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DJ Professor Dan
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Your friendly - if snarky - pop music historian.

Writing the ultimate 20 or so volume history of pop music. Could take a while.

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Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of December-ish 1985!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Party All The Time" aka that time #EddieMurphy decided he wanted to be a serious - and joke-free - #80s pop star!

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December 1985!
December 1985: a month when a certain former psychedelic rock group abandoned hippie ideals for yuppie glory, a famous comedian tried to become the next Prince, and the charts were overrun by 60s cove...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of December-ish 1985!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Downtown Train" by Tom Waits aka that time The World's Sorest Throat almost had a hit single!

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December 1985!
December 1985: a month when a certain former psychedelic rock group abandoned hippie ideals for yuppie glory, a famous comedian tried to become the next Prince, and the charts were overrun by 60s cove...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of December-ish 1985!

That's 40 Years Ago!

"We Built This City" by Starship aka that time Bernie Taupin's protest-song turned into a radio jingle/mass mid-life-crisis/worst-song-of-all-time!

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December 1985!
December 1985: a month when a certain former psychedelic rock group abandoned hippie ideals for yuppie glory, a famous comedian tried to become the next Prince, and the charts were overrun by 60s cove...
tnocs.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of December-ish 1985!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Downtown Train" by Tom Waits aka that time The World's Sorest Throat almost had a hit single!

tnocs.com/about-this-t...
About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December 1985!
December 1985: a month when a certain former psychedelic rock group abandoned hippie ideals for yuppie glory, a famous comedian tried to become the next Prince, and the charts were overrun by 60s cove...
tnocs.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of December-ish 1985!

That's 40 Years Ago!

Featuring "Party All The Time" aka that time #EddieMurphy decided he wanted to be a serious - and joke-free - #80s pop star!

tnocs.com/about-this-t...
About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December 1985!
December 1985: a month when a certain former psychedelic rock group abandoned hippie ideals for yuppie glory, a famous comedian tried to become the next Prince, and the charts were overrun by 60s cove...
tnocs.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of December-ish 1985!

That's 40 Years Ago!

"We Built This City" by Starship aka that time Bernie Taupin's protest-song turned into a radio jingle/mass mid-life-crisis/worst-song-of-all-time!

tnocs.com/about-this-t...
About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December 1985!
December 1985: a month when a certain former psychedelic rock group abandoned hippie ideals for yuppie glory, a famous comedian tried to become the next Prince, and the charts were overrun by 60s cove...
tnocs.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#90sTop30

14. "Zombie" by The Cranberries, the most political song on your Spotify Halloween playlist.

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of October-ish 1994!
Contributing Author and "not actually a Halloween song" expert DJ Professor Dan is here to report on what was happening musically around this time, 30 years ago... in 1994
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December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
#90sTop30

13. "Tomorrow" by silverchair, a bunch of Aussie kids writing the post-grunge "Common People."

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December-ish 1994!!!
#mariahocalypse? Oh, it's a thing. And with jingle bells at the ready, Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan takes us back to what what was happening musically around this time... 30 years ago in 1994
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December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
#90sTop30

12. Stay Another Day - East 17

Is the presence of church bells enough to qualify a song as a Christmas song?

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December-ish 1994!!!
#mariahocalypse? Oh, it's a thing. And with jingle bells at the ready, Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan takes us back to what what was happening musically around this time... 30 years ago in 1994
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November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#90sTop30

11. Mariah Carey - "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

I'm still waiting for the Mariahocalypse to eclipse Whamaggedon... maybe this year?

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of December-ish 1994!!!
#mariahocalypse? Oh, it's a thing. And with jingle bells at the ready, Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan takes us back to what what was happening musically around this time... 30 years ago in 1994
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November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits of November-ish 1975!

That's 50 Years Ago!

In which we discuss the socio-political importance of "Low Rider"

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1975!
November ’75 had it all: Freddie arguing with a jury? Donna turning a song into a 17-minute experiment in… enthusiasm? And a football player's backup band cruising through town? Contributing Author DJ...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits of November-ish 1975!

That's 50 Years Ago!

In which we discuss the socio-political importance of "Low Rider"

tnocs.com/about-this-t...
About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1975!
November ’75 had it all: Freddie arguing with a jury? Donna turning a song into a 17-minute experiment in… enthusiasm? And a football player's backup band cruising through town? Contributing Author DJ...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#90sTop30

10. "I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts.

What happens when R.E.M. refuse to let a sit-com use "Shiny Happy People" as its theme song.

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About This Time 30 Years Ago…It’s The Hits Of June-ish 1995!
Contributing Author and sometime seventh Friend DJ Professor Dan masterfully dissects how The Rembrandts accidentally became the soundtrack to your Thursday nights, why Jarvis Cocker was basically the...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
#90sTop30

9. "Common People" by Pulp. Britpop was basically a class war. This was the theme song.

Also the best song ever written about installation artist and Yanis Varoufakis' wife, Danae Stratou.

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About This Time 30 Years Ago…It’s The Hits Of June-ish 1995!
Contributing Author and sometime seventh Friend DJ Professor Dan masterfully dissects how The Rembrandts accidentally became the soundtrack to your Thursday nights, why Jarvis Cocker was basically the...
tnocs.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1975!

That's 50 Years Ago!

Counting the number of orgasms in Donna Summer's "Love To Love You Baby" and trying to figure out if "Bohemian Rhapsody" is actually a good opera...

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1975!
November ’75 had it all: Freddie arguing with a jury? Donna turning a song into a 17-minute experiment in… enthusiasm? And a football player's backup band cruising through town? Contributing Author DJ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reposted by DJ Professor Dan
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1975!

That's 50 Years Ago!!!

In which I talk about opera, professional football players, customized motor vehicles, the female orgasm, Arabic, and other topics about which I know nothing.

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1975!
November ’75 had it all: Freddie arguing with a jury? Donna turning a song into a 17-minute experiment in… enthusiasm? And a football player's backup band cruising through town? Contributing Author DJ...
tnocs.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1975!

That's 50 Years Ago!!!

In which I talk about opera, professional football players, customized motor vehicles, the female orgasm, Arabic, and other topics about which I know nothing.

tnocs.com/about-this-t...
About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1975!
November ’75 had it all: Freddie arguing with a jury? Donna turning a song into a 17-minute experiment in… enthusiasm? And a football player's backup band cruising through town? Contributing Author DJ...
tnocs.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#90sTop30

Day 4: "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" by Scatman, John, the inspirational story of a stuttering jazz scatter told via the medium of Eurodance!

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of September-ish 1995!
Only Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan could help us through the triumvirate of Everything But The Girl, Shaggy, and Scatman John in one sitting - without requiring therapy afterward. Enjoy the mu...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#90sTop30

Day 2: "Just A Girl" by No Doubt, the Disneyification of ska-punk.

Gwen Stefani's had it up to... here!

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of October-ish 1995!
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan takes us back to October, 1995, when the most ridiculous named bands ruled the charts. It was a month of beer‑clinking energy and side-eye feminism - and one very ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#90sTop30

Day 1: "Where The Wild Roses Grow" that time Nick Cave sang a love duet in which he murdered Kylie Minogue.

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of October-ish 1995!
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan takes us back to October, 1995, when the most ridiculous named bands ruled the charts. It was a month of beer‑clinking energy and side-eye feminism - and one very ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM