In the dawning age of electronic music fore-fronting the popular charts of perception we tend to lose what was so great about recorded songs in the first place. This is why when listening to The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, or The GOASTT for short, we are greeted not only with a sense of fantastic melodic revival but also an...

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ALBUMS

Chicago---Chicago Transit Authority---1969
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles---What Love Has...Joined Together---1970
Alice Cooper---Flush The Fashion---1980
Grateful Dead---Go To Heaven---1980
Marshall Crenshaw---Marshall Crenshaw---1982
Annie Lennox---Diva---1992
Fair Warning---Rainmaker---1995
Dave Matthews Band---Before These...

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Philadelphia native Jack Ramsay has died. Jack Ramsay played for and then went on to coach the St. Joseph's University men's basketball team from 1955 to 1966. Ramsay became the General Manager of the 76ers and then coached the Sixers to three playoff appearances. Dr. Ramsay went on to coach the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA title. He was a broadcaster for the Indiana Pacers, the...

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ALBUMS

Sly & the Family Stone---Dance To The Music---1968
The Fall---Slates---1981
The B-52's—-Whammy!---1983
R.E.M.---Dead Letter Office---1987
David Bowie---Never Let Me Down---1987
Slade---You Boyz Make Big Noise---1987
Pat Benatar---True Love---1991
Nick Cave & The Bad Seed---Henry's Dream---1992

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Looking to Watch the Canonization on TV?

The Holy Mass and Canonizations of Blessed Pope John XXIII and Blessed Pope John Paul II will be broadcast Live on EWTN at 3:30AM Sun 4/27.

In case you miss it, EWTN will replay it at 7pm. They will also rebroadcast the mass on Monday, 04/28 11:00 PM and Tuesday, 04/29 12:00...

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ALBUMS

The Supremes---Right On---1970
Paul McCartney---Tug Of War---1982
Hooters---Nervous Nights---1985
k. d. Lang---Shadowland---1988
The Bodeans---Black And White---1991
Luther Vandross---Power Of Love---1991
The Fall---The Infotainment Scan---1993
Johnny Cash---American Recordings---1994
Jimi Hendrix---Blues---1994

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The initial lineup for the 53rd Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival was announced on Friday afternoon. The festival will be held August 15-17, 2014. There will be more artists added but here is what has been released so far. iradiophilly will be back again broadcasting live from the main stage every day.

Friday Afternoon - Camp Stage
Jefferson Berry and The Urban...

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Pennsylvania state prosectors have refiled charges against Robert Kerns, the former Montgomery County Republican Party chairman. Kerns, 66, of North Wales, is charged with raping and sexually assaulted a female paralegal who worked at his law firm. Investigators say it happened after driving her home from an office party last October when the victim may have had too much to drink....

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ALBUMS

The Moody Blues---On The Threshold Of A Dream---1969
The Doobie Brothers---Stempede---1975
10cc---Deceptive Bends---1975
Donna Summer---Bad Girls---1979
Black Sabbath---Heaven & Hell---1980
Exodus---Bonded By Blood---1985
Soul Asylum---Hang Time---1988
Blur---Parklife---1994
Little Feat---Ain't Had Enough Fun---1995

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A forest fire continues to burn in Ocean County New Jersey, the fifth fire that has swept through the pine barrens in the last week. Yesterday, the uncontained fire forced hundreds to evacuate their homes. In all 621 homes were evacuated during the alert from five separate fires.

Up to $70 million will be pumped into a renovation of the 1100 block of Chestnut Street. ...

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