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I noticed that we are just a few days away from March 3rd, or 3/3.

I didn't want to wait for it to fall on the day of the show- who knows where I'll be then.

Rather, the urge came over me to play songs now that were Three Of A Kind, things connected…

I'll finish up with the Namedropping for now, until it's brought back at some time in the Future.

This time it's Songs containing the Names of Classic Rock & Rollers!

I was thinking, the whole point of dropping names is that the listener KNOW the…

Let's do another round of Namedropping.

Beginning with a song that not only mentions the Mamas & Papas, Donovan and the Beatles, but features credible impressions of each.

After that, I thought I'd play the Namedropping of famous…

More of The 60's Poets, and their Thoughts and Stories About Love.

The great thing about Poetry is that it is open to interpretation.

What it means to you can be entirely different from what it means to me.

And we are both right!

The intent with these Words of The 60's Poets was…

For St. Valentine’s Day a return to the 60's for The Poets.

This will close the British Invasion out...for now.

It was too much fun and the Music was too damn good to just end it.

So I will return to it periodically.

But for this Chapter, I'll start with a song that…

On Feb. 9th 1964, the Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

I watched it as a kid, and it's an odd feeling knowing what you did PRECISELY on a given date over a half century ago!

In fact, it's never happened to me…

As noted before, on Feb. 7th 1964, the Beatles landed at Kennedy Airport met by reporters and mostly screaming girls, and Beatlemania and The British Invasion was born.

Those two terms may seem interchangeable now, but I'll point out the difference.…

On Feb. 7th 1964, the Beatles arrived at Kennedy Airport here in New York, marking the beginning of Beatlemania and The British Invasion.

Also making a whole lot of people feel very old this week, lol!

As it happened, I didn't like their first…

The Name of the Game is Namedropping.

I will continue with some Folk and Folk Rock.

Featuring the most inveterate Namedropper of all time, Bob Dylan, who will Drop and be Dropped!

Plus you'll get to hear some of the Ladies take part in the game.

The fun is in the lyrics, seeing…

You have heard me mention Namedropping frequently over the years.

That's when a song contains a mention in the lyrics of a Musician, a Group, a Movie Star, a Politician...anyone famous and well-known.

You'll easily know what I mean after after…

This is it, the Final Chapter of Taking It To The Streets, we have reached the Dead End, lol!

I know I left some real good tunes out in the Series, but it's all up to the Muse.

In closing, for me these are songs I HAD to play!…

We are Back On The Street Again, Taking It To The Streets.

I am accepting Highway as a Street, at least it is for Cars.

You can't really walk on them, but they do connect Cities and…

I'll begin this Chapter of Taking It To The Streets with some very early Who.

Then a Set of Fictional Streets, although who knows, maybe they exist somewhere.

After that, the centerpiece of this Episode.…

Now that the Holidays are over, I am returning to Taking It To The Streets.

Beginning with a song it's about time I played, in a Set of Real Existing Streets.

Then one that is Not Real but is inspired by a Real One in Atlanta.…

This is Part Two- I didn't feel like writing, so it's essentially the same as last time.

This guy, ME, is attempting to just do a nice Free Form Radio Show, keeping in mind it’s all just Music and just a Rock Show!

Here’s how I selected the…

I am going to try it again, just play Songs with no Theme, lol!

My problem is I always think in Connections.

This guy, ME, is attempting to just do a nice Free Form Radio Show, keeping in mind it’s all just Music and just a Rock…

During the break, I committed to it and ran around and got some more songs for this…

This started out as an Odds And Ends Show.

I sat down, and I wanted to start with a few tracks from albums, beginning with a title track by Van Morrison.

I didn't play that cut, instead I picked a different one, a spiritual one from Van who…

Had the Christmas Tree lit for this show, that always inspires me and gives it a nice feeling.

This is the wrap-up for the Annual Christmas Party.

Hanukkah is usually in tandem with Christmas but not this year.…