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Friday random ten: The Top 500, part 2

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The next ten of my songs from the Rolling Stone Top 500 list: 1. Sympathy For The Devil – Blood, Sweat, and Tears (#32, orig. Rolling Stones) 2. River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner (#33) 3. You’ve … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: The top 500, part 1

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

So I was surfing around the other day and I came across this Rolling Stone article from 2008 that listed their opinion of the Top 500 rock songs of all time. Which made me wonder how many of those songs … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: It’s not the end of the world, but you can see it from here

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

No matter what you think, what happened Tuesday wasn’t the end of the world. But if you still feel that way, here are ten songs to take to the end of the world with you: 1. Party At Ground Zero … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Dia de los Muertos

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Dia de los Muertos is what we celebrate after Halloween around here. In honor of that, here are ten songs about death. 1. And When I Die – Blood, Sweat & Tears 2. The Car Hank Died In – Austin … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: The World Serious

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The World Series begins next week, so here are ten World songs to commemorate it: 1. All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints – Paul Simon 2. Another World – Joe Jackson 3. Credit In The Straight World … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Gone too soon

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

This month marked the 40th anniversary of Janis Joplin’s death, as well as what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday. Both were taken from us far too soon. Here are ten songs by some other people who left this … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Playoffs

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

October! Cooler weather! Baseball playoffs! Songs that have the word “play” or “off” in them! Gratuitous exclamation points! 1. Evil Woman Don’t Play Your Games With Me – Crow 2. Foul Play – Robert Cray 3. A Passion Play Edit … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Fall back

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

We’ve finally had our first taste of fall weather this week, which around here means high temperatures under 90. In honor of that, some fall songs (and one autumn song). 1. Autumn In New York – Harry Connick 2. Another … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: One hit wonders

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

We recently added the Phineas and Ferb soundtrack to our collection of kid-friendly music. It included the extended version of “Gitchi Gitchi Goo”, the boys’ One Hit Wonder song. With that in mind, this week’s list is a sample of … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Hope, faith, and belief

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The Houston Texans defeated the Indianapolis Colts in their season opener this past Sunday. That was only their second win in 17 attempts against Payton Manning and company, and it’s got the local fans thinking that maybe, just maybe, This … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Cover me

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

In last week’s Houston Chronicle, in their Thursday Entertainment section, there was an article about the author’s ten favorite cover songs. I was going to link to that as the basis of my Friday Random Ten, but for some bizarre … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: That’s just crazy

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

So I was sitting with my laptop trying to be inspired for this week’s Friday list, and it occurred to me that the girls had been driving us a little crazy all weekend. And thus was I inspired. 1. Crazy … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Talk the talk

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

If you follow this blog for things other than random music, you know that I do a lot of candidate and officeholder interviews around election time. In honor of all that talking, here’s ten songs about talking: 1. Ain’t Talkin’ … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Grade one

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Olivia starts first grade on Monday. I wanted to find ten songs with the word “First” in them to honor the occasion, but I didn’t have even half that. So, next best thing, ten songs with the word “One”, for … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: 25 and up

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

For the third and final entry in my numeric theme list, here are ten more songs with numbers in the title, starting with the number 25: 1. When I’m 25 or 64 – Jonathan Coulton 2. Section 29 – The … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: The teen years

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Continuing with last week’s theme, here are ten more numeric songs, beginning with the number 11: 1. Eleven Easy Steps – Trout Fishing In America 2. Come And I Will Sing You (The Twelve Apostles) – Great Big Sea 3. … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: One through ten

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I finished my tour of the alphabet a few weeks ago, and it occurred to me around that time that there was a natural extension of that theme once I got through the Zs. To wit: 1. Going For The … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: You made that up

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

In honor of “Refudiate-gate”, here are ten songs from my collection that feature words not found in nature: 1. Abacab – Genesis 2. Billy-A-Dick – Bette Midler 3. Boogie Oogie Oogie – A Taste of Honey 4. Boplicity – Miles … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Songs for Olivia

