Today’s playlist includes a handful of songs from M.I.A., who was born Mathangi Arulpragasam on this date in 1975.
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When recording started it was called Bird World. Somewhere along the way Lana Del Rey changed the title of her 2019 album to Norman Fucking Rockwell! The actual middle name of artist Norman Rockwell is Percevel. Fucking is a better middle name.
Lana Del Rey turns 38 today. Showing her lots of love on today’s playlist.
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Today’s playlist celebrates the November 8 birthdays of Icona Pop’s Caroline Hjelt, Eric B., Bonnie Raitt, Rickie Lee Jones, Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace, Patti Page, Minnie Riperton, Wizzard’s Roy Wood, The Manhattans’ Gerald Alston, Chapterhouse’s Stephen Patman, Glass Tiger’s Alan Frew, Khia, Diana King, Sam Sparro, Thomas Rusiak, Leif Garrett, and J.J. Jackson; and the November 9 birthdays of Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker, Pepa, The Pretty Things’ Phil May, Peter Paul and Mary’s Mary Travers, Big Pun, Roxanne Shante, Sisqo, Scarface, French Montana, Domino, and Dorothy Dandridge.
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Today’s playlist celebrates the August 2 birthdays of The Band’s Garth Hudson, Traffic’s Jim Capaldi, Charli XCX, The La’s’ Lee Mavers, The Shirelles’ Doris Coley, Johnny Kemp, The Cascades’ John Claude Gummoe, Mojo Nixon, Apollonia, Jacob Collier, and Andrew Gold; and the August 3 birthdays of Metallica’s James Hetfield, Tony Bennett, Scroobius Pip, Nice & Smooth’s Smooth B, Skunk Anansie’s Skin, Lucky Dube, Syreeta, and Ricky Blaze.
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Happy New Year, y’all! On today’s playlist we reel in the years and sing of making a fresh start. I hope 2021 rocks for all of us.