Jukebox Friday Night runs the theme "Holiday" for 16 January 2026, calling for songs about holidays taken, planned or wished for, and for songs that remind you of getting away from the daily drudge.
Well, it's summer hols in Australia, NZ and other parts of the southern hemisphere –
"Summer's here and I’ll be hiding my time away
Looking for someone who’ll tell me the time of day …"
Small Faces, "Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass" (1968)
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Jukebox Friday Night runs the theme "Holiday" for 16 January 2026, calling for songs about holidays taken, planned or wished for, and for songs that remind you of getting away from the daily drudge.
Take a holiday, start travelling –
"Favorite daughter, wear this ring
It will protect you when you're travelling
Then you'll come to meet me, my little girl
And to the harbor we will go …"
Tom Verlaine, "Travelling" (1984)
#JukeboxFridayNight #Holiday #TomVerlaine
Jukebox Friday Night runs the theme "Holiday" for 16 January 2026, calling for songs about holidays taken, planned or wished for, and for songs that remind you of getting away from the daily drudge.
A song about a man thinking about a place and a woman far away:
"I hear mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark
And I'm there with her in Ensenada
And I'm here in Echo Park …"
But it's more than just a longing for an embrace: the song references heroin and methadone.
Warren Zevon, "Carmelita" (1976)
#JukeboxFridayNight #Holiday #WarrenZevon
Jukebox Friday Night runs the theme "Holiday" for 16 January 2026, calling for songs about holidays taken, planned or wished for, and for songs that remind you of getting away from the daily drudge.
"Good morning, Campers!"
The Who, "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (1969; written by Pete Townshend based on Keith Moon's "holiday camp" idea)
#JukeboxFridayNight #Holiday #TheWho
Alternative Friday Music hails Janus, the ancient god of endings and beginnings, with the word "Renewal".
A different type of renewal:
"I'm so tired of fighting
And I'm so tired of being wrong
I hate to see you crying
There's no way I can't right my wrongs
And make it 'bout us again …"
Hosts: @npub1rph4...y4nw @bborn
Theme: Renewal
Song: "Don't Wait 'til Tomorrow" (2019)
Performed by: Gary Clark Jr
Link:
#AlternateFridayMusic #Renewal #GaryClarkJr