12 Holiday Songs…is part of a series. To read them in order: Day One: Sara Bareille’s Love is Christmas 3. Kenny Loggins, “On Christmas Morning” Kenny Loggins is certainly one of the most underrated…
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Is He or Isn’t He? Only His Hairdresser Knows For Sure! Rod Stewart On the A Train??
When Rod Stewart had a Top-Ten hit with TomWaits’ Downtown Train in 1989, perhaps the song was more personal to him than one might have guessed! As completely absurd as it seemed, I was…
12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard! Day One: Sara Bareilles’ “Love Is Christmas”
I love Christmas as much as the next Jewish guy, (in fact, most of the most famous Christmas songs were written by Jews, which was duly noted in a memorable essay by Michael Feinstein—himself…
Lady Gaga Can (Sort of) Swing! Who Knew?
Given the sheer amount of media-related information floating around today, can a person be blamed if they miss something? I’ve seemed to miss entire years in the digital hailstorm of the last decade! I…
The Somnabulist Song Stylings of Henrietta and Myrna Neudorf
“Riveting!” “Electrifying!” “Supremely Musical!” These are just a few superlatives that will never be used to describe Henrietta and Myrna Neudorf’s soporific, ostensibly live performance of the moving hymn “Go Tell It On The…
An Exhaustingly Comprehensive Letter From a Reader About Michael Jackson’s Nose
One of the most widely read stargayzing pieces concerned a memorable and ultimately quite haunting 45-minute visit with Michael Jackson at the Palace Hotel a few years back. In the piece I proffered the…
Songs That Should Have Been Top-Ten Pop Hits, Volume 2
1. Anastacia, “Left Outside Alone” (2004): In 1999, Anastacia’s debut single, “I’m Outta Love,” and album, Not That Kind, were a spectacular success all over the world except in her native country, America, where the single did…
No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani: “The Indians Said That She Was White By Law!”
I’m always grateful for anything that makes me even think about Half-Breed, Cher’s number one hit from 1973, let alone gives me a valid reason to write an entire paragraph about the old toe tapper,…
Two Spoken Word Versions of Bread’s “If” by Telly Savalas
It’s Christmas every day when you hear Telly Savalas’ spoken word version of Bread’s “If” and if there is anything in the world as sublime as when the actor goes “off-script” at the 1:55 minute…
Jason Gould (and Guest) Live in Philadelphia
Ritchie, Nancy and I had a blast in Philadelphia last night, cheering on our friend Jason Gould as he made his concert debut in front of 20,000 people (gulp!) I have to say Jason…
Adele’s “Skyfall”: A Worthy Addition to the James Bond Musical Canon?
Adele’s new James Bond theme Skyfall was released today. I’m completely in a James Bond frame of mind, having just seen Dr. No and Goldfinger projected at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey City movie palace on…
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