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“Legendary Club Scene” captured in Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame

Melanie Navarro December 4, 2022
What do Mariah Carey, Lou Reed, Blue Öyster Cult, Cyndi Lauper and Run-DMC have in common?  Besides numerous accolades and places in music iconography, they all have a spot in the new base of the Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall Of Fame here in Stony Brook.
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Ceramic Santa figurine.  Nikos Koutoulas /  FLICKR VIA CC BY-SA 2.0

“Santa Tell Me…” is Christmas music really good?

Skylar Sena December 6, 2021
Whether you believe Michael Bublé should start defrosting before or after the turkey, there’s one important question that needs to be answered: is Christmas music actually good? 
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People at a Target on Thanksgiving night Nov. 22 2012 in Highland, Indiana.   DIARIOCRITICO DE VENEZUELA/FLICKR VIA CC BY 2.0

The Onion Bagel: What good is Thanksgiving anyways?

Mike Adams November 19, 2018
Thanksgiving is a time-honored American tradition that harkens back to the best this country has to offer. Compassion, family and whitewashing genocide — the very pillars of our national identity come to the forefront on the fourth Thursday of November.
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Mariah Carey performing at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. Carey's hit song "All I Want for Christmas is You" is stillDISNEY ABC TELEVISION GROUP/FLICKR VIA CC BY-ND 2.0

Christmas songs are back again

Katarina Delgado December 4, 2016
Spotify has classified over 1.3 million tracks as Christmas music, and users have created nearly 16 million Christmas-themed playlists.
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