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There were too many good Songs About Records left over to leave them out.

So I thought I'd come back and finish it up.

There was one vinyl single I placed close to me a long time ago, just in case I ever did a show about…

Finishing up my acknowledgement of Record Store Day last Saturday, a recreation by Thomas Edison, inventor of the Phonograph or Gramophone, of the first words he ever spoke on Record, which was actually on a Cylinder.

I'll go off on another rant about how people don't actually…

Just a little late, I'll pay due respect to Record Store Day, which was this past Saturday.

The Day is dedicated to Independent Storeowners, and while I am sure there must be one somewhere in my neighborhood, I have no idea where.

These are…

This is it, gonna finish up The Sunday Papers.

To begin, from time to time it is necessary, or for chosen reasons, to give a look at the Classifieds!

After that, in every Series there are some Songs that don’t fit into any Category- I will take…

I got a few more Songs for the Arts & Leisure Section.

Then, I would hope most of you remember the great Steve Allen!

There was a bit he did where he read Actual Letters To The Editor from the NY Daily News, always angry…

The next part of the Sunday Papers chosen is frequently more of a daydreaming, window-shopping one, the Travel Section.

All those places we wish we could go to!

I’ll have a nice Mixed Bag of Music, including a song that mentions every form of…

I will pick it up where we left off last week, growing up with the Sunday Papers, with the Section I went for after the Comics- Sports!

Then we will move on to the next Section that no matter how long we put it off, sooner or later Life will ensure we will be subjected to the…

Our interest in the Sunday Papers changes over the Course Of Our Lifetime!

The first Section grabbed for in almost everyone's life is as a kid- the Sunday Funnies, The Comics.

I'll have some Musical Memories of Comic Characters both gone away…

This is another Series I had been thinking about for a long time.

There's nothing better on a Sunday Morning than coffee, breakfast in bed or making love rolling around with the Sunday Papers!

While the New York Times was the model chosen with…

Well as they say, the Party's Over.

This is it for Birthdays anyway- until I get the itch to do it again someday with different Music.

It's all Good Feelings for this Episode.

Happy Birthday…

Continuing with our celebration of ALL Birthdays Around The Calendar, I even have a song for those who don't want to be included.

Musical selections include a Happy Birthday that doesn't seem Happy, one that does, a song that captures almost all parts of my growing up by what I Saw On…

We are celebrating Birthdays, all around the Calendar.

So from me to you, whenever it is, Happy Birthday!

You can put that in the bank and cash it when your Birthday comes around.

This Chapter a Musical…

I thought it was time I tackled the subject of Birthdays as a Theme.

Birthdays are fascinating- some people eagerly look forward to them while others dread them.

But the one indisputable fact is that we ALL have them!…

I opened this half with a song I hadn't heard in a long time.

Then another, a song from the Modern Lovers first album.

In it, Jonathan Richman sings, "I still love the 50's".

And there you go, I was off…

I thought I'd go Free Form again, just play our Music.

As I was coming over to sit down and start, I thought about what song I would begin with.

The TV was muted and about to be shut off but a glance at it showed a Motorcycle.…

Got some more Cover Versions and The Originals.

The Surprise in here will probably be the Rolling Stones, with their first Top Ten song here in the U.S.

It was originally done by a lady who was so bitter about their hit she never sang it…

This Volume of The Originals was inspired by two Vinyl Albums I just happened to see.

One containing a forgotten Bonus EP that I may never play on the show again!

I'll begin with a Bob Dylan song, and just what is the Original?…

I’ll open this last half of our Road Trip to New Orleans with a short musical History Lesson about events over two hundred years ago!

I’ll have a guy who was a child prodigy, writing his first song at age 8.

The funniest song here is by another guy who could sing like a girl…and a…

We were in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, so I thought we might go back for their Definitive Sound.

Rock & Roll, from its earliest days, owes a debt to the artists who came out of that relatively small city.

And it was very difficult making the…

I'll close out the Mardi Gras, but will be staying in New Orleans for another show next week.

The opening song in this 2nd half may surprise you- a B-side of a single by a guy you surely know.

Then an authentic New Orleans Indian group doing a…