Known to shake rust from the laziest of hips! Also, DJ remains are amazingly high in vitamins E, G, B, D & F.

Random 45s In My Record Collection. The Mar-Keys - Last Night (#3 US, Last Night!, 1961). I’m a sucker for late 50s/early 60s rock or surf instrumentals! Fun vintage performance clip: youtu.be/lX2SxowHef8?...

(Nov. 8/25) Hiya! If you’re looking for an hour of fab tunes later tonight, my weekly radio programme 25 O’Clock surfs The Internets at 11 p.m. EST at canoefm.com! I’ll be spinning trax by Violent Femmes, OMD, Thunderclap Newman, The Clash & a bunch more great musical artists! Tune in & twist away!

Evening Song. Phoebe Snow - Every Night. Fab live ‘79 TV performance of this underrated McCartney tune: youtu.be/tG0x12xeLLQ?...

Just a great track from one of my all-time Top 10 favourite albums! Co-written by the legendary Solomon Burke, here’s the equally-legendary Otis Redding - Down In The Valley (Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, 1965). Every track on this Lp shoulda been a smash hit! youtu.be/ko_YsP6f7so?...

Hold your Vinyl Gal firm but gently by the edges, and let her groove play softly into the night.

Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love youtu.be/IQ2SAtkEsqU?...

Starving millions of citizens by withholding SNAP Benefits is the modern-day equivalent of sending your army outside the gates and laying siege to your own castle.

Morning Song. With a sweet little tune perfect for packing up a late summer picnic in the flivver & heading along the coast to the Cape, here’s Les Brown and His Orchestra featuring vocals by the ever-lovely Doris Day - I Got The Sun In The Morning (10” 78 rpm, 1946). 🌞 youtu.be/egws1s0Fet4?...

#B-SidesandBonusTracks #MusicChallenge Day 8 The Who - Dogs Part Two (B-Side to the 1969 single Pinball Wizard). Moon at his weird best! youtu.be/8U9uGSGUliM?...

The Strangeloves - I Want Candy (Shivaree, ‘65). youtu.be/w4LQYNZdY9U?...

Alex Chilton - Can’t Seem To Make You Mine (7” 45 rpm, 1978). A neat take on The Seeds’ ‘65 single! youtu.be/xRq-0hTUAGU?...

Muttonchop Alert!🚨 Robert Gordon & Link Wray - Red Hot (TopPop, 1978). Also check out the bassist absolutely killing it on the keyboards! youtu.be/6GHdEOYNpFI?...

Random 45s In My Record Collection. Originally released as the B-Side to sister Debby’s 1977 smash hit You Light Up My Life, here’s sibling warblers The Boones - Debby, Cherry, Laury & Lindy - with their chipper version of the pop nugget He’s A Rebel. youtu.be/Nn2QNr34vgY?...

The Cramps - Human Fly / Teenage Werewolf Live ‘81 - The Mudd Club NYC youtu.be/BB7YhbM4K80?...

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 1928 - Day 8 Carmichael’s Collegians - Walkin’ The Dog (10” 78 rpm shellac). C’mon, give the puppy a Hoagy!! 🐶🥖 Fun vintage doggo photo montage video: youtu.be/8K9_ZFruCko?...

Impromptu Supergroup Time! Bobby Rydell, Dionne Warwick, The Mamas And The Papas, Gary Lewis and The Playboys & Noel Harrison - What A Day For A Daydream. Nifty vintage performance on the US music TV show Hullabaloo: youtu.be/3xkWsNOvbqQ?...

Just a neat track! Recorded in 1966 under the name The Dedications but not released until 1970 on the mighty White Whale record label, here’s The Turtles - Teardrops (7” 45 rpm). youtu.be/PUp-iVXnkDs?...

#B-SidesandBonusTracks #MusicChallenge Day 7 The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Open A Can Of Human Beans (outtake from their 1985 25 O’Clock EP). Sit around a campfire and enjoy!😁 youtu.be/g9LiqWdx5hE?...

Anyone want to go splitsies on a rental TARDIS and go watch this show in person? 😁 Young and having fun, here’s Cheap Perfume - Live at Max’s Kansas City NYC, 1979 youtu.be/GFLu0NsRZZA?...

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 1928 - Day 7 It’s Fox Trot Time! With a super-fun number featuring Jimmy McPartland & Glenn Miller, here’s Benny Goodman And His Boys - Wolverine Blues (10” 78 rpm shellac). youtu.be/-DPFJLMco2Y?...

Hey #Subway - Now would be a great time to hire Sandwich Guy as your new spokesperson, although I would steer clear of ads proclaiming your subs are exploding with flavour! 😁

Squeeze - Tempted An early version produced by Dave Edmunds! youtu.be/T37ZHP7RR8I?...

#B-SidesandBonusTracks #MusicChallenge Day 6 Originally released as the B-Side to their 1981 hit single Tempted, here’s Squeeze - Yap Yap Yap. Suitably fun repurposed vintage dance in yer pants footage video: youtu.be/Hj1q3dQlvdc?...

Morning Song. Paul Simon & George Harrison - Homeward Bound youtu.be/obBjJ7n6S2M?...

