Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Bagpipe Blues” by Rufus Harley

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Well, it is St. Patrick’s Day and the think I hate most about the holiday is the droning of bagpipes.  To me, bagpipes are the most irritating instrument to listen to, especially when they are dragged out for police funerals…oh lordy, they make me wanna cringe! Yet it is the very nature of a droning [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Dear Prudence” by The Beatles

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Prudence was, of course, actress Mia Farrow’s sister. They were in attendance in India studying Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi along with The Beatles, Donovan and Mike Love of the Beach Boys. Prudence was very serious about TM and spent most of her time in her room meditating. Beatle John was concerned for her [...]

Song Of The Day – “Let England Shake” by PJ Harvey

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America doesn’t have the same relationship with Polly Jean Harvey as does England. Here her albums are met with a shrug except by a fervent minority who wait on her every word. Over the pond, her latest record topped most of the critic’s lists for best album of last year. Her “Let England Shake” album [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate” by Mission Of Burma

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Mission of Burma came up in a late 1970s Boston independent music scene that really hadn’t been developed yet and released a handful of singles. They really were ahead of their time as far as having no framework for record distribution, publicity and all of what goes with it for them to succeed. They were [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Making Plans For Nigel” by XTC

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I had my iPod at the New Year’s Eve party I attended this evening and at one point we played the XTC album “Black Sea.” Now I was fortunate to see them on tour in 1980 behind that album and little did I know at the time that it would be their last tour ever [...]

New Years Eve Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “In The Year 2525″ by Zager and Evans

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Denny Zager and Rick Evans met in college in Nebraska in the early 1960s and began playing music together. They recorded this song in 1968 and it reached the top of the charts during the summer of ’69 in time for man’s first steps on the moon.  It stayed atop the charts while man continued to [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “The Other Shoe” by F*&#d Up

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The only thing F*&#d Up about this record is that I only heard it for the first time last week and as a result it did not make my Top Albums List Of 2011…and it is certainly good enough to be on the list. This Canadian Punk band has been around since 2001 releasing a [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Groove’s Groove” by Richard “Groove” Holmes

        Song Of The Day – “Groove’s Groove” by Richard “Groove” Holmes Like fellow Jazz organ giants Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff and Jimmy McGriff, Holmes released countless organ-drenched Soul Jazz sides during the 1960s paving the way for Acid Jazz and Hip-Hop. Here is the edited 7″ version of this song [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Trees” by Isham Jones & His Orchestra

I first came into contact with this song in a rendition by Alfalfa on “The Little Rascals.” This version hails from 1930 by the Chicago sweet band led by Isham Jones. Jones was a cold taskmaster of a bandleader which is kind of at odds with the sweet music he made with his group. At [...]

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Swingin’ Dem Jingle Bells” by Fats Waller

          Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Swingin’ Dem Jingle Bells” by Fats Waller What more could you ask for on Christmas than this rambunctious reading of “Jingle Bells” from 1936 by the larger than life pianist extraordinaire Fats Waller. Meld that with a fine holiday Betty Boop video [...]