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Sunday, December 08, 2019

Sounds of December: Billy Squier, 'Christmas is the time to say 'I Love You'' and the best and worst of MTV

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MTV giveth and MTV taketh away. That’s pretty much the Billy Squier story. And he contributed one classic Christmas song before things we...
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Saturday, December 07, 2019

Sounds of December: 'Perfect Light' is predictably unpredictable -- and brilliant!

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Chris Tomlin and David Crowder are alike in that they are great at taking a traditional song we’ve all heard and enjoyed a million tim...
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Friday, December 06, 2019

Sounds of December: Davitt Sigerson's 'Big Country' stands apart from a kind of scary album.

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I picked up the “A Christmas Record” back when I was in college because it was the only album at the time that had The Waitresses “Chr...
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Thursday, December 05, 2019

Sounds of December: Rend Collective adds two lines, and "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" is a great Christmas song

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Sometimes all it takes to turn a beautiful song into a beautiful Christmas song is two lines of lyric and melody. Two lines. I lea...
Wednesday, December 04, 2019

Sounds of December: The Killers' 'Boots' lead us to reflect, regret and recover

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Reflection. Regret. Recovery. They’re the themes of today’s entry in our musical advent calendar. “Boots” by The Killers gets me ...
Tuesday, December 03, 2019

Sounds of December: Martha's Trouble and stumbling on treasure

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I’m always on the hunt for new songs about Christmas in New York. I hit the iTunes search bar with "Christmas" plus "...
Monday, December 02, 2019

Sounds of December: Yoko Ono and 'Listen the Snow is Falling'

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  There are three kinds of Christmas songs. There are carols celebrating the birth of Christ, such as “O Holy Night.” There are...
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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Sounds of December: 'Christmas Must Be Tonight' and a holiday mystery

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Thank goodness for Spotify. After picking up the streaming service this year, I’ve been making lots and lots of playlists. This me...
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Saturday, December 30, 2017

Every signature tells a story: President Gerald R. Ford and a Christmas miracle

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An amazing discovery at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum today, and a wonderful Christmas gift from Julie. We checked out...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Every signature tells a story: Adam West and patient second-grade teachers

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When I heard about the passing of Adam West today, my thoughts raced back to second grade and poor Mrs. Kellogg. West, of course, wa...
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