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DJ Professor Dan
@djprofessordan.bsky.social
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 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"

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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
#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
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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
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1965!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring: "Uptight" by Stevie Wonder, and has there ever been such a disparity between a song's title and its vibe?

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1965
With a folk-rock scripture lesson on one side and a sonic demolition derby on the other, November 1965 turns out to be one of those months where pop culture accidentally overachieved. It's all courtes...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1965!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring: "Uptight" by Stevie Wonder, and has there ever been such a disparity between a song's title and its vibe?

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1965
With a folk-rock scripture lesson on one side and a sonic demolition derby on the other, November 1965 turns out to be one of those months where pop culture accidentally overachieved. It's all courtes...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1965!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring: "My Generation" by The Who, the anti-authority generational anthem from which all other anti-authority generational anthems were spawned!

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1965
With a folk-rock scripture lesson on one side and a sonic demolition derby on the other, November 1965 turns out to be one of those months where pop culture accidentally overachieved. It's all courtes...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1965!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring: "My Generation" by The Who, the anti-authority generational anthem from which all other anti-authority generational anthems were spawned!

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1965
With a folk-rock scripture lesson on one side and a sonic demolition derby on the other, November 1965 turns out to be one of those months where pop culture accidentally overachieved. It's all courtes...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1965!

That's 60 Years Ago!

Featuring: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by The Byrds, almost certainly the sleepiest sound song ever to feature three exclamation marks in its title!!!

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1965
With a folk-rock scripture lesson on one side and a sonic demolition derby on the other, November 1965 turns out to be one of those months where pop culture accidentally overachieved. It's all courtes...
tnocs.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1965!

That's 60 Years Ago!!

Featuring "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by The Byrds, a song written in 1,000 BC.

That's 3,000 Years Ago!!!

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About This Time 60 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1965
With a folk-rock scripture lesson on one side and a sonic demolition derby on the other, November 1965 turns out to be one of those months where pop culture accidentally overachieved. It's all courtes...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1955!

That's 70 Years Ago!

Featuring: "Cry Me A River" by Julie London; how a B-list Hollywood bombshell got coerced into becoming the hottest jazz singer of 1955.

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About This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1955!
It’s November 1955, and the airwaves are thick with sweat, smoke, and the occasional baritone moral crisis. Three songs: “Sixteen Tons,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and “Cry Me A River” show that even in E...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1955!

That's 70 Years Ago!

Featuring: "Cry Me A River" by Julie London; how a B-list Hollywood bombshell got coerced into becoming the hottest jazz singer of 1955.

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About This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1955!
It’s November 1955, and the airwaves are thick with sweat, smoke, and the occasional baritone moral crisis. Three songs: “Sixteen Tons,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and “Cry Me A River” show that even in E...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1955!

That's 70 Years Ago!

Featuring: "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash; don't worry, he didn't really shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die.

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About This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1955!
It’s November 1955, and the airwaves are thick with sweat, smoke, and the occasional baritone moral crisis. Three songs: “Sixteen Tons,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and “Cry Me A River” show that even in E...
tnocs.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Rating & Reviewing The Hits Of November-ish 1955!

That's 70 Years Ago!

Featuring: "16 Tons" by "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, and it's journey from being banned by the FBI for being too communist, to being the biggest hit in America!

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About This Time 70 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of November-ish 1955!
It’s November 1955, and the airwaves are thick with sweat, smoke, and the occasional baritone moral crisis. Three songs: “Sixteen Tons,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” and “Cry Me A River” show that even in E...
tnocs.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM