Christmas Cards: It's that time of the year!

Today is... December 9th..which means… 

IT'S NATIONAL CHRISTMAS CARD DAY! 

 

A HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS CARDS:

" A prominent educator and patron of the arts, Henry Cole, travelled in the elite, social circles of early Victorian England, and had the misfortune

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Alive As Yesterday: 1981 Concerts

Iggy Pop

Dirty Looks

Pittsburgh, PA

 

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Squeeze

Music Hall

Cleveland, OH

 

R.E.M.

Little Tigers, Love Tractor

One Eye Open, The Side Affects

The Swindle$, Limbo District

Eddie Hinton & The Rocking Horses

Convalescent Egyptians

Gang

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Alive As Yesterday: 1987 Concerts

License To Ill Tour '87

Beastie Boys

Fishbone

Murphy's Law

Many people's first taste of the Beasties was in 1985, when they opened for none other than Madonna during the pop star's first headlining tour. They then toured in

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LI Sounds Weekly: November 28 Thru December 4th

GREETINGS ONE & ALL!

Don't Miss Out On All The Great Shows

That Are Happening This Week!

NOVEMBER 28

FUNKSGIVING 38 Featuring FUNK FILHARMONIK!

Venue: The Warehouse

203 Broadway    Amityville, NY

Doors @ 6 pm

It's The 38th Annual Funksgiving

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ONE & ALL!

 

MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!

 

BIG STAR - THANK YOU FRIENDS

Thank You Friends is one of Big Star‘s very best.

 

NEIL YOUNG - HARVEST MOON

The song uses a moon motif, which Young has mentioned as being very

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Out of Order: Freelance Vandals Album Circa 2020

Freelance Vandals lineup 1981

Left to right: "Diamond" Ray Finch, Jack Finch, Chuck Ciany

Billy "the Mountain" Cairns, Mike Adams & Johnny Pierre

 

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been curating the Freelance Vandals archive of studio & live

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My 2023 Thanksgiving Playlist

HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK

From all of us here @

MIND SMOKE RECORDS!

 

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy;

they are the charming gardeners

who make our souls blossom." 

— Marcel Proust

 

The History of Thanksgiving

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Alive As Yesterday: 1969 Concerts

The Kinks

Taj Mahal

Sha Na Na

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

 

The Move

Cold Blood

Albert King

Fillmore West

San Francisco, CA

 

Grateful Dead

AUM

Flying Burrito Bros.

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

Spirit

Nazz

James Cotton Blues Band

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LI Sounds Weekly: November 14 Thru November 20th

GREETINGS ONE & ALL!

Don't Miss Out On All The Great Shows

That Are Happening This Week!

NOVEMBER 14

JAMES MADDOCK, BRIAN MITCHELL & SHAWN PELTON

Venue: 11th Street Bar

510 East 11th St    NYC

Showtime: 8:30 pm

New York

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