As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Saturday, November 6, 2021

The Top 10 Albums Of The Last 20 Years

Several weeks ago, MVYRADIO asked its listeners to pick their favorite 10 albums going back to 2000, chosen from those that made the Top 10 in one of their annual listener polls. When the final list was posted, I was a little surprised that I owned 7 of the 10 winners, although I didn’t necessarily vote for all of them.

 

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Shuffle #150 (November 4, 2021)

Iris (Hold Me Close) – U2

Watershed – Indigo Girls

The Only Flame In Town – Elvis Costello

Party Lights – Claudine Clark

Survivor – Richard Thompson

Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry & The Pacemakers

Shower The People – James Taylor

Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones

Hasten Down The Wind – Warren Zevon

 

Sunday, October 31, 2021

The 50 best Halloween songs of all time

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/best- halloween-songs-party-playlist/

 

Note that in Alexandra Petri’s take, both “best” and “Halloween songs” are relative terms.