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It’s the third night of Hanukkah. Another reason Hanukkah feels better than Christmas – Burl Ives doesn’t sing Hanukkah songs. Let’s see what’s on the ole turntable for Hanukkah this evening – The Chanukah Song Part 3 Adam Sandler – The Hanukkah Sessions: Night Three Kurstin X Grohl: – Klezzified The Klezmer Conservatory Band –Continue reading “Latkes! Latkes! Latkes!”

Today is Electronic Greetings Day. So sending your greetings are now just a click away. Why not send someone a second night of Hanukkah greeting. Demand Euphoria!

Oh yeah, millions of years ago (or at least more than half a century ago) the earth cooled and formed a hard crust, huge dinosaurs ruled the land. About a decade later, vast plains with wildflowers sprung up and Mary skipped along them all. Happy Birthday Mary.

November 29, 1935 –Once the cat is in the box, do you know if it really alive, or dead? Physicist Erwin Schrödinger published his famous thought experiment ‘Schrödinger’s cat’, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. Demand Euphoria!

November 29, 1975 –Silver Convention’s single Fly, Robin, Fly hits #1 on the Billboard Charts for the first of three weeks. The disco tune has very few lyrics because the German group can’t speak English. This was the first #1 US hit with a species of bird in the title. Rockin’ Robin – both theContinue reading “Fly, Robin, Fly”

November 29, 1992 –U2’s first TV special, called U2’s Zoo TV Outside Broadcast, aired on Fox-TV on this date. The show contains footage from their concerts at Yankee Stadium in New York and the Houston Astrodome, earlier that year.

We have just been notified that it is Cyborg Monday, oh no, run for your lives. Wait – an update – it’s Cyber Monday. Continue to run for your lives!!! The term “Cyber Monday” was dreamed up in 2005 by by a young public relations executive named Ellen Davis at Shop.org, a division of theContinue reading “Breaking news! –”

It’s the second night of Hanukkah. (It’s an excuse to eat donuts all day long.) Gather your family around and listen to some more Hanukkah songs – The Chanukah Song Part 2 Adam Sandler – The Hanukkah Sessions: Night Two Kurstin x Grohl – Hanukkah Dance Woody Guthrie – West Side Chanukah Story Six13 –Continue reading “Sufganyiot!”

November 28, 1984 –Prince releases the song, I Would Die 4 U, on this date On the Purple Rain tour, this was a showcase song for Sheila E., who served as Prince’s opening act and also joined him on stage. Her live percussion on I Would Die 4 U compensated for the beats that couldn’tContinue reading “I Would Die 4 U”

Today is the first Advent Sunday of this season. Advent means ‘Coming‘ in Latin. Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas (those trying to figure out their Advent Calendars, you may open the first window on the first of December). It is a time to “get ready” for the celebration ofContinue reading “Christmas is getting closer”