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Saturday November 29, 2025 · 4:20 PM PST

2025/11/29 · 16:20

I was going to make this an open mic night (and you can still put in whatever you want—nobody’s checking sources on your selections), but then I thought about the recent news that listening to music on a daily basis helps reduce risk of dementia. So I decided to narrow down the theme a bit to basically ask “What have you been listening to lately?”

I heard this one on the radio while driving to the in-laws for Thanksgiving, for the first time, and it really moved me.

Ringo Starr ft. Alison Krauss :: Thankful

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Just listened to this album a couple weeks ago, then it came up in discussion with my dad about Desert Island Disc’s—of which this is one for me. Title track:

Sparks :: Angst in My Pants

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Still bummed over the death of Todd Snider. Saw a lot of his songs posted in tribute, but for some reason, no one posted this fav of mine—“The Ballad of the Kingsmen”

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And speaking of late, lamented artists, we all also just lost Jimmy Cliff. The soundtrack to The Harder They Come is another DID for me. Jimmy sang about half the tracks, and again, I saw several of them posted, but not this one—another title track, “The Harder They Come”

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Gentle reminder: Those on phones really appreciate it if you put the name of your selection in your comment along with your song; and people using screen readers need this in order to identify the video as well. You know how this works — Put your quarter in the slot and your song in the comments. This is your Saturday night jukebox and the party starts NOW~!

Saturday Night Jukebox - Gratitude

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Friday November 28, 2025 · 4:04 PM PST

2025/11/28 · 16:04

Welcome to another Saturday night of music, memories, and conversations.

Gratitude is always in season.

U2 — Landlady

Bono is so grateful to Ali. When the band was just starting, she was the one with a day job.

And I’ll never know
Never know what starving poets meant
Cause when I was broke
It was you that always paid the rent

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Snow Patrol — I Think Of Home

Not so much gratitude as family and nostalgia. But I think it really fits here.

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Coldplay

You Are My Universe

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And I don’t know how I could have a diary on this date and not mention Michael Hutchence. I’m grateful that we had him as long as we did. He was a wonderful man and one of the best frontmen ever.

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Gentle reminder: Those on phones really appreciate it if you put the name of your selection in your comment along with your song; and people using screen readers need this in order to identify the video as well. You know how this works — Put your quarter in the slot and your song in the comments. This is your Saturday night jukebox and the party starts NOW~!

Upcoming diarists:
11/29: theghostofjohndewey
12/6: quaoar
12/13: ???
12/20: ???
12/27: ???

And you. Yes — YOU. You are interested enough in music to read this, you could write one and host. Is there a band you think more people should know about? An anniversary of something coming up? A musical question you want to pose; or that you want answered? Your birthday or favorite musician’s birthday? writing one of these is easy, and you have a couple of weeks till we need someone. Once you get an idea, songs will just come to you.

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