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YouTube video by Celia Cruz Celia Cruz - Bemba Colora (Official Visualizer)

#SongOfTheDay, 10/21/2025:
"Bemba Colorá" (1966 José Claro Fumero cover)
by Celia Cruz (1925 - 2003), born 100 years ago today
Timbales: Tito Puente, who also co-produced

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/21/2025
#Quote by: journalist @charlesmblow.bsky.social, speaking on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social about the importance of local newspapers

YouTube video by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Topic Saving Grace

3rd #SongOfTheDay, 10/20/2025:
"Saving Grace" (2006),
from Tom Petty's final solo album "Highway Companion"
[#1 AAA / top-30 AOR / Charting pop hit]

(Look for a link to the video on our Facebook page.)

YouTube video by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tom Petty - A Higher Place (Official Lyric Video)

2nd #SongOfTheDay, 10/20/2025:
the top-15 AOR hit "A Higher Place" (1994),
from Tom Petty's critically acclaimed album "Wildflowers"

YouTube video by TomPettyVEVO Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down A Dream (Official Music Video)

1st #SongOfTheDay, 10/20/2025:
"Runnin' Down A Dream" (1989), a #1 AOR, top-25 pop hit
for Tom Petty (1950 - 2017), born 75 years ago today

(This video is considered an homage to the 1900s comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland".)

(By the way, if you check enough on the Internet, you'll see that Mr. Buchwald had made quips similar to this one before.)

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 10/20/2025
#Quote by: humorist and author Art Buchwald (1925 - 2007), born 100 years ago today

(His @washingtonpost.com column ran for over four decades - albeit without a "dotcom" at the end back then.)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Till It's Done (Tutu) (Audio)

8th and final #SundaySong, 10/19/2025:
"Till It's Done (Tutu)" (2014),
credited to D'Angelo and the Vanguard,
written with Kendra Foster

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic Send It On

7th #SundaySong, 10/19/2025:
"Send It On" (2000) by D'Angelo,
co-written with his one-time girlfriend Angie Stone,
whom we also lost this year
[R&B: top-40]

YouTube video by Ms. Lauryn Hill - Topic Nothing Even Matters

6th #SundaySong, 10/19/2025:
"Nothing Even Matters" (1998) by Lauryn Hill with D'Angelo
[R&B: top-25]

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic Lady

5th #SundaySong, 10/19/2025:
"Lady" (1995), a #2 R&B, top-10 pop/dance hit for Michael Eugene Archer,
better known as D'Angelo (2/11/1974 - 10/14/2025)

YouTube video by MikaO Ace Frehley - Do Ya

4th #SundaySong, 10/19/2025:
"Do Ya" (1989 Move/ELO cover) by Ace Frehley

YouTube video by billyidol68 Ace Frehley - It's Over Now 1988 - Remastered video in HQ

3rd #SundaySong, 10/19/2025:
"It's Over Now" (1988) by Frehley's Comet
Lead vocals: Tod Howarth
youtu.be/7amCZ55d0cM

YouTube video by Frehley's Comet - Topic Words Are Not Enough

2nd #SundaySong, 10/19/2025:
"Words Are Not Enough" (1988)
by Frehley's Comet, featuring Ace Frehley

YouTube video by Ace Frehley - Topic What's On Your Mind?

1st #SundaySong, 10/19/2025:
"What's On Your Mind" (1978)
by guitarist Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (4/27/1951 - 10/16/2025),
a founding member of Kiss

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(Residents of #Connecticut can visit this site to confirm their registration status and to find out their polling location.)

A Test Case For Next Year Capitol Hill, 10/1/2025     In most states the ballots that voters fill out in the upcoming election will predominantly feature races for local offices – often leading to a considerably lower…

(Now that you've protested, what are you going to do next? Let's hope that you at least vote next month, as it could help you next year. Here's our latest article, which may even appeal to those who didn't protest.)

(Also entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year: Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden, the White Stripes, bassist Carol Kaye, pianist Nicky Hopkins, and record executive Lenny Waronker.)

YouTube video by The Stylistics The Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up

3rd and final #SaturdaySong, 10/18/2025:
"Break Up To Make Up" (1973) by the Stylistics
Producer: Thom Bell, who wrote it with Kenneth Gamble and Linda Creed
[Pop, R&B: top-5]
#RockHall2025

YouTube video by The Spinners - Topic Could It Be I'm Falling in Love

2nd #SaturdaySong, 10/18/2025:
"Could It Be I'm Falling In Love?" (1972) by the Spinners,
produced by Thom Bell
[R&B: #1 / Pop: top-5 / AC: top-15]
#RockHall2025

YouTube video by Dusty Springfield - Topic Brand New Me

1st #SaturdaySong, 10/18/2025:
"Brand New Me" (1969), a top-25 pop, #3 AC hit for Dusty Springfield,
co-written by 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Thom Bell (1943 - 2022), Jerry Butler (who originally recorded it), and Kenneth Gamble
#RockHall2025

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT:
The #NoKIngs rally outside the Judicial District Court in #Stamford, #CT, 10/18/2025
[Part Two, with @bobduffct.bsky.social, @jahimes.bsky.social, and @indivisiblect.bsky.social

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT:
From #Westport [1] to #Stamford [2] to #Ridgefield [3] to #NewHaven [4], this is what democracy looked like today [10/18/2025] in #Connecticut.

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT:
The #NoKIngs rally on the Green in #NewHaven, CT, 10/18/2025

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT:
The #NoKIngs rally in #Ridgefield, #CT's Veterans Park, 10/18/2025, with State Senator Julie Kushner [2-3]

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT:
The #NoKIngs rally outside the Judicial District Court in #Stamford, #CT, 10/18/2025
(Part One, with Governor Ned Lamont [2], @ceateachers.bsky.social Vice President Joslyn DeLancey [3], and Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas [4])

#RecentlyInCT / #RecentEventsInCT:
The #NoKIngs rally in #Westport, #CT, 10/18/2025,
with @jahimes.bsky.social [1], State Reps. Dominique Johnson [2] and Jonathan Steinberg [3], and State Senator Ceci Maher [4]

(We'll actually be showcasing another posthumous Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction here tomorrow. By the way, did you notice that we covered everyone here today from #Zohran to #Zevon?)

YouTube video by MNRK Nashville Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart

3rd and final #SongOfTheDay, 10/17/2025:
"Keep Me In Your Heart", the final track to the final CD
by Warren Zevon, 2003's "The Wind"
#RockHall2025

YouTube video by Warren Zevon - Topic Mutineer (2008 Remaster)

2nd #SongOfTheDay, 10/17/2025:
"Mutineer" (1995) by Warren Zevon
#RockHall2025