The Bathroom Music at Best Intentions
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What’s playing in the bathrooms today, when we remember to post it.
It might be cold outside, but it is HOT in the bathrooms today! Aretha Franklin released "Young, Gifted and Black" on today in 1972.
-Meghann
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-Meghann
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Young, Gifted and Black by Aretha Franklin on Apple Music
Album · 1972 · 12 Songs
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January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
It might be cold outside, but it is HOT in the bathrooms today! Aretha Franklin released "Young, Gifted and Black" on today in 1972.
-Meghann
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-Meghann
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Weather is strange, and beautiful, and sometimes hard to understand. So, too, is Johnny Greenwood.
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There Will Be Blood (Music from the Motion Picture) by Jonny Greenwood on Apple Music
Album · 2007 · 11 Songs
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January 23, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Weather is strange, and beautiful, and sometimes hard to understand. So, too, is Johnny Greenwood.
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Michael Hutchence was born this day in 1960. He died tragically by suicide at the age of 37. This is INXS’ fourth album.
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The Swing by INXS on Apple Music
Album · 1984 · 10 Songs
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January 22, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Michael Hutchence was born this day in 1960. He died tragically by suicide at the age of 37. This is INXS’ fourth album.
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Tony Russell “Charles” Brown passed this day in 1999 at the age of 76. Today, he’s setting allllll the laid-back bathroom vibes.
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Blues N' Brown by Charles Brown on Apple Music
Album · 1972 · 10 Songs
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January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Tony Russell “Charles” Brown passed this day in 1999 at the age of 76. Today, he’s setting allllll the laid-back bathroom vibes.
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Happy Birthday, David Lynch, you beautiful weirdo! This one's for Hayden. Keeping the vibes ultra wacky in the bathrooms today.
-Kevlyn
(Ed. note: If someone could ever somehow *force* us to play only one thing in here, this would the thing.)
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-Kevlyn
(Ed. note: If someone could ever somehow *force* us to play only one thing in here, this would the thing.)
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Twin Peaks (Soundtrack From) by Angelo Badalamenti on Apple Music
Album · 1990 · 11 Songs
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January 21, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Happy Birthday, David Lynch, you beautiful weirdo! This one's for Hayden. Keeping the vibes ultra wacky in the bathrooms today.
-Kevlyn
(Ed. note: If someone could ever somehow *force* us to play only one thing in here, this would the thing.)
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-Kevlyn
(Ed. note: If someone could ever somehow *force* us to play only one thing in here, this would the thing.)
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Diamond Life by Sade on Apple Music
Album · 1984 · 9 Songs
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January 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Will Oldham turns 56 today, while Bonnie “Prince” Billy is 27, the name having been adopted in 1999. This is Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s first album, hailed as a modern masterpiece almost immediately after its release.
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I See a Darkness by Bonnie
Album · 1999 · 11 Songs
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January 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Will Oldham turns 56 today, while Bonnie “Prince” Billy is 27, the name having been adopted in 1999. This is Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s first album, hailed as a modern masterpiece almost immediately after its release.
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Happy 67th to Chas Smash (hell yeah, man), who first found fame as a backup vocalist, trumpet and harmonica player, and dancer for the English pop-ska band Madness. This is Madness’ first record, released it 1979. It rules.
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One Step Beyond... by Madness on Apple Music
Album · 1979 · 15 Songs
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January 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Happy 67th to Chas Smash (hell yeah, man), who first found fame as a backup vocalist, trumpet and harmonica player, and dancer for the English pop-ska band Madness. This is Madness’ first record, released it 1979. It rules.
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Today is Gwen Verdon's birthday. Legend of broadway, wife and muse of Bob Fosse, and triple threat icon. Today we're listening to the original 1966 cast recording of Sweet Charity, in which she starred as the titular Charity. What a queen 👑
-Kevlyn
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-Kevlyn
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Sweet Charity (Original 1966 Broadway Cast) [Deluxe Edition] by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Gwen Verdon & Helen Gallagher on Apple Music
Album · 1966 · 28 Songs
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January 14, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Today is Gwen Verdon's birthday. Legend of broadway, wife and muse of Bob Fosse, and triple threat icon. Today we're listening to the original 1966 cast recording of Sweet Charity, in which she starred as the titular Charity. What a queen 👑
-Kevlyn
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-Kevlyn
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Bowie woulda turned 79 yesterday.
Throwing on his final album for posterity. Underrated album in my opinion.
-Hayden
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Throwing on his final album for posterity. Underrated album in my opinion.
-Hayden
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Blackstar
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January 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Bowie woulda turned 79 yesterday.
Throwing on his final album for posterity. Underrated album in my opinion.
-Hayden
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Throwing on his final album for posterity. Underrated album in my opinion.
-Hayden
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One of the great Christmas albums, and one I don't think we hit last year, Willie Nelson's Pretty Paper.
-Ricky
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-Ricky
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Pretty Paper
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December 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
One of the great Christmas albums, and one I don't think we hit last year, Willie Nelson's Pretty Paper.
