On this date in 1969: Led Zeppelin rocks Schenectady!
Robert Plant - the former Led Zeppelin swaggering frontman is celebrating his 72nd birthday today.
Plant didn't invent rock & roll superstardom, but he…
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It’s Dusty Springfield Day
Today is the 71st anniversary of the birth of Dusty Springfield, who died in 1999. Here at Nippertown, a little bit of Dusty just isn't enough, so we're serving…
Happy Birthday, Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull celebrates her 63rd birthday today, and we celebrate with a pair of her tunes that span her career: The Rolling Stones' "As Tears Go By"…
The Present-Day Composer Refuses to Die…
Today marks the 69th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest American composers of the rock era - Frank Vincent Zappa.From "Who Are the Brain…
Song of the Week: Gene Clark’s “Silver Raven”
Yes, Gene Clark was a founding member of the Byrds. But he made a whole lot of fabulous music after he flew the Byrds' coop, too.Clark died in 1991 at the…
Odds & Ends @ the End of the Week
The fine folks from Art for Animals have organized the art exhibition "The Dog Show: When the Model Barks," which opens at the Spencertown Academy Arts Center…
Harvey Heads!
Harvey Pekar - Mr. "American Splendor" and one of our favorite masters of the mundane - celebrated his 70th birthday earlier this month, and we here at…
Song of the Week: Is Your Love Strong Enough
Tomorrow is Bryan Ferry's birthday; let's celebrate...
Happy birthday, Swanson TV dinner!
That's right, boys and girls. It was 56 years ago today that the Swanson TV dinner was introduced, forever changing the face of American convenience food.…
Happy Birthday, Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann celebrates her 49th birthday today.So does that mean that this song is 18 years old?
Not approved by the Federal Aviation Administration…
Here's a strange coincidence worthy of pondering:Today is Patsy Cline's birthday.
Yesterday was Buddy Holly's birthday.
Tomorrow is Otis Redding's…