This week on the Taste the Floor show I put together a tribute program celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ groundbreaking album, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” which was released in 1967, this week. I also played a few tracks from “Revolver,” an amazing album (and my personal fave Beatles album), which was … Read more

The Stranglers: Skin Deep The Waterboys: Rags Big Dipper: All Going Out Together Volcano Suns: Greasy Spine Dumptruck: Back Where I Belong Siouxsie and the Banshees: The Killing Jar Gary Puckett & the Union Gap: Young Girl The Jam: Going Underground Concrete Blonde: Everybody Knows The Primitives: Way Behind Me A Flock of Seagulls: Space … Read more

Earlier this month, three writers for the Washington Post eyed both the U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey and David Leip’s Election Atlas to come up with an analysis that led them to suspect that Trump never received the predicted wave of working-class voters on Election Day (linked here). In their analysis, they used the … Read more

This is a riveting piece in the Boston Globe about the Bob Evans/Denise Beaudin/Bear Brook murders case … I am puzzled as to why investigators haven’t submitted his DNA to the same databases that were used to connect Lisa to her family members. This would seem like a no-brainer, especially since they don’t know who … Read more

The Ting Tings: Keep Your Head The Gun Club: Keys to the Kingdom Paul Westerberg: Kickin’ the Stall Paul Westerberg: Knock It Right Out Steely Dan: Kid Charlemagne The Who: The Kids Are Alright Catherine Wheel: Kill Rhythm INXS: Kill the Pain Tashaki Miyaki: Girls on T.V. Karen Elson: Why Am I Waiting Surreal Estate: … Read more

Here’s what I played this week on the Taste the Floor Show: Tashaki Miyaki: City Lily Frost: Rebound B(itch) Emma Elisabeth: Kiss of Gasoline Benjamin Longmire: Hurricane Girl The Manta Rays: Happy Now Karen Elson: Double Roses The Rolling Stones: Just My Imagination The Knack: Just Wait and See The Cars: Just What I Needed … Read more

Almost, just a few more to go … here’s what I played tonight: Liz Phair: Johnny Sunshine Tribe: Joyride (I Saw the Film) Pulp: Joyriders Blur: Jubilee Catherine Wheel: Judy Staring at the Sun Van Halen: Jump David Bowie: Jump They Say Bruce Springsteen: Jungleland Wings: Junior’s Farm Blondie: Just Go Away Cheap Trick: Just … Read more

This week on the Taste the Floor, I ventured into the letter “J” on my computer’s iTunes player. Here are the songs that the player says I heard most. I expect that J will be shorter than I was. LOL Here’s what I played this week on the show. Aerosmith: Jaded The Black Crowes: Jealous … Read more