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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 February-ish 2006!

That's 20 Years Ago!

Featuring:

"Wolf Like Me" by TV On The Radio, the supposedly serious "American Radiohead" show their fun side with a banger about werewolves!
#hipsters #00sindie #indiesleaze

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About This Time 20 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of February-ish 2006!
Let's all head back to February 2006: when confidence outpaced self-awareness across genres. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan revisits “Stupid Girls”, “Wolf Like Me”, and “Over & Over” to prove t...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits of February-ish 2006!

That's 20 Years Ago!

Featuring:

"Stup!d G!rls" by P!nk, the p!nnacle of her decade-long campa!gn to end Par!s H!lton, Jess!ca S!mpson & the rest of the Stup!d G!rls !ndustr!al Complex!
#00spop

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About This Time 20 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of February-ish 2006!
Let's all head back to February 2006: when confidence outpaced self-awareness across genres. Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan revisits “Stupid Girls”, “Wolf Like Me”, and “Over & Over” to prove t...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Reposted by DJ Professor Dan
From "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo aka "The Intergalactic Christ" to "what if God was one of us?", join us on a mildly blasphemous look at the Hits Of February-ish 1996!

#90srock #90spop

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of February-ish 1996!
Half a million kids bought “Spaceman” expecting intergalactic jungle beats and instead got a dystopian goth-fest: so welcome to February 1996. Meanwhile, Shirley Manson snarls motivational advice on “...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:28 AM
From "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo aka "The Intergalactic Christ" to "what if God was one of us?", join us on a mildly blasphemous look at the Hits Of February-ish 1996!

#90srock #90spop

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of February-ish 1996!
Half a million kids bought “Spaceman” expecting intergalactic jungle beats and instead got a dystopian goth-fest: so welcome to February 1996. Meanwhile, Shirley Manson snarls motivational advice on “...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits of February-ish 1996!

That's 30 Years Ago!!

Join us as we look back at... "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo, that time half-a-million British kids were fooled into buying a computer-grunge track about homophobic jokes & fascist votes.

#90spop

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of February-ish 1996!
Half a million kids bought “Spaceman” expecting intergalactic jungle beats and instead got a dystopian goth-fest: so welcome to February 1996. Meanwhile, Shirley Manson snarls motivational advice on “...
tnocs.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits of February-ish 1996!

That's 30 Years Ago!!

Join us as we look back at...

"Stupid Girl", Shirley Manson's misunderstood motivational anthem.

& "One Of Us", one of the most profound and most inane one-hit wonders of all time

#90srock #90spop
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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of February-ish 1996!
Half a million kids bought “Spaceman” expecting intergalactic jungle beats and instead got a dystopian goth-fest: so welcome to February 1996. Meanwhile, Shirley Manson snarls motivational advice on “...
tnocs.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits of February-ish 1996!

That's 30 Years Ago!!

Join us as we look back at...

"Stupid Girl", Shirley Manson's misunderstood motivational anthem.

& "One Of Us", one of the most profound and most inane one-hit wonders of all time

#90srock #90spop
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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of February-ish 1996!
Half a million kids bought “Spaceman” expecting intergalactic jungle beats and instead got a dystopian goth-fest: so welcome to February 1996. Meanwhile, Shirley Manson snarls motivational advice on “...
tnocs.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits of February-ish 1996!

That's 30 Years Ago!!

Join us as we look back at... "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo, that time half-a-million British kids were fooled into buying a computer-grunge track about homophobic jokes & fascist votes.

#90spop

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About This Time 30 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of February-ish 1996!
Half a million kids bought “Spaceman” expecting intergalactic jungle beats and instead got a dystopian goth-fest: so welcome to February 1996. Meanwhile, Shirley Manson snarls motivational advice on “...
tnocs.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits of January-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!!!

Featuring:"What Have You Done For Me Lately?", Janet Jackson's DeBarge diss-track!
#80spop

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January -ish 1986!
January-ish 1986 serves up three hits that sound very different, but are all quietly doing the same thing: rewriting the rules while pretending not to. Written with his trademark dry wit and historica...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits of January-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!!!

Featuring:"What Have You Done For Me Lately?", Janet Jackson's DeBarge diss-track!
#80spop

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January -ish 1986!
January-ish 1986 serves up three hits that sound very different, but are all quietly doing the same thing: rewriting the rules while pretending not to. Written with his trademark dry wit and historica...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of January-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!!!

Featuring "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys, that time when Neil Tennant discovered a solution to the death of pop journalism... become a pop star himself!!