-Ricky
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-Ricky
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My turn for a silly compilation. There's some good stuff on here! Dolly Parton and Frank Sinatra duet of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"...a Run-DMC original, and others. And the rest just made me giggle.
-Meghann
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-Meghann
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A Very Special Christmas 2 by Various Artists on Apple Music
Album · 1992 · 19 Songs
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December 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My turn for a silly compilation. There's some good stuff on here! Dolly Parton and Frank Sinatra duet of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"...a Run-DMC original, and others. And the rest just made me giggle.
-Meghann
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-Meghann
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A modern classic of Christmas album, in my opinion. Released in 2006, and one of my faves.
It’s a perfect mix of originals and classics, and of haunting melancholy and lighthearted holiday spirit (with Aimee Mann’s ever-present hint of darkness.)
It’s a perfect mix of originals and classics, and of haunting melancholy and lighthearted holiday spirit (with Aimee Mann’s ever-present hint of darkness.)
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A modern classic of Christmas album, in my opinion. Released in 2006, and one of my faves.
It’s a perfect mix of originals and classics, and of haunting melancholy and lighthearted holiday spirit (with Aimee Mann’s ever-present hint of darkness.)
It’s a perfect mix of originals and classics, and of haunting melancholy and lighthearted holiday spirit (with Aimee Mann’s ever-present hint of darkness.)
How dare I not pick a Christmas album today! So here’s a classic! Merry Christmas is a Christmas-themed compilation album by Bing Crosby that was released in 1945.
-Pedro
-Pedro
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
How dare I not pick a Christmas album today! So here’s a classic! Merry Christmas is a Christmas-themed compilation album by Bing Crosby that was released in 1945.
-Pedro
-Pedro
If you haven't seen this movie yet, it's a hella cute holiday watch. 🎄
-Kevlyn
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-Kevlyn
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Spirited (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film) by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Will Ferrell & Ryan Reynolds on Apple Music
Album · 2022 · 12 Songs
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December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you haven't seen this movie yet, it's a hella cute holiday watch. 🎄
-Kevlyn
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-Kevlyn
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It's Chicago legend Joel Patterson's solo Christmas album today! Come see him at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn where he plays on the reg.
-Meghann
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-Meghann
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Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar by Joel Paterson on Apple Music
Album · 2017 · 14 Songs
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December 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It's Chicago legend Joel Patterson's solo Christmas album today! Come see him at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn where he plays on the reg.
-Meghann
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-Meghann
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Playing this dumb-looking compilation because it contains the track ‘Christmastime’ by Smashing Pumpkins, which originally appeared on *A Very Special Christmas Vol. 3*, which I loved.
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Playing this dumb-looking compilation because it contains the track ‘Christmastime’ by Smashing Pumpkins, which originally appeared on *A Very Special Christmas Vol. 3*, which I loved.
This is your friendly reminder that it's fun to get weird with the Xmas bathroom music!
This dumb album holds a weird soft spot in my heart.
(We skip track 2, cause that's not a thing we say anymore)
-Kevlyn
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This dumb album holds a weird soft spot in my heart.
(We skip track 2, cause that's not a thing we say anymore)
-Kevlyn
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Christmas Caravan by Squirrel Nut Zippers on Apple Music
Album · 1998 · 11 Songs
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December 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is your friendly reminder that it's fun to get weird with the Xmas bathroom music!
This dumb album holds a weird soft spot in my heart.
(We skip track 2, cause that's not a thing we say anymore)
-Kevlyn
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This dumb album holds a weird soft spot in my heart.
(We skip track 2, cause that's not a thing we say anymore)
-Kevlyn
music.apple.com/us/album/chr...
Sunday:
Erasure has a Christmas album, so we're listening to Erasure's Christmas album.
-Ricky
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Erasure has a Christmas album, so we're listening to Erasure's Christmas album.
-Ricky
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Snow Globe
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December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Sunday:
Erasure has a Christmas album, so we're listening to Erasure's Christmas album.
-Ricky
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Erasure has a Christmas album, so we're listening to Erasure's Christmas album.
-Ricky
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Happy Birthday Dave Brubeck! Born today in 1920...You get our bathrooms again, today. And because I got permission, I'm jumping the gun and playing his solo piano Christmas album.
-Meghann
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-Meghann
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A Dave Brubeck Christmas by Dave Brubeck on Apple Music
Album · 1996 · 14 Songs
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December 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happy Birthday Dave Brubeck! Born today in 1920...You get our bathrooms again, today. And because I got permission, I'm jumping the gun and playing his solo piano Christmas album.
-Meghann
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-Meghann
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The iconic and brilliant Dave Brubeck died at the age of 92 on this day in 2012.
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Countdown: Time In Outer Space by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on Apple Music
Album · 1962 · 12 Songs
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December 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The iconic and brilliant Dave Brubeck died at the age of 92 on this day in 2012.
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