Phil’s Faves: Songs, December 27, 2015

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of December 27, 2015

1. Price Tag—Sleater—Kinney
2. Weirdoz Everywhere—The Prefab Messiahs
3. Rory and The Hurricanes—Ringo Starr [Hall of Fame]
4. Unsteady—Jubliee Riots with Heather Robb
5. Cuban Getaway—Kenny Parker
6. Sunday—Brown Mountain Apes
7. Slave—The BoDeans
8. Red Letter Day—Courtney Yasmineh
9. Not the One—Raina Randolph
10.Candy—Mary Bue
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, December 20, 2015

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of December 20, 2015

1. Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive—The Prefab Messiahs
2. Let the Good Times Roll—JD McPherson
3. Postcards from Paradise—Ringo Starr [Hall of Fame]
4. The Widening Gyre—Altan [Hall of Fame]
5. It Only Gets Darker—Andy and The Pandys
6. Yes, Indeed—Kenny Parker
7. No Cities to Love—Sleater—Kinney
8. Penny Black—Jubilee Riots
9. Eclectic—Eric Johnson and Matt Stern
10. This Is My Day—Michelle Hanlon
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, December 20, 2015

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of December 20, 2015

1. Price Tag—Sleater—Kinney
2. Sunday—Brown Mountain Apes
3. Weirdoz Everywhere—The Prefab Messiahs
4. Rory & The Hurricanes—Ringo Starr [Hall of Fame]
5. Cuban Getaway—Kenny Parker
6. Bloodless—Andy and The Pandys
7. Lurgy Streams—Altan [Hall of Fame]
8. Stranger in a Strange Place—The Brazilian Johnsons
9. Red Letter Day—Courtney Yasmineh
10.Unsteady—Jubliee Riots with Heather Robb
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, December 13, 2015

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of December 13, 2015

1. The Widening Gyre—Altan [Hall of Fame]
2. It Only Gets Darker—Andy and The Pandys
3. Let the Good Times Roll—JD McPherson
4. Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive—The Prefab Messiahs
5. Ionia—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
6. My Good Side/My Bad Side—Shwizz
7. Postcards from Paradise—Ringo Starr [Hall of Fame]
8. No Cities to Love—Sleater—Kinney
9. Dogma, Dharma, Grace, and Karma—Christian O’Connor
10.In This Mess—Toy Guitar
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, December 13, 2015

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of December 13, 2015

1. Sunday—Brown Mountain Apes
2. Bloodless—Andy and The Pandys
3. Stranger in a Strange Place—The Brazilian Johnsons
4. Weirdoz Everywhere—The Prefab Messiahs
5. Rory & The Hurricanes—Ringo Starr [Hall of Fame]
6. Cuban Getaway—Kenny Parker
7. Another Wasted Year—Andy and The Pandys
8. Price Tag—Sleater—Kinney
9. Lurgy Streams—Altan [Hall of Fame]
10.Need a Miracle—The Brazilian Johnsons
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Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, December 13, 2015

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of December 13, 2015

1. Jim McCarty and Mystery Train Featuring Emmanuel Garza, Marvin Conrad, Dave Marcacio, and Marc Pasman, Live, at Boo’s Royal Oak, MI, December 12, 2015
2. Kenny Parker Band with Special Guest Jim McCarty, Live at The Plymouth Elks, Plymouth, MI, December 7, 2015
3. Weirdoz Everywhere—The Prefab Messiahs
4. Brand New Day—Bryan Adams
5. Can’t Sleep Love—Pentatonix
6. Breakin’ Up—Jan King and Medicine Ball
7. Dibs—Kelsea Ballerini
8. Life Is a Lens—These Curious Thoughts
9. Lose My Mind—Brett Eldredge
10.Walk, Don’t Run—Al Dual & The Luaus
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, December 6, 2015

