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Friday random ten: On break

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

To salute the end of spring break, ten songs about breaks and breaking. 1. Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You – Connie Francis 2. Only Love Can Break A Heart – Gene Pitney 3. Break It To Me Gently … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: A few of my favorite things

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

When I embarked on that project to listen to every song in my iTunes library in alphabetical order, one of the purposes was to assign a star rating to each song. I kept it simple: Three stars was the default, … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: The best little random ten list in Texas

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

A moment of silence, please, for Edna Milton Chadwell, the last madam of the Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas, who passed away this week at the age of 84. In her memory, I bring you this list: 1. … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Tongue twisters

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Somehow I got to thinking this week about songs that are challenging to sing because of lyrical density and/or complexity. Tongue-twisting songs, in other words. I came up with ten from my collection: 1. Mari Mac – Flying Fish Sailors … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Unexpected genius

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

I was just going to do another normal random ten listing – I had the iPod in shuffle mode and was just waiting for a time to collect the songs I’d heard and put them in a post, when I … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Songs for an unromantic Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

There are many songs to express one’s romantic feelings for one’s partner on Valentine’s Day and to help put one’s partner in the mood for love. These are not ten of those songs. 1. If You Want Me To Love … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: The past is never what you remember it to be

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

What hath the iPod wrought this week? 1. The Best Is Yet To Come – Frank Sinatra and Count Basie 2. Better Be Good To Me – Tina Turner 3. Hammer To Fall – Queen 4. Bridge Of Sighs – … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: It’s a nice year for nine weddings

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

So I guess I’ve sort of settled on a theme for now, which is to do ten actually random songs, then ramble on about one or more of them. With that in mind: 1. White Wedding – Billy Idol 2. … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: What was that lyric again?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Another actual random ten, with a theme that occurred to me as I was compiling it. 1. Óró Sé do Bheath Abhaile – SixMileBridge 2. Broadway – Stew 3. (Making The Run To) Gladewater – Michelle Shocked 4. Snakedance – … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Themeless

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

No theme this week, just randomness… 1. Number Six Driver – Eddie From Ohio 2. Ida Red – Elena James 3. I Am Stretched On Your Grave – Sinead O’Connor 4. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Creedence Clearwater … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: In with the new

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Out with the old year, in with the new songs: 1. New Blood – Robert Cray 2. New Blue Moon – Traveling Wilburys 3. A New Day Yesterday – Jethro Tull 4. New Blues – Joe Satriani 5. New Jazz … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Out with the old

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Only one more day left in the old year, so here are ten old songs: 1. The Old Black Rum – Great Big Sea 2. Old Blevins – Austin Lounge Lizards 3. Old Dan Tucker – Bruce Springsteen 4. The … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: I got nothing

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Maybe it’s the “Oh, my God, Christmas is a week away” realization, or maybe it’s that I’ve been shaking off a cold all week, but I had no Friday music inspiration today. So, I ran with that. Here’s ten songs … Continue reading →

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Friday random however many: The airing of grievances

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Last week was about all-purpose songs that we hate. This week, in the spirit of the season, let’s discuss Christmas songs that we can’t stand. Here’s a list from the Chron, some of which will be familiar to Mellowmas fans. … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: I hate that song!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

How much do I love a (well-timed) story about songs people hate? I can count ten songs from my collection that the writer and commenters on this piece cannot abide: 1. We Built This City (Extended Club Remix) – Starship … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Black Friday edition

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Today is Black Friday, the traditional start-of-the-Christmas-season holiday in which crazy people get up before the crack of dawn to have first dibs at discounted merchandise. I understand our neighborhood Target took things to the logical extreme and opened at … Continue reading →

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Friday random sixteen: Yet another stupid “greatest songs” list, part 2

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Last week I took a look at Time Magazine’s 100 Greatest Songs list, and listed the sixteen songs on that list that I have in their original form. As it happens, I have cover versions of sixteen more of those … Continue reading →

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Friday random sixteen: Yet another stupid “greatest songs” list, part 1

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

You didn’t think I could let Time Magazine’s 100 Greatest Songs list pass me by, did you? I’m going to do this in two parts, with part one being the songs that I have in their original form. Part Two … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Semana de los Muertos

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Sure as November follows October, so does Dia de los Muertos follow Halloween. In that spirit, I offer ten songs about death and dying. 1. The Long Black Veil – The Chieftains with Mick Jagger 2. Very Fine Funeral – … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Trick or treat

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Repeating a theme from 2009 (but not any songs), here’s a list to get you into the Halloween spirit: 1. It Must Be Halloween – Trout Fishing In America 2. Brilliant Disguise – Bruce Springsteen 3. Zombie Jamboree – Lager … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: With this ring

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

This past Monday was my 13th wedding anniversary. I’ve now been married long enough that I have a hard time remembering what it was like to not be married. Of course, I’m also very old, so that may just be … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: I’d like to buy an argument, please

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

How many of these godforsaken Republican debates are there going to be? 1. Argument – from the “Chess” soundtrack 2. Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting – The Who 3. We Always Fight When We Drink Gin – Austin Lounge … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Is it fall yet?

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

After this miserably hot and dry summer, any daytime high temperature under 90 is considered cool, fall-like weather. 1. Angels Would Fall – Melissa Etheridge 2. Another Place To Fall – KT Tunstall 3. Fall Behind Me – The Donnas … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: So that’s what “random” means

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, here’s a radical idea: How about I hit Shuffle on my iPod and report the first ten songs that come up? You know, like they used to do in the old days? No theme, just ten randomly-played songs. What … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Gone too soon, again

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I heard “Rehab” on the radio the other day, and it got me thinking once again about musicians who left this planet way too soon. 1. Back To Black – Amy Winehouse (1983-2011) 2. Statesboro Blues – The Allman Brothers … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: The final frontier

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

This is a little late, as this was happening while I was doing the Songs of the Century, but here’s my tribute to the last flight of the space shuttle: 1. Space Oddity – David Bowie 2. Space Truckin’ – … Continue reading →

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Friday random twelve: My worst songs

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Having spent so much time talking about the songs I own that are on various Best Songs lists, how about a list of Worst Songs, courtesy of the AOL Radio Blog? This list goes to twelve because that’s how many … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Grade two

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Olivia is now officially two weeks into the second grade. As I did last year around this time, here to celebrate that are ten songs brought to you by the number two. 1. Two – Ryan Adams 2. Two Bends … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Blowin’ in the wind

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Those of us here on the Gulf Coast are quite familiar with hurricanes and all they can bring with them, so we have much sympathy for those on the East Coast who are in the path of Hurricane Irene. Whether … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: What would Molly say?

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

In re: Rick Perry for President, I quote the immortal Molly Ivins, who said about Dubya “Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.” In honor of that, here’s … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Songs of the Century, part 11

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

And we wrap it up with the Songs of the Century as compiled by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. 1. That’s The Way (I Like It) – KC and the Sunshine Band (#303) … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Songs of the Century, part 10

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The penultimate list from the Songs of the Century as compiled by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. 1. Reach Out, I’ll Be There – The Four Tops (#266) 2. Walk This Way – … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Songs of the Century, part 9

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Three lists to go from the Songs of the Century as compiled by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. 1. Me and Bobby McGee – Modern Barbershop Quartet (#232, Janis Joplin) 2. Kansas City … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Songs of the Century, part 8

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

At long last, we return to the Songs of the Century as compiled by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. 1. Bye Bye Blackbird – Mel Torme (#189, Gene Austin) 2. Tom Dooley – … Continue reading →

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