Music Blogs

  • Sex [I’m A…] (Berlin)/Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight (Dominatrix)/Strip (Adam Ant) - day 48

    by Nicholas Marino
    Let’s talk about SEX! In honor of my dear bestie since Melnikoff’s class in 10th grade, Karen, today’s trio of songs are ones that remind me of her...

  • Just Like Starting Over/Watching The Wheels/Woman (John Lennon [and Yoko Ono]) - day 49

    by Nicholas Marino
    Switching gears from the past few days but also staying within the same time frame, because hey, why the fuck not, today is John day. Let everyone ...

  • Call Me/The Tide Is High (Blondie) - day 50

    by Nicholas Marino
    Today is Debbie day. Let the witches and goblins, the faeries and creeps, the drag queens and punks shriek with delight, for their queen has arrive...

  • You’re No Good/Hurt So Bad (Linda Ronstadt) - day 51

    by Nicholas Marino
    Today is Linda day. Let the wind and the rain commence upon us as we breathe in deeply the earthy graciousness that is her voice! I’m bewildered th...

  • A Little More Love/Magic (Olivia Newton-John) - day 52

    by Nicholas Marino
    Today is Olivia day. Let the angels and the muses rejoice in the magic that her voice emanates! As stated the last few days about the last few feat...

  • I Love You/Heaven Knows (Donna Summer) - day 53

    by Nicholas Marino
    Today is Donna day. Let the gods of disco gleam their magnificent, majestic glittery countenance down upon us! Not much else can be said that hasn’...

  • Prisoner/The Way He Makes Me Feel (Barbra Streisand) - day 54

    by Nicholas Marino
    Today is Barbra day. Let the stars shine and the land celebrate! In my life, she’s the first diva. Hers is the voice of a generation spanning the s...

  • AND SO IT BEGINS! Countdown – 55 Days to Memorial Day Weekend!

    by Nicholas Marino
    You may have been keeping track of my yearly countdowns that started SIX YEARS AGO as a lark to count down to my fiftieth birthday, and if you are,...

  • Reminders of the past lists, starting from six years ago and six feet apart.

    by Nicholas Marino
    At the start of November 2015, I decided that a great way to approach the milestone of turning fifty years old would be to count the days down with...

  • A Chance Encounter at the Fair

    by Nicholas Marino
    There was a quiet wind skimming over the fields, smoothly swaying the rows of corn. At the field’s edge was a county fair, drawing locals and visit...

  • Countdown to the countdown?

    by Nicholas Marino
    Is that even a thing? Well, for me it is, obviously. Today I will just say that some of you really do help feed my ego by paying me any attention a...

  • Welcome to my brain. Good luck, all who enter.

    by Nicholas Marino
    Starting on Sunday, April 4th, I will be continuing a six-year tradition and I look forward to taking some of you along.