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Born to Die, Lana Del Rey, 2012 One of my OG student workers visited me at work yesterday. It was so good to see her smiling face. I...

Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground, 1981, Willie Nelson During my 24-hour post-vaccine stupor, this song kept looping in my...

Little Lilly, Widespread Panic, 2001 In the early 2000s, I was so fortunate to share a workspace with an amazing wunderkind. Other than...

Rape Me, Nirvana, 1993 It has been 27 years since Kurt Cobain died ... and yes, he died at 27. Nirvana consistently holds its own as one...

Pretty Vacant, Sex Pistols, 1977 I was maybe 14 or 15 when the Sex Pistols found me. It was my first year at a new school and I had a...

Where is My Mind, Pixies, 1988 When the movie Fight Club blew up in the late 1990's, it led to a renewed interest in the Pixies due to...

You're No Good, Linda Ronstadt, 1975 Talk about the power of a song. Or, maybe this conversation should be about the power of a voice....

Mayonaise, Smashing Pumpkins, 1993 My youngest son is 26 today. Yeah, he's pretty amazing. There's a Rugrats episode about "who's the...

Legend of a Cowgirl, Imani Coppola, 1997 It's day one of spring break 2021 and I post this song as an ode to starting over. Not only is...

Iron Horse, Pickin On Nirvana (album) *This is a story I did in my former life as a journalist. Over the past 14 years, Iron Horse has...

Shooting Star, Bad Company, 1975 I'm almost ashamed to admit that I wasn't exposed to a deep dive of classic rock until after I graduated...

Today's Song of the Day My Sharona, The Knack, 1979 My Sharona (cover), Veruca Salt, 1995 Some songs just make me smile. My Sharona is...

Recently, with a new music collector in mind, I was asked to suggest four "must-have" albums per decade in the alt/other (genre)...

Far Behind, Candlebox, 1993 This song means so much to me. Each and every time I listen to it, I'm taken on a rollercoaster ride of...

Sabotage, Beastie Boys, 1994 As many of you know, I work in the School of the Arts office at a regional university and manage a team of...

Under the Bridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1991 I got married when I was 19. I was a mother at 20. In hindsight, I was a child who was...

Tush, ZZ Top, 1975 Yesterday was my Pop's 76th birthday. Growing up, my parents weren't really music people. Other than controlling the...

All of Me, Billie Holiday, 1941 All this talk of Andra Day's portrayal of Billie Holiday in the new Lee Daniels' movie, The United States...

Pleasure Principle, Janet Jackson, 1987 It's funny how our brains decide what is worth storing as forever memories. Janet Jackson's...

Today's Song of the Day Polyester Bride, Liz Phair, 1998 First, Liz Phair has aged so well -- fight me on it. She looks great and she...