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

My traveling companion for the trip to New York was my six-year-old daughter Olivia. We bring the iPod Touch along on plane trips because she and Audrey can watch videos on them. (Phineas and Ferb episodes are the hot property … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Three cheers for the red, white, and blue, part 3

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

We’ve had red, we’ve had white, and now we’ve got blue: 1. Blue Angel – Squirrel Nut Zippers 2. Blue Baiao – Susanna Sharpe and the Samba Police 3. Blue Jeans – Eddie from Ohio 4. Blue Light – David … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Three cheers for the red, white, and blue, part 2

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Continuing with last week’s theme, here are ten white songs: 1. Angry White Boy Polka – Weird Al Yankovic 2. Dancing with Mrs. White – Great Big Sea 3. Nights in White Satin – Making Movies 4. White Boots – … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Three cheers for the red, white, and blue, part 1

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

For a Fourth of July threefer, here are ten red songs: 1. 99 Red Balloons – Nena 2. Fishbone Is Red Hot – Fishbone 3. Ida Red – Hot Club of Cowtown 4. Little Red Corvette – Big Daddy 5. … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Who’s your daddy?

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

In honor of Father’s Day, ten paternal songs: 1. Be My Daddy – Trish & Darin 2. Big Daddy Of Them All – John Mellencamp 3. Daddy And The Thief – team9 vs. Stereogum 4. Daddy Could Swear I Declare … Continue reading →

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Friday random twelve: The end of the alphabet

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

At long last, the end of my “Songs that start with a certain letter” theme. I don’t have ten songs that start with the letter Z, but I do have twelve songs that contain a word that starts with the … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: It’s not me, it’s you

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I have 57 songs that start with the word “You”, plus another 25 that begin with a “You” contraction – you’d, you’ll, you’re, you’ve. It’s all about you, isn’t it? Well, these ten songs are, anyway. 1. You & Me … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: In memoriam

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

In honor of Memorial Day on Monday, here are ten songs that I thought were fitting: 1. The Green Fields of France – Ceili’s Muse 2. Another Man’s Cause – SixMileBridge 3. War – Bruce Springsteen 4. Goodnight, Saigon – … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten – All my exes live in Texas

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Surely you didn’t expect me to have ten songs that start with the letter X, did you? Well, I do happen to have ten songs that start with “EX”, and that will have to do. 1. Exactly Like You – … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Who, what, where, when, why?

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Unlike some other letters I could name, the letter W offers a plethora of possibilities for the “ten songs that start with the same word” theme. So rather than pick just one, I thought I’d go all journalist on you … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Hi, Mom!

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

In honor of Mother’s Day, ten maternal songs: 1. Mother And Child Reunion – Paul Simon 2. My Old Mother – The Mollys 3. Sylvia’s Mother – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show 4. I’ll Tell Me Ma – Flying … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Brought to you by the letter V

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I have exactly 38 songs that begin with the letter V. No more than four of them start with the same word (“voice” or “voices”), so I’m just going to pick ten V songs that appeal to me and call … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Unconventional love songs

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Chad Orzel last weekend gave a list of “songs about love or people in love, but not quite the sort of thing you should expect to hear as the first dance at a wedding any time soon”. I figured I … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Under cover

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

We’re getting close to the end of the alphabet, and along with it we’re getting into some letters that don’t work well with this format I’ve been using. I had to fudge a bit to come up with ten songs … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: Take my list, please!

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

It’s another Friday and it’s time for T songs. 1. Take Advantage of You – Guy Forsyth 2. Take Five – Dave Brubeck Quartet 3. Take It All Away – CAKE 4. Take It Inside – Southside Johnny and the … Continue reading →

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Friday random ten: More good songs

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

It’s Good Friday, so as I did last year, today I bring you ten good songs: 1. All Good Gifts – from “Godspell” 2. Be Good Johnny – Men At Work 3. Good Enough – Acorn 4. The Good Life … Continue reading →

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