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Emotional Support Canadian🇨🇦. My Radio Show 25 O’Clock airs Saturdays @ 11 pm EDT & repeats Mondays also @ 11 pm on canoefm.com. Other show Zero To Fifty - a celebration of music from 1900-1950 - airs every 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturday of each month @ 7 am EDT!
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Random Old Government Films. “Yer bets! Place yer bets!” Made for The Ministry Of Agriculture by The Ministry Of Information, here’s a very sexy 1942 expose’ on Hedging. Caution: May contain scenes of stonewalling: youtu.be/WoprVhpOKIk?...

Hot Sauce - I’ll Kill A Brick (About My Man) (7” 45 rpm, 1971). Deep-cut Aretha-worthy Soul/Funk number released by the legendary Memphis, TN Volt Records label, the finest sound East of the Pecos!! youtu.be/v6P6vdEM9j8?...

Random 45s In My Record Collection. Recorded at NYC’s Madison Square Gardens on Nov. 28 1974 & the B-Side to their US #1 hit single Philadelphia Freedom, here’s The Elton John Band feat. John Lennon - I Saw Her Standing There. Sad Fact: Lennon’s last concert performance. youtu.be/aGkqm2MkyF8?...

(June 28/25) Hey all - My weekly radio programme 25 O’Clock tiptoes across The Internets tonight at 11 p.m. EDT! I’ll be spinning trax by World Party, Bob Mould, Jane Siberry, Stevie Wonder an’ a bunch more great musical acts! Tune in to canoefm.com, have a listen & lemme know whatcha think!

#Random80sSongoftheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky The Cure - A Night Like This (The Head On The Door, 1985). Not released as a single, but an official video was created nonetheless. youtu.be/hkkO2uiOEUM?...

Sometimes the Little Guy wins! Iconic NYC Elizabeth Street Gardens saved from urban developers: www.6sqft.com/elizabeth-st...

#ColorTheMusic #MusicChallenge Neil Diamond - Something Blue (Melody Road, 2014). A wonderful late-career tune that could’ve been a hit fifty or sixty years ago! Official strummin’ & hummin’ video: youtu.be/_qjqysU36tw?...

Because of the ongoing & pointless battle between the US Government and Harvard University, International students enrolled at Harvard may have a Canadian education alternative should they not be able to return to the States. www.cbc.ca/news/harvard...

Random Early Popular Records. It's Fox Trot Time! With a little number that'll have your toes tappin' out toenail Morse wanting -- --- .-. . -.-.--, here's The Buffalodians - Here Comes Emaline (10" 78 rpm, 1926). youtu.be/rtoEnbqNmDc?...

Random Blues Records. Leadbelly - Grasshoppers In My Pillow (10' 78 rpm, 1947). Great echo! youtu.be/yXKGH8aSJCQ?...

Morning Song. Comprised of John Hiatt, Jim Keltner, Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe, here’s Little Village - Fool Who Knows (Little Village, 1992). An overlooked album here in Canada. ☹️ youtu.be/KWYBgyHGIFg?...

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#MusicChallenge #JuneGloom Day 28 - Early Evening at Hradčany (1909) - Jakub Schikaneder “Though I'm going, going, I'll be coming home soon; long as I can see the light.” Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light (Cosmo’s Factory, 1970). youtu.be/SFP5afPweVI?...

No Context Summer Movie Trailers. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) Dir. William Asher. Starring Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Buster Keaton, Donna Loren, Don Rickles, Paul Lynde, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck. Nominated for 27 Academy Awards, winning for best Von Zipper. youtu.be/E70gbSmM8m0?...

Good Rockin’ Tonite!! With a super-fun 1979 appearance on the UK TV programme The Kenny Everett Video Show, here’s Dave Edmunds & Rockpile - Trouble Boys. Sid Snot rules!! youtu.be/tHILFDCnc4Q?...

#Random80sSongoftheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Featuring a musical assist from Martha Ladly 🇨🇦 of Martha And The Muffins on keyboards and backing vocals, here’s Scottish legends The Associates - Club Country (#13 UK, Sulk, 1982). youtu.be/js3_etgSlgQ?...

Just a great track! 😁 With a little help from Chief of Security Gus Gustofferson and ruining the practice time of The Juul Haalmeyer Dancers, here’s America performing their 1982 hit Right Before Your Eyes in SCTV’s legendary Studio B! youtu.be/pi3CZilM36w?...

Just a great track! The first song to reach #1 on the US main music chart by a UK artist, here’s the lovely Vera Lynn - Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart (7” 45 rpm, 1952). Fun Fact: The next female solo UK singer to have a US #1 hit would be Petula Clark in 1965 with Downtown. youtu.be/8WsuLH4sulA?...

