April 1 is National Atheist Day in the United States. Below is your holiday soundtrack:
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 8-26-24
There’s a lot of Garbage on today’s playlist, as Shirley Manson of Garbage was born on this date in 1966.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 11-19-23
Inspired by an unhoused woman who would sing gospel songs in front of a Washington, DC hotel, the familiar refrain of “la da dee la da da” in Crystal Waters’ “Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)” was meant as a temporary placeholder until the real lyrics were written. Here’s to writers block! Crystal Waters was born on this date in 1961. A couple of her tracks are included on today’s playlist.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 8-16-23
Lotsa Madonna on today’s playlist, as today is her 65th birthday.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 7-30-23
As it achieved massive success just last year, many younger people think that Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” was written this decade, but the truth is Kate wrote the song back in 1492, during the Spanish Inquisition. Believe me. I know. I was the one who taught her how to play the synthesizer.
Kate Bush turns 558 years old today, or 65 if you wanna go by Wikipedia, the website invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1695. Lots of her musical goodness is on today’s playlist.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 8-21-22
Today’s playlist celebrates the August 21 birthdays of Kelis, The Clash’s Joe Strummer, The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett, Kacey Musgraves, System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, Jackie De Shannon, Kenny Rogers, Ernie Maresca, and David Morales; and the August 22 birthdays of Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA, Tori Amos, John Lee Hooker, Tears for Fears’ Roland Orzabal, Craig Finn, Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley, Bangles’ Debbi Peterson, Living Colour’s Vernon Reid, Dale Hawkins, Dua Lipa, The Archies’ Ron Dante, Chuck Brown, and Evelyn Thomas.
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Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (12-1-20)
Inspired by the season and the December 1 birthdays of Bette Midler, Janelle Monae, Basement Jaxx’s Simon Ratcliff, Lou Rawls, Richard Pryor, Billy Paul, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Mary Martin, Woody Allen, Treat Williams, Sarah Silverman, Julee Cruise, Jonathan Coulton and Matt Monro.
Your (Almost) Daily Playlist (9-22-20)
Inspired by the September 22 birthdays of Joan Jett, Nick Cave, Mystikal, Debby Boone, Martin Solveig, Pat Suzuki, Right Said Fred’s Richard Fairbrass, The Rentals’ Matt Sharp, Concrete Blonde’s Johnette Napolitano, Timebox’s Mike Patto and The Jones Girls’ Shirley Jones.