Playlist for 11/28

Dr. John - Things Happen That Way

Buddy Guy - Blues Don't Lie

Charles Stepney - Step On Step

Pharoah Sanders - Karma

Sunny Sweeney - Married Alone

Miko Marks - Feel Like Going Home

John Fullbright - Liar

Clowns Exit Laughing: Jimmy Webb Songbook - Various (Ace)

Nothing Compares (2022 Sinead O’Connor Documentary)

The Playlist (Netflix Spotify Series)

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony (HBO) 

2022 American Music Awards 

My Favorite Albums of 2002

Below are an A-Z listing of my favorite albums released in 2002.  Lots of genres, and most likely, even in 2022, lots of albums that I still haven't heard.  All are studio or live, no greatest hits albums.  

Alan Jackson - Drive

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags & Code

Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed The Fish

Beck - Sea Change

Best Bootlegs In The World Ever - Various

Bottle Rockets - Songs of Sahm

Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil

Bruce Springsteen - Rising

Coldplay - Rush Of Blood To The Head

Common - Electric Circus

Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This

Dixie Chicks - Home

Dolly Parton - Halos & Horns

Donnas - Spend The Night

Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel

Faith Hill - Cry

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Jay-Z - Blueprint 2

Justin Timberlake - Justified

Kasey Chambers - Barricades & Brickwalls

Kenny Chesney - No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

Lee Ann Womack - Something Worth Leaving Behind

Libertines - Up The Bracket

Linda Thompson - Fashionably Late

Keith Urban - Golden Road

Meshell Ndegeocello - Cookie: Anthropological Mixtape

Missy Elliott - Under Construction

Mountain Goats - Tallahassee

N.E.R.D. - In Search Of

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Others - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Volume III

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

Randy Travis - Rise and Shine

Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage

Rhett Miller - Instigator

Rilo Kiley - Execution Of All Things

Roots - Phrenology

Shania Twain - Up

Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me

Spoon - Kill The Moonlight

Steve Earle - Jerusalem

Streets - Original Pirate Material

Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors - s/t

Tom Waits - Blood Money

Tom Waits - Alice

Warren Zevon - My Ride's Here

Willie Nelson - Great Divide

Playlist for 11/19

Live Forever: A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver - Various

Jerry Reed - Lord Mr. Ford

Jerry Reed - When You're Hot, You're Hot

Rhett Miller - Misfit

Little Big Town - Mr. Sun

Nikki Lane - Denim & Diamonds

Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

Dailey & Vincent - Let's Sing Some Country

Music List A Month (November) - 100 Favorite TV Shows

Like I said on my October Monthly list about my top movies,  this blog covers more than just music.  This TV list was first published in 2016.  Since then I've caught up with shows that I may have missed.  But most of the titles from 2016 have remained.  

Just a few rules from the original post in 2016 that have remained: no daytime shows (Soul Train, American Bandstand), no mini-series (Roots), no short run series that disappear for a few year then come back (Sherlock, Luther) and no Game Shows (Jeopardy).  

1.  Twilight Zone
2.  Honeymooners
3.  Sopranos
4.  Happy Days
5.  Monty Python's Flying Circus
6.  The Wire
7.  M*A*S*H
8.  Game of Thrones
9.  Saturday Night Live
10.The  Office (U.K.)
11. Sesame Street
12. Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
13. Late Show with David Letterman
14. Daily Show with Jon Stewart
15. Star Trek
16. All In The Family
17. Carol Burnett Show
18. I Love Lucy
19. Taxi
20. Mary Tyler Moore
21. Breaking Bad
22. Rockford Files
23. SCTV
24. Get Smart
25. Barney Miller
26. WKRP In Cincinnati
27. Muppet Show
28. Andy Griffith Show
29. Deadwood
30. The Fugitive
31. Ed Sullivan Show
32. Your Show of Shows
33. Gunsmoke
34. Mad Men
35. Seinfeld
36. Mystery Science Theater 3000
37. The Office (U.S.)
38. Fleabag
39. Curb Your Enthusiasm
40. Wonder Years
41. Police Squad
42. Cheers
43. Larry Sanders Show
44. Magnum P.I.
45. Columbo
46. Simpsons
47. Phil Silvers Show
48. Dick Van Dyke Show
49. Bob Newhart Show
50. Chappelle's Show
51. Freaks and Geeks
52. Odd Couple
53. 60 Minutes
54. Lost
55. Flintstones
56. Justified
57. Monkees
58. Partridge Family
59. Brady Bunch
60. American Idol
61. Flip Wilson Show
62. The Voice
63. Luther
64. Bonanza
65. Good Times
66. Jeffersons
67. Cosby Show 
68. Route 66
69. 30 Rock
70. Hawaii Five-O  (70's)
71. Late Night with Conan O'Brien
72. Moonlighting
73. Key & Peele
74. Welcome Back, Kotter
75. Starsky & Hutch
76. Hill Street Blues
77. In Living Color
78. Family Ties
79. Twin Peaks
80. True Blood
81. Orange Is The New Black
82. Munsters
83. Addams Family
84. Rectify
85. X-Files
86. Rat Patrol
87. Jetsons
88. Insecure
89. Dean Martin Show
90. Wanted Dead or Alive
91. Jack Benny Program
92. Sanford and Son
93. Sherlock
94. Parks and Recreation
95. Downton Abbey
96. Gilligan’s Island
97. Miami Vice
98. Batman
99. Ernie Kovacs Show
100. The Shield

Poll: November 1983 Top Songs

Here's a new poll that I just started voting on.  From popgoldradio.com and DJ Tom Natoli.  A different month and year gets voted on and the results are counted down on Natoli's show.  This poll was for November 1983.  Below are the top 39 songs for that month.  "Islands In The Stream" was #1 on a survey that combines chart data from Billboard, Cash Box and either WABC or Z100.  My ranked choices are at the end of the song title. For example, "Islands In The Stream" was my #8 vote. "Ain't Nobody" was my #1. 

Some thoughts on 11/83.  Thanks to the success of Thriller, the music biz had begun to crawl out of its early 80's doldrums.  And there's no discounting that the growing success of MTV, with British New Wave acts leading the way, helped out as well.  1983 gave way to best Pop music year of the 80's, 1984.  With its blockbuster albums by Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Lionel Richie, Madonna and Thriller still dominating the charts.  And MTV now a dominating force as well. 

"Islands In The Stream", Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton : 8

"All Night Long (All Night)", Lionel Richie : 9
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart", Bonnie Tyler : 7
"One Thing Leads To Another", Fixx : 11
"Uptown Girl", Billy Joel : 27
"Say Say Say", Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson : 17
"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All", Air Supply : 35
"Delirious", Prince : 22
"Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)", Sheena Easton : 39
"True", Spandau Ballet : 12
"Suddenly Last Summer", Motels : 29
"Cum On Feel The Noize", Quiet Riot : 28
"King Of Pain", Police : 10
"If Anyone Falls", Stevie Nicks : 38
"Modern Love", David Bowie : 13
"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : 34
"Love Is A Battlefield", Pat Benatar : 15
"Heart And Soul", Huey Lewis & the News : 23
"Say It Isn't So", Daryl Hall & John Oates : 18
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", Michael Jackson : 24
"Crumblin' Down", John Cougar Mellencamp : 19
"Church Of The Poison Mind", Culture Club : 16
"Why Me?", Irene Cara : 36
"Union Of The Snake", Duran Duran : 32
"Burning Down The House", Talking Heads : 3
"The Safety Dance", Men Without Hats : 20
"In A Big Country", Big Country : 2
"Twist Of Fate", Olivia Newton-John : 33
"Ain't Nobody", Rufus & Chaka Khan : 1
"I Am Love", Jennifer Holliday : 31
"Let The Music Play", Shannon : 6
"Holiday", Madonna : 4
"Tell Her About It", Billy Joel : 21
"Stop Doggin' Me Around", Klique : 25
"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)", Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel : 5
"Miracles", Stacy Lattisaw : 26
"Time Will Reveal", DeBarge : 14
"Unconditional Love", Donna Summer : 37
"Tell Me If You Still Care", S.O.S. Band : 30

Playlist for 11/12

Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen

Asleep At The Wheel - Comin' Right At Ya

Here Today! Songs of Brian Wilson - Various

Dusty Sings Soul - Various

Beths - Expert In A Dying Field

Blackpink - Born Pink

Built To Spill - When The Wind Forgets Your Name

Willi Carlisle - Peculiar, Missouri

Ashley McBryde - Lindeville

My Favorite Albums of 1992

 Below are an A-Z listing of my favorite albums released in 1992.  Lots of genres, and most likely, even in 2022, lots of albums that I still haven't heard.  All are studio or live, no greatest hits albums.  

Alan Jackson - A Lot About Livin'

Alejandro Escovedo - Gravity

Alison Krauss & Union Station - Everytime You Say Goodbye

Annie Lennox - Diva

Bikini Kill - s/t

Black Crowes - Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

Bodyguard - Soundtrack

Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch

Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town 

Charlie Rich - Pictures & Paintings

Charles & Eddie - Duophonic

Chills - Soft Bomb

Chris Bell - I Am The Cosmos

Cracker - s/t

Dr. Dre - Chronic

Elton John - The One

Emmylou Harris - At The Ryman

En Vogue - Funky Divas

Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique

Eric Clapton - Unplugged

Freedy Johnston - Can You Fly

Garth Brooks - The Chase

George Jones- Walls Can Fall

George Strait - Holding My Own

Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience

Hal Ketchum - Sure Love

Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel

Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall

Jonathan Richman - I Jonathan

John Anderson - Seminole Wind

John Trudell - AKA Grafitti Man

K.D. Lang - Ingenue

Kris Kross - Totally Krossed Out

Leonard Cohen - Future

Lindsey Buckingham - Out Of The Cradle

Lorrie Morgan - Watch Me

Los Lobos - Kiko

Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World

Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth

Luna - Lunapark

Madonna - Erotica

Mariah Carey - Unplugged

Mark Chesnutt - Longnecks & Short Stories

Mary J. Blige - What's The 411

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On

Morrissey - Your Arsenal

Neil Young - Harvest Moon

Neneh Cherry - Homebrew

Nirvana - Incesticide

Pam Tillis - Homeward Looking Angel

Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

PJ Harvey - Dry

Prince - Love Symbol

REM - Automatic For The People

Robert Cray - I Was Warned

Sade - Love Deluxe

Sinead O'Connor - Am I Not Your Girl

Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

Sonic Youth - Dirty

Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union

Stacy Dean Campbell - Lonesome Wins Again

Sugar - Copper Blue

TLC - Ooooh On the TLC Tip

Tom Waits - Bone Machine

Tony Bennett - Perfectly Frank

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

Trisha Yearwood - Hearts In Armor

Vince Gill - I Still Believe In You

Wynonna - Wynonna Judd

Playlist for 11/4

Freedy Johnston - Back On The Road To You

Tyler Childers - Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven

Lake Street Dive - Fun Machine: Sequel

Tanya Tucker - What's Your Mama's Name

Tanya Tucker - Would You Lay With Me

Patsy Cline - Showcase

Bill Monroe - High Lonesome Sound Of

Jerry Jeff Walker - Viva Terlingua

Ernest Tubb - Daddy Of 'Em All