*Depending on the style/brand, 10 1/2 or 11. 😁 youtu.be/RxbfYiiBuP0?...

#ColorTheMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Al Hirt - Green Hornet Theme (The Horn Meets The "Hornet", 1966). Simply buzz-worthy!! 🎺🦟 youtu.be/3zXx0ReqOOI?...

Random Early Big Band Records. Andy Kirk and His Clouds Of Joy - Fifty-Second Street (10” 78 rpm, 1936). Taxi!! youtu.be/Db4nOwgLDdY?...

Morning Song. Helen O’Connell - Be Anything (But Be Mine) (#27 US, 7” 45 rpm, 1952). Just lovely. 💘 youtu.be/aIVjiml2YmU?...

Hey Kids - Time for another No-Hit Wonder! From their 1968 debut, self-titled and only album, here’s NYC’s Autosalvage - Parahighway. Groovy The Who/Byrds-esque tune with accompanying vintage animated terrors of drug use short film clip! youtu.be/nCcu2CDun5k?...

Morning Song. A perfectly silly tune well suited for singing along to in a glass-enclosed shower for full effect, here’s the ever-lovely Margaret Whiting - Good Morning, Mr. Echo (10” 78 rpm, 1951). youtu.be/9VN-Vvbp5KU?...

#MusicChallenge #JuneGloom Day 26: The Vegetable Gardener - Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593). “The longing look you gave me, that longing look - more than enough to keep me fed all year.” XTC - Harvest Festival (Apple Venus Volume One, 1999). A bumper crop of love. 💗💗 youtu.be/_Zd351nRFN0?...

Just a great track! With a bass line anchored by the legendary Ron Carter, here’s the ever-wonderful Roberta Flack - Compared To What (First Take, 1969). Six minutes of musical perfection from one of the most underrated, stunning debut albums ever. youtu.be/wDUk9Lsy_yQ?...

No Context Movie Trailers. Oliver! (1968) Dir. Carol Reed. Starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, Mark Lester, Harry Secombe. Winner of 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture & Best Director. Release the scallywags!! youtu.be/U1-Q3nyMelc?...

Just a great Mod track! Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 heures du matin (Jacqueline Taïeb, 1967). Shades of The Who! Nifty vintage video: youtu.be/UKhZTzjFX_4?...

#MusicChallenge #JuneGloom #ColorTheMusic Day 25 - Skull Of A Skeleton With Burning Cigarette – Vincent Van Gogh (1885/86). Bruce Cockburn 🇨🇦 - People See Through You (#37 Canada, World Of Wonders, 1986). A Classic Canadian Song! Official Video: youtu.be/53JkTgdTKd0?...

#Random80sSongoftheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Frida - I Know There’s Something Going On (#13 US, Something’s Going On, 1982). Written by Russ Ballard. youtu.be/p98PjtSfNWo?...

Time to fire up the TARDIS, put on a few of these beauties and head to NYC's Times Square a hundred years ago!

look at this little cutie...a 1947 Cushman scooter

René Vincent (1879–1936) was a French illustrator who was active in the 1920s-1930s. He worked in an Art Deco style and became famous for his poster designs. His illustrations helped define advertising in the 20th century. #loveart #thattick #illustration

Emerging research shows the healing power of beekeeping for people grappling with stress and trauma. reasonstobecheerful.world/mental-healt...

#ColorTheMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Guy Mitchell - She Wears Red Feathers (#1 UK, 7” 45 rpm, 1952). Fun hammy film clip! youtu.be/H9H0YMtyCcM?...

Morning Song. A silly honk of a tune, here’s Kay Kyser - Alexander The Swoose (10” 78 rpm, 1941). Fun Fact: Actor Swoosie Kurtz was named after her father’s famed WWII Flying Fortress which was named The Swoose due to using parts from a different type of plane for repairs! youtu.be/tgDDO6keIsM?...

RIP Bobby Sherman He was kind of a fixture growing up He had hits on the radio like "Easy Come Easy Go" and he'd often turn up on 70's TV shows like The Brady Bunch or The Mod Squad RS

The Adopted Time-Travelling Official Fun Video for 2025, since the World could use some joy these days! The B-52’s - Planet Claire. Putting the Pier in Pierson! 😁 youtu.be/WT1L5swMMVI?...

Just a great track! Marshall Crenshaw - Let Her Dance (Good Evening, 1989). Doing justice to the ol’ Bobby Fuller Four hit! youtu.be/jvtnkDKWt4w?...

#Random80sSongoftheNight #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Rickenbacker Alert!🎸🚨 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - The Waiting (#6 Canada, Hard Promises, 1981). Official Video. youtu.be/uMyCa35_mOg?...