorá" (1966 José Claro Fumero cover) by Celia Cruz (1925 - 2003), born 100 years ago today Timbales: Tito Puente, who also co-produced

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/21/2025 #Quote by: journalist @charlesmblow.bsky.social, speaking on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social about the importance of local newspapers

3rd #SongOfTheDay, 10/20/2025: "Saving Grace" (2006), from Tom Petty's final solo album "Highway Companion" [#1 AAA / top-30 AOR / Charting pop hit] (Look for a link to the video on our Facebook page.)

2nd #SongOfTheDay, 10/20/2025: the top-15 AOR hit "A Higher Place" (1994), from Tom Petty's critically acclaimed album "Wildflowers"

1st #SongOfTheDay, 10/20/2025: "Runnin' Down A Dream" (1989), a #1 AOR, top-25 pop hit for Tom Petty (1950 - 2017), born 75 years ago today (This video is considered an homage to the 1900s comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland".)

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/20/2025 #Quote by: humorist and author Art Buchwald (1925 - 2007), born 100 years ago today (His @washingtonpost.com column ran for over four decades - albeit without a "dotcom" at the end back then.)

8th and final #SundaySong, 10/19/2025: "Till It's Done (Tutu)" (2014), credited to D'Angelo and the Vanguard, written with Kendra Foster

7th #SundaySong, 10/19/2025: "Send It On" (2000) by D'Angelo, co-written with his one-time girlfriend Angie Stone, whom we also lost this year [R&B: top-40]

6th #SundaySong, 10/19/2025: "Nothing Even Matters" (1998) by Lauryn Hill with D'Angelo [R&B: top-25]

5th #SundaySong, 10/19/2025: "Lady" (1995), a #2 R&B, top-10 pop/dance hit for Michael Eugene Archer, better known as D'Angelo (2/11/1974 - 10/14/2025)

4th #SundaySong, 10/19/2025: "Do Ya" (1989 Move/ELO cover) by Ace Frehley

3rd #SundaySong, 10/19/2025: "It's Over Now" (1988) by Frehley's Comet Lead vocals: Tod Howarth youtu.be/7amCZ55d0cM

2nd #SundaySong, 10/19/2025: "Words Are Not Enough" (1988) by Frehley's Comet, featuring Ace Frehley

1st #SundaySong, 10/19/2025: "What's On Your Mind" (1978) by guitarist Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (4/27/1951 - 10/16/2025), a founding member of Kiss

(Now that you've protested, what are you going to do next? Let's hope that you at least vote next month, as it could help you next year. Here's our latest article, which may even appeal to those who didn't protest.)

(Also entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year: Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden, the White Stripes, bassist Carol Kaye, pianist Nicky Hopkins, and record executive Lenny Waronker.)

3rd and final #SaturdaySong, 10/18/2025: "Break Up To Make Up" (1973) by the Stylistics Producer: Thom Bell, who wrote it with Kenneth Gamble and Linda Creed [Pop, R&B: top-5] #RockHall2025

2nd #SaturdaySong, 10/18/2025: "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love?" (1972) by the Spinners, produced by Thom Bell [R&B: #1 / Pop: top-5 / AC: top-15] #RockHall2025

1st #SaturdaySong, 10/18/2025: "Brand New Me" (1969), a top-25 pop, #3 AC hit for Dusty Springfield, co-written by 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Thom Bell (1943 - 2022), Jerry Butler (who originally recorded it), and Kenneth Gamble #RockHall2025

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT: From #Westport [1] to #Stamford [2] to #Ridgefield [3] to #NewHaven [4], this is what democracy looked like today [10/18/2025] in #Connecticut.

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT: The #NoKIngs rally on the Green in #NewHaven, CT, 10/18/2025

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT: The #NoKIngs rally in #Ridgefield, #CT's Veterans Park, 10/18/2025, with State Senator Julie Kushner [2-3]

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT: The #NoKIngs rally outside the Judicial District Court in #Stamford, #CT, 10/18/2025 (Part One, with Governor Ned Lamont [2], @ceateachers.bsky.social Vice President Joslyn DeLancey [3], and Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas [4])

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT: The #NoKIngs rally in #Westport, #CT, 10/18/2025, with @jahimes.bsky.social [1], State Reps. Dominique Johnson [2] and Jonathan Steinberg [3], and State Senator Ceci Maher [4]