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of December 6, 2015

1. It Only Gets Darker—Andy and The Pandys
2. The Widening Gyre—Altan [Hall of Fame]
3. Ionia—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
4. Let the Good Times Roll—JD McPherson
5. Searching for Neverland—Annie and Rod Capps
6. My Good Side/My Bad Side—Shwizz
7. Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive—The Prefab Messiahs
8. Terraplane—Steve Earle
9. Lights Out—Bishop Allen
10.Postcards from Paradise—Ringo Starr [Hall of Fame]
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Phil’s Faves: Songs, December 6, 2015

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best songs that I listened to the previous week. Most songs will be current, but there are no boundaries. I’ve already stated on this web site that I am obsessed with music. I am constantly hunting it down whether it’s online, on CD, from my personal collection, from a library (Yes, I think the library is a great source of music–especially for music that you aren’t sure about.), TV, or radio. Since most of these sources mostly emphasize new music, the odds are pretty good that most of the songs on this list will be new. But in my search, I don’t use any boundaries for the other sources. I am just looking for good music that I haven’t heard, or happened to forget about. Everyone, including myself, has forgotten way more great music than they can ever remember-even if they are also music fanatics.
Also, there will be no rules concerning songs on this list. A song can show up or drop off a number of times. This will be the most volatile of my lists. It all depends on how much music I am exposed to during the week and what I find interesting. On really obscure stuff, I will try to include the source, if I know it.

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Top Ten Songs for the Week of December 6, 2015

1. Bloodless—Andy and The Pandys
2. Sunday—Brown Mountain Apes
3. Stranger in a Strange Place—The Brazilian Johnsons
4. Weirdoz Everywhere—The Prefab Messiahs
5. Another Wasted Year—Andy and The Pandys
6. Rory & The Hurricanes—Ringo Starr [Hall of Fame]
7. Need a Miracle—The Brazilian Johnsons
8. Cuban Getaway—Kenny Parker
9. Prisoner—Matt Besey
10.Midnight Lake Michigan—Devon Allman
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Phil’s Faves: Videos and Performances, December 6, 2015

This will be a weekly Top Ten list of what I consider to be the best videos currently available on TV. I don’t, as a rule, go searching for old music videos, so that’s why it will focus mostly on current or recent videos. For this category, I am also going to include any live performances on talk or variety shows that I see during the week.

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Top 10 Videos and Performances for the Week of December 6, 2015

1. Weirdoz Everywhere—The Prefab Messiahs
2. Brand New Day—Bryan Adams
3. Bob DiPiero, Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, and Charlie Worsham, CMA Songwriters Series, Front and Center, PBS
4. Lose My Mind—Brett Eldredge
5. Life Is a Lens—These Curious Thoughts
6. Breakin’ Up—Jan King and Medicine Ball
7. Can’t Sleep Love—Pentatonix
8. Walk, Don’t Run—Al Dual & The Luaus
9. Save It for a Rainy Day—Kenny Chesney
10.Wildest Dreams—Taylor Swift
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Phil’s Faves: Albums, November 29, 2015

Over time, my listening habits have changed and at the moment I usually listen to albums completely through. I haven’t done that in years, but it’s actually very rewarding—particularly when the album is good. Every album that will be on this list will fit that category. It may also give some insight as to what I might be playing in the near future on my radio show, “Theme Attic.” Once again, it’s another peak into my listening habits—which is a goal of mine. If you want to know where I’m heading or what I think about some new music, you will find it here.

I honestly don’t expect there to be much volatility on this list because these albums are what I have been basing many of the sets on my show.

Once again, there will be no boundaries. I will go wherever my musical muse takes me.

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Top 10 Albums for the Week of November 29, 2015

1. It Only Gets Darker—Andy and The Pandys
2. The Widening Gyre—Altan [Hall of Fame]
3. Let the Good Times Roll—JD McPherson
4. Ionia—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
5. My Good Side/My Bad Side—Shwizz
6. Searching for Neverland—Annie and Rod Capps
7. Wake—Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line
8. Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive—The Prefab Messiahs
9. Terraplane—Steve Earle
10.Postcards From Paradise—Ringo Starr [Hall of Fame]
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