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 1928 - Day 6 A track that hit #50 on the U.S. year-end Hit Parade chart, here’s Circleville, Ohio’s favourite son Ted Lewis along with His Orchestra - Is Everybody Happy Now? (10” 78 rpm shellac). A fun little Fox Trot! youtu.be/42PVcVa7BAQ?...

#B-SidesandBonusTracks #MusicChallenge Day 5 The Byrds - The Day Walk (Never Before). A fine outtake from their 1965 sessions for the album Turn! Turn! Turn!, the lads may have, *ahem, ‘borrowed’ the opening riff of The Rolling Stones’ Satisfaction! youtu.be/mfdES37OETs?...

Just a great track! A tune covered by many artists over the years, going back to 1965 here’s Swedish psych-rockers The Shamrocks - Cadillac. youtu.be/5pDO-dQA2kg?...

The gal at the 3:02 mark has the cutest musical note dress! 🥰 🎵🎶 Just a super-fun 1920s film compilation of everyday folks busting out their finest Charleston moves: youtu.be/asES6xiPgVA?...

Evening dress, 1927 - Paris designer Paul Poiret (1879-1944) (FIT NYC collections). Just a gorgeous piece of artwear! 🥰

Just full of whimsy! 😁 From the great Max Fleischer Studio, here’s a super-fun cartoon looking at a 1938 World’s Fair - All’s Fair At The Fair. In colour to boot! youtu.be/zdwpvxuIYSQ?...

Such a fun promo video! 😀 George Harrison - Crackerjack Palace (#19 Canada, Thirty Three & 1/3,1977). I haven’t seen this in a donk’s age! youtu.be/8Ac34Khe-fc?...

The Mullet Years! Born on this day in 1947, here’s Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits live in ‘73 on The Midnight Special - Henry The VIII/Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter. Very nice band intro by Barry Gibb! youtu.be/coZZaqFfr2g?...

Morning Song. With a speedy number perfect for helping you catch the bus even though you left 7 minutes late, here’s the Count Basie Orchestra - The Kid From Red Bank (The Atomic Mr. Basie, 1958). A bit of leftover heat from the core of The Cold War! 🥵🥶 youtu.be/8R0KmnsqFew?...

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 1928 - Day 5 With a fine chill number, here’s King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators - Tin Roof Blues (10” 78 rpm shellac). Rusted!! youtu.be/6Dj_84BCoAI?...

#B-SidesandBonusTracks #MusicChallenge Day 5 The B-Side to their March 1978 single News Of The World, here’s The Jam - Aunties And Uncles (Impulsive Youths). Another stellar Weller killer! youtu.be/TIlpyeal10M?...

“Oh no…it’s a bleeding box!” Having a cuppa & a hoot, here’s The Who - Call Me Lightning (#35 Canada, Magic Bus: The Who On Tour, 1968). Super-goofy Monkees-esque promo video: youtu.be/XCvs5pqsMEA?...

A double header of flu & Covid shots today; if my posts have more spelling mistakes than usual, there’s a 43% chance my right arm has fallen off & I’m one finger typing.😁

Random Film Trailers. All You Need Is Cash (1978) Dir. Gary Weis, Eric Idle. Starring Stig, Barry, Dirk & Ron, Gilda Radner, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Dan Ackroyd, Ron Wood, Michael Palin. youtu.be/fJqp_KvOHts?...

Morning Song. Melanie Safka - Ruby Tuesday (live). Interesting cobbled-salad of a video: youtu.be/vH8SVGoJzvE?...

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 1928 - Day 4 With a super fun tune we all know the title as a saying if not the actual song itself, here’s Waring’s Pennsylvanians - I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream (10” 78 rpm shellac). 😱🍦 youtu.be/O1WKImlPObU?...

#B-SidesandBonusTracks #MusicChallenge Day 4 XTC - Heaven Is Paved With Broken Glass (B-Side to their 1982 single Ball And Chain). A great track regardless of its discographical pedigree! youtu.be/a4Bwgb9N-gs?...

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“…and then we shall drop the apples on the heads of the unsuspecting people of Pepperland, and it shall be glorious!”

The writer sat at her favourite old wooden table with the wobbly leg, quietly taking in the din of fellow strangers who were stories unto themselves, unaware yet steeping the air with past, present…she wrote down not what she heard but of that which she could not, as the morning slowly melted away.

Post some LIGHTS 💡

Morning Song. A lesser-known gem by Gordon Lightfoot 🇨🇦 - Magnificent Outpouring (Did She Mention My Name?, 1968). An album I picked up about 30 years ago in near-perfect condition for a whole 25 cents at a Sally Ann thrift shop! youtu.be/YNwt8DmbBhs?...

#B-SidesandBonusTracks #MusicChallenge Day 3 Janis Joplin - Cry Baby alternate take (Pearl, 1970 - this bonus track version is from the Pearl 2005 Legacy Edition). A Must! youtu.be/cizIFjC0pIY?...

#20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 1928 - Day 3 It’s Fox Trot Time! With a fun little number perfect for some sweet reflection, here’s the Six Jumping Jacks - Look In The Mirror (And See Just Who I Love) (10” 78 rpm shellac). youtu.be/iVxx8g6z0D4?...

Just a wonderful rendition of a lovely tune! From St. John’s Nfld, here’s The Irish Descendants - Catch The Wind youtu.be/VEdVdjDe_3A?...