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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1987
Song of the Day: Breaking Bad (“Crickets Sing for Anamaria”), composed by brothers Marcos Valle and Paulo Sergio Valle, was first heard as “Os Grilos” on Valle’s 1967 album, “Braziliance”. It was also recorded by Astrud Gilberto [YouTube link] with English lyrics by Ray Gilbert. Season 4, Episode 8 (“Hermanos”)…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1986
Song of the Day: Breaking Bad (“Digital Animal”), is credited to a host of writers, including Jon Von Letscher, first appeared on the 2008 debut album of the electronic hip hop band, Honey Claws. It can be heard loud and clear from the sound system of Jesse Pinkman (played by…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1985
Song of the Day: Breaking Bad (“Lee”) [YouTube link], composed by jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney, is heard as source music in a recording by jazz tenor sax legend Stan Getz in Season 3, Episode 11 (“Abiquiu”) of BB, which debuted on May 30, 2010. The song appears on the 1953…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1984
Song of the Day: Breaking Bad (“Ginza Samba”) [YouTube link], composed and performed by the wonderful Vince Guaraldi, is heard in Season 3, Episode 6 (“Sunset”) of BB, which debuted on April 25, 2010. The song originally appeared on the 1965 album, “From All Sides“, a collaboration between pianist Guaraldi…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1983
Song of the Day: Breaking Bad (“The Ballad of Heisenberg”), words and music by Jose “Pepe” Garza and Vince Gilligan, is one of those hilarious musical moments featured in Season 2, Episode 7 (“Negro y Azul”) of BB, which debuted on April 19, 2009. Performed by the regional Mexican band…
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Continue reading →: Breaking Bad Franchise Music Tribute / Song of the Day #1982
I have made no secret of my love for the “Breaking Bad” (BB) universe, as I said back on August 15, 2022, “one of the best written, well-acted, finely-plotted television” franchises in the history of television. The five seasons of BB, its sequel film, “El Calmino” (EC), and its prequel-sequel…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1981
Song of the Day: The Christmas Tree [YouTube link], composed by David Rose, was recorded in 1959 and has been heard as a perennial favorite on the WPIX-TV Yule Log. It’s an annual broadcast that my sister and I so enjoyed. This is the first Christmas Day without my sister,…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1980
Song of the Day: The Christmas Waltz, words and music by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, was written for Frank Sinatra and recorded in 1954 as the B-side to his version of “White Christmas“. Check out Sinatra’s original recording as well as other renditions by Nancy Wilson, Mel Torme, the…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1979
Song of the Day: Action Jackson and The Magical Disappearing Sock [YouTube link], composed and arranged by Tyler J. Mire, features my long-time friend and coeditor Roger Bissell on trombone. One thing you DON’T want before Christmas is a Magical Disappearing Sock (or Christmas Stocking, if you will). Where will…
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Continue reading →: JARS Grand Finale Update!
I am happy to report that today I signed off with the Penn State University Press copyeditor on the final group of essays for the 2023 double-issue grand finale of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies. The next update should come early in 2023, when I sign off on the…
