February 5/6 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Old Songs Reconsidered 2

1) "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" by Steve Goodman
2) "Big Rock Candy Mountain" by Steve Goodman
3) "Begin the Beguine" by Peter Townshend
4) "That Old Black Magic" by Bob Dylan
5) "Dream A Little Dream of Me" by Judith Owen
6) "Swing on a Star" by Dave Van Ronk & the Hudson...

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A contracted travel nurse who attacked another worker at a New Jersey hospital and set them on fire on Monday, 2/7, has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound. On Tuesday 2/8, 31-year-old Nicholas Pagano of West Deptford, Gloucester County, was discovered in his vehicle in a wooded area in Waterford, Camden County, with a gunshot to his chest. Authorities believe he...

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A federal judge in Philadelphia ruled in favor of a group of parents and students to reinstate the mask mandate in Perkiomen Valley School District in Montgomery County. The Pennsylvania school mask mandate was lifted in December and left up to individual school districts to decide their own policy. The Perkiomen school board voted to go to an 'optional' mask policy in January. The...

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A man and his dog were found dead in a Burlington County, NJ, apartment building on Saturday morning, 1/5, and a suspect is under arrest. 25-year-old Donovan G. Hollingsworth is charged with first-degree murder and two counts of possession of a weapon with unlawful purpose in the death of 26-year-old Thomas Pierson III and his dog 'Django.' Police were called at 9:15 a.m. to the Olympus...

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Dr. Val Arkoosh, the Chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, has suspended her campaign for US Senate. Arkoosh sought the Democratic nomination to fill the seat that will vacated by the retiring Republican Pat Toomey. Arkoosh, an anesthesiologist, increased her public presence the past two years as she led Pennsylvania's third-most populous county through the pandemic. Lt....

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Philadelphia Police said on Thursday night, 2/3, that approximately 5,000 blank COVID-19 vaccination cards and an unknown number of N95 masks were reported stolen from Pennsylvania Hospital. The senior director of the hospital's vaccine clinic reported the theft to police on Tuesday, 2/1. It happened at the Hall-Mercer Community Mental Health Center on the 200 block of South 8th Street in...

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The Philadelphia Health Department rolled out a new program aimed at fighting the opioid crisis on Thursday, 2/3. Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole announced the 'Narcan Near Me' program at Blackwell Library in West Philadelphia. Narcan is an opioid overdose reversal drug that comes in a nasal spray. It can be a lifesaving tool if administered quickly. This new program puts Narcan in...

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January 29/30 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Elvis Presley Tribute Albums

1) "That's Alright" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
2) "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys
3) "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins
4) "All Shook Up" by Albert King
5) "Let's Play Hous" by Rockin' Rebels
6) "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" by...

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January 29/30 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - psych psnack with bluesy edge

1) "Fifth Dimension" by Byrds
2) "Violets of Dawn" by Blues Project
3) "Born in Chicago" by Paul Butterfield Blues Band
4) "Bullfrog Blues" by Canned Heat
5) "Suffer to Sing the Blues" by David Bromberg
6) "In My Own Dream" by Paul Butterfield Blues...

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Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair on top of Gobbler's Knob in the tiny town 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh at 7:25 a.m. Tuesday, 2/2/22, and saw his shadow. The furry prognosticator told his top hat handlers called the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle that we should expect six more weeks of winter!

According to legend, if it is sunny and the groundhog sees his...

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