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Philadelphia's Longest Running Music Podcast (We Think). Hosted by Dan Drago. All Philly (and Philly adjacent) music, all the time.
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We've got Andrea Nardello this week. Sat at her kitchen counter and chopped it UP. Growing up Jersey & Italian & loud. The beauty of WVirginia. Philly songwriter scene. @wxpnfm.bsky.social. @brandicarlile.bsky.social. More! New EP 'Rise' out now, go get it! 25oclockpod.libsyn.com/andrea-narde...

We've got none other than @somevelvetblog.bsky.social Bruce Warren on the pod this week. Great stories, a great career at @wxpnfm.bsky.social @worldcafe.bsky.social and more! Has a blast talking with him. Also: my first intro from Hong Kong.

Good morning (for me, at least). New episode coming this week, but in the meantime, 2 random photos from Sai Kung.

We love a good street hang in Philly.

Proud of Adam for not just going with "the flow" or whatever bullshit they tell you to do. Prime Philly energy happening here.

For the 7 of you interested: Made it to Hong Kong last night, uneventful and smooth 16 hr flight. Cleared customs like a breeze. Made it back to the apartment efficiently via a city bus route. Ate conveyor belt sushi, and crashed. Now I'm up, dealing with the tine change. Miss you all.

We've got @paulkeen1979.bsky.social on the show this week! Great rock and roll talk. Check out his newest project Wolf & Vixen with CC Lane, their latest single "Everyone's On Drugs" is psychedelic delight.

First-ever Spring Sing and Things Fling — For our first Open Mic of 2025, you are invited to bring us your new songs, poems, and pieces of you! #PhillyGigs #PhillyMusicScene #LocalTalentPhilly #PhillyOpenMic #PhillyMusicians #openmicphilly #phillymusic #phillysingersongwriters #phillyindiemusic

Tori ni iku.

Go birds.

Folks, if I pull off all 3 interviews in 3 days (on my way to #2 currently), it's gonna be a pretty awesome run to release one after the other.

This gonna be the visuals for my DJ sets until further notice ✊🏼🇵🇸

Love to see a sell out.

New episode! We're back from January break, and we're starting strong with @mariamirenzi.bsky.social. Saxophone, Mountain Top PA, guitar, Rock To the Future, magical realism, etc. Check out her newest single, "Suburban Nightmare", available everywhere. 25oclockpod.libsyn.com/maria-mirenzi

The signed 25 O'Clock table has gone out to the curb. Started getting signed in 2018 til 2020, so more of a snapshot than a complete history. I'm not a hoarder, but I often want to keep things like this. Which is probably what a hoarder would say. Goodbye, tabletop. You were part of the team.

Not a very "football kinda guy", but the thought that Philadelphia and Buffalo could play each other in the Super Bowl two days before I leave the country is rather exciting to me.

I'll be in HK by then but y'all should go. What a lineup of heavy hitters: @kevinhanson.bsky.social @rossbellenoit.bsky.social and more!

have never considered popping champagne before this no arena in chinatown update

The green app has 5 live concerts by Can from the 70s, and all I can say is I'm glad my partner isn't home because she would NOT be on board with me listening to them all in a row on the good living room speakers.

If doing your taxes on a Saturday night in January is cool, consider me Miles Davis.

And music I liked that wasn't from Philadelphia. It happens. open.substack.com/pub/djdrago/...

My end of year email from NYE. Great playlist of Philadelphia artists. Lots to look forward to next year. open.substack.com/pub/djdrago/...

The one and only Ross Bellenoit this week! Jazz, writing, Peter Gabriel, Muscle Tough, Phish at the Worcester Spectrum in '98, and more.

The list is here. 10 great records from 10 Philly artists. Too many more to count. Everyone who put music out this year rules.

Folks, Christmas has come early. Merry Synthmas one and all.

We here at 25 O'Clock salute Bruce and all his years at @wxpnfm.bsky.social. They broke the mold when they made this guy. Cent'anni, my friend!

The words "Fontaines" or "Lenderman" will not be appearing on this year's list. I enjoyed them both, and it's nice to watch PR teams actually do their jobs.

My #1 for 2024 is Kim Deal's 'Nobody Loves You More' no contest, and now I need to fudge 9 others to make a list and not seem like I only listened to one record that came out a month ago. #musicjournalistproblems

My good friend/pod bro Nate is doing his annual holiday jawn tomorrow night! It's like if Pee Wee's Playhouse was a podcast.

i love that blur wrote the woohoo song to make fun of american grunge rock and americans were like "wow this slaps" and then continued ignoring blur

In honor of #2 #xpncountdown

Here was 10, for anyone interested. I only got 1 on the countdown (Neko). Honestly, if it had been many more, I'd wonder what was wrong with all of us. #xpncountdown