#80spop #PetShopBoys

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January -ish 1986!
January-ish 1986 serves up three hits that sound very different, but are all quietly doing the same thing: rewriting the rules while pretending not to. Written with his trademark dry wit and historica...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits of January-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!!!

Featuring, "Manic Monday" by The Bangles, a working-girls' anthem written by a guy who never had a proper job.
#80spop
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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January -ish 1986!
January-ish 1986 serves up three hits that sound very different, but are all quietly doing the same thing: rewriting the rules while pretending not to. Written with his trademark dry wit and historica...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits of January-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!!!

Featuring, "Manic Monday" by The Bangles, a working-girls' anthem written by a guy who never had a proper job.
#80spop
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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January -ish 1986!
January-ish 1986 serves up three hits that sound very different, but are all quietly doing the same thing: rewriting the rules while pretending not to. Written with his trademark dry wit and historica...
tnocs.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of January-ish 1986!

That's 40 Years Ago!!!

Featuring "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys, that time when Neil Tennant discovered a solution to the death of pop journalism... become a pop star himself!!

#80spop #PetShopBoys

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About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January -ish 1986!
January-ish 1986 serves up three hits that sound very different, but are all quietly doing the same thing: rewriting the rules while pretending not to. Written with his trademark dry wit and historica...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Reposted by DJ Professor Dan
#70stop30

"Love Rollercoaster" by The Ohio Players!

"Ooooh! A juicy murder mystery!!!

At precisely 1:24, in the middle of the breakdown section, a scream was heard, piercing the funk.

Say What?!?"

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of January-ish 1976!

That's 50 Years Ago!

Featuring...

The intergalactic alien-conspiracy-theory P-Funk mythology behind "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"!

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of January-ish 1976!

That's 50 Years Ago!

Featuring...

The intergalactic alien-conspiracy-theory P-Funk mythology behind "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"!

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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#70stop30

“Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)” by Parliament

"In the beginning was the Funk.
The Earth was inhabited by the Thumpasorous Peoples who lived in harmony with the funk until anti-funk forces wiped from the planet its deliriously funky stench..."

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
tnocs.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:53 AM
#70stop30

“Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)” by Parliament

"In the beginning was the Funk.
The Earth was inhabited by the Thumpasorous Peoples who lived in harmony with the funk until anti-funk forces wiped from the planet its deliriously funky stench..."

tnocs.com/about-this-t...
About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
tnocs.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of January-ish 1976!

That's 50 Years Ago!

Featuring...

The intergalactic alien-conspiracy-theory P-Funk mythology behind "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
#70smusic

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
tnocs.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 AM
#70stop30

"Love Rollercoaster" by The Ohio Players!

"Ooooh! A juicy murder mystery!!!

At precisely 1:24, in the middle of the breakdown section, a scream was heard, piercing the funk.

Say What?!?"

tnocs.com/about-this-t...
About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
tnocs.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of January-ish 1976!

That's 50 Years Ago!

Featuring: "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac, a lesson in Welsh mythology!
#fleetwoodmac #70srock #70spop

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:57 AM
#70stop30

"Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac

“We think that she was, in fact, Queen and that her memory became the myth” so says amateur Welsh-mythologist Stevie Nicks.

Rhiannon was a goddess. A horse goddess. That’s a goddess who rode a horse, not a goddess that was a horse."

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of January-ish 1976!
January-ish 1976 plays out here as a strangely educational fever dream, where peak funk, phantom screams, space-age mythology, and Welsh witchcraft somehow share the same AM dial, as calmly narrated b...
tnocs.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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#70stop30

"S.O.S." by ABBA

"Even whilst they presented themselves to the world as two happily married couples that were best of friends, ABBA seemed to have hits with virtually nothing but the most tragic of break-up songs."

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About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of June-ish 1975!
Strap in for a boogie back to June of 1975, where piccolos seduced, Aerosmith double-entendred, and ABBA sent out the saddest distress signal ever sung in sequins. It's a jam-packed nostalgia bomb fro...
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January 18, 2026 at 3:34 AM
#70stop30

"S.O.S." by ABBA

"Even whilst they presented themselves to the world as two happily married couples that were best of friends, ABBA seemed to have hits with virtually nothing but the most tragic of break-up songs."

tnocs.com/about-this-t...
About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of June-ish 1975!
Strap in for a boogie back to June of 1975, where piccolos seduced, Aerosmith double-entendred, and ABBA sent out the saddest distress signal ever sung in sequins. It's a jam-packed nostalgia bomb fro...
tnocs.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:34 AM