Click on the link here for Audio Player: Simon & Garfunkel – America – 1968 Taking a break from Non-traditional, or any kind of Christmas music tonight. When Simon & Garfunkel released America in 1968, it was a reflection on what were the most uncertain of times in our country. We were
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The dB’s – Home For The Holidays – 1987 Continuing our week-long dose of non-Traditional Christmas music with The dB’s. Here’s another band that was prominent in the 1980’s, but packed it all in until recently. The dB’s have recently gotten back together and, according
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The Balancing Act – Green Pants and Finance – 1987 Roaring on with our non-Traditional week of Christmas Tunes. The Balancing Act were one of those under appreciated and under-noticed bands of the late 1980s that got slightly overlooked by their then-label. Happily
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Timbuk 3 – All I Want For Christmas – 1987 Continuing our romp through non-traditional Christmas tunes, here is Timbuk 3’s contribution; All I Want For Christmas. Less domestic mayhem-oriented than last nights entry, it still carries that message of anti-conspicuous consumerism,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Wall of Voodoo – Shouldn’t Have Given Him A Gun For Christmas – 1987 Continuing our Ode to Christmas (and the decided lack of Traditional Xmas tunes), here is the infamous Wall Of Voodoo and a track they recorded for a promo-only
Click on the link here for Audio Player: News for November 26, 1947 News for this day in November of 1947 had to do with a preview of The Marshall Plan and what was expected to be reaction by both the public and Capitol Hill. There was a lot riding
Click on the link here for audio player: FDR – Labor Day Address – 1941 A casual reminder on this Labor Day of what the state of Labor was in wartime. Although we weren’t in it yet, our active role in World War 2 was a little over 90 days
