Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas. Peace on earth.

New Year's Eve 1988

Watch the New Year's ball drop as 1988 ends and 1989 begins.

A Debate on Same-Sex Marriage

Fred and Barney Get Jazzy

"This Surely Deserves More Than [Eighteen] Views"

"Salvage With a Smile"

Ron Paul on "Morton Downey", 1988

Phyllis Hyman: "This Too Shall Pass"

Al Jarreau: "All or Nothing"

The tempo is slowed down a little, which I like.

Laser Cannon Deth Sentence

Gino Vannelli

Earth: "Engine of Ruin"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcLic3qg-90&feature=related

Electropop Singles of 2010

This has a Moroderesque sound to it.

Twenty Years Ago

America was fighting a war in the Middle East and some musicians decided to remake "Give Peace a Chance." To me it hasn't held up well but it's a nice time capsule.

Cockburn looks back.

As 1990 drew to a close, this was the top song:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09qBdgqwYJY



Cf.
the top hit of the moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw

"Let the Sunshine In"

Yelle-"Tristesse Joie"