In tonight’s Tips music, recorded live during a June 1975 concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the Rolling Stones – along with Ian Stewart on piano – blast their way through a rollicking performance of It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll.
They like it. Best through headphones, if you have ’em, so you can hear the deft, weaving interplay of the honking guitars — that’s Ron Wood in your left ear, Keef on the right.
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In tonight’s lighter-than-air entertainment, multitalented Italian superstar Gigliola Cinquetti showcases her vocal chops and her stunning physical coordination in a live televised performance of Rum And Coca-Cola.
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In tonight’s Tips music, from 1929, an unknown British dance band’s unidentified vocalist asks Is Everybody Happy Now?
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Have you ever been in the midst of a thoroughly pleasant social night out only to run into, say, a belligerent Obama supporter who harangues you with a scattershot salvo of “everybody knows” fake statistics and pseudo-facts the minutiae of which, given your convivial mood, you have neither the interest nor the motivation to counter point-by-point?
Up your opponent’s ante with Bob, your one-stop solution to unwanted political harassment. Simply invite him over to your table, buy him a drink, and voilà, your would-be interlocutors will be kept well and truly occupied All. Night. Long..
To get an approximate idea of the sort of services offered in Bob’s Platinum Plus package, which includes two of Bob’s friends, simply load all three videos and play them at once. Sweeet!
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In tonight’s Tippity amusement, an otherwise harmless-looking Swede named Olle Hemmingson destroys the environment for future generations by playing a medley of songs featuring himself on fiddle and guitar, and 230 Viktor on percussion.
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Via Kate, here’s some great footage of some dedicated and intensely eager dogs in action.
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When you’re in grave peril, seconds away from a sure death, that’s when you need a true friend to come to the rescue.
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Tonight, to help us usher in the new year, throngs of proud Brits at Royal Albert Hall and in London’s Hyde Park sing rousing versions of Jerusalem, God Save The Queen, and Auld Lang Syne.
What a combo.
A big thanks to Kate, the nonpareil, for another year of superb blogging, and for providing a forum for so many interesting characters – you know who you are, you commenters you.
Happy New Years, everybody! Here’s wishing you and your families a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2012.

In tonight’s Tips music clean-cut 1960s pop warbler Gene Pitney (“Town Without Pity”) faces Mecca. Ardently. Every day.
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In tonight’s Tips video more than 100 clergymen from the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches gather with their brooms in the basilica of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity for the annual cleaning.
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No one, but no one, knows more about holiday safety than the Russians.
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Tonight, a little light seasonal Schlager musik from Sweden, as Towa Carlson entertains us with the half-familiar strains of Bjällerklang.
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Has a grueling day of hand-to-hand combat with your fellow shoppers over the few remaining pairs of Air Jordans left you battered, stressed, and sore? Well, put those shiny sneakers up and unwind to the soothing sounds of Dutch ensemble Musica Amphion, as they play the 4th and 5th movements from Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli’s Christmas Concerto in G Minor.
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H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth II delivers her 2011 Christmas Day message to the Commonwealth.
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Paul posted tonight’s video late last year, but since your family members may not have seen it, and since it’s a natural classic, we’re going to post it again: Merry Christmas, everyone!
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In tonight’s musical selection the late Luciano Pavarotti, backed by Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal and Les Disciples de Massenet, fills every square inch of Montreal’s Notre Dame Cathedral with a stirring performance of Adeste Fideles.
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Tonight the Vince Guaraldi Trio sets the mood, and then we find out what Christmas is all about.
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In tonight’s instalment of our 2011 Christmas Music Series, Leipzig’s Thomanerchor (which next year celebrates it’s 800th anniversary) performs a lovely, tranquil, refreshingly unadorned version of the beautiful 19th century Austrian carol Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (“Silent Night“).
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In tonight’s Tips music three different groups of ethnic Ukrainian choristers, from Trenton and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Baltimore, Maryland, perform at the 2009 Festival of Ukrainian Christmas Carols held at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, PA.
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Tonight, for your musical pleasure, the Beegie Adair Trio plays an agreeably mellow instrumental version of Mel Tormé’s modern Christmas classic The Christmas Song.
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