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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. 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) #JukeboxFridayNight #Holiday #SmallFaces

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: @MIngs🇳🇿 @bborn Theme: Renewal Song: "Don't Wait 'til Tomorrow" (2019) Performed by: Gary Clark Jr Link: #AlternateFridayMusic #Renewal #GaryClarkJr

Alternative Friday Music hails Janus, the ancient god of endings and beginnings, with the word "Renewal". Over to ADB and the essence of Renewal: new way, new life. "Moving forward, side by side Nai Zindagi! Naya Jeevan New Way New Life …" Hosts: @MIngs🇳🇿 @npub1w0ll...3uu3 Theme: Renewal Song: "New Way, New Life" (2000) Performed by: Asian Dub Foundation Link: #AlternateFridayMusic #Renewal #Dub #AsianDubFoundation #ADF

Alternative Friday Music hails Janus, the ancient god of endings and beginnings, with the word "Renewal". Some roots reggae now, asking for a reload (of the ship), which sounds like a kind of renewal to me. Hosts: @MIngs🇳🇿 @bborn Theme: Renewal Song: "Reload" Performed by: iTaweh Link: #AlternateFridayMusic #Renewal #Reggae #iRTaweh

Alternative Friday Music hails Janus, the ancient god of endings and beginnings, with the theme "Renewal". Within some faiths, that renewal comes with a dunking. You'll never listen to the Talking Heads version again (Al Green's original, mebbe) – Hosts: @MIngs🇳🇿 @npub1w0ll...3uu3 Theme: Renewal Song: "Take Me To The River" (Al Green's original, 1974) Performed by: Larry Braggs & The T.O.P. Queens, live at La Trastienda, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2014 (09:15) Link: #AlternateFridayMusic #Renewal #AlGreen #LarryBraggsAndTheTOPQueens

It's time for #AlternateFridayMusic by @MIngs🇳🇿 and @npub1w0ll...3uu3 ➡️ Boost this when you see it, so lots of people can enjoy their Friday. The word for January 16, 2026, is "Renewal". Post with the hashtag and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word. The upcoming biweekly word is: Jan 30 #Kid (child or joke or baby goat) Then 2026 races in February (bye-bye New Year resolutions!) and we have: Feb 13: #Bee Feb 27: #Obey Also, join in the biweekly #FortnightFridayMusic next week. The upcoming word is: Jan 23 #Indecision Going into February: Feb 6 #Purple Feb 20 #Underground Notorious Nags😼: @dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago @alfvaen #Music #Renewal

Back to the 1970s with the Brain DJ, without a single misquoted lyric – David Bowie, "Song for Bob Dylan" (1971) #Music #DavidBowie