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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A brief, but serious discussion about the merits, liabilities, and chances for an induction of "Weird Al" Yankovic into the @rockhall.bsky.social Hope you enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/2c1Q...
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Why “Weird Al” Yankovic Belongs in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
My Weekly Mixtape: Music Discovery & Nostalgia · Episode
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"[T]he fact they're inducting someone who ... hated rock and roll now means there's no excuse for not inducting Frank Sinatra as an Early Influence." Rock Hall Monitors: Welp, that's our class. rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2026/05/welp...
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Welp, that's our class.
The inductees have been announced for about a month now, and I've been busy letting it sink in, in addition to things going on in my person...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
More difficult to predict than it might seem on the surface, but my guesses are locked in. rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2026/04/pred...
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Predicting The Class: Seeds For 2026
Coming to the main event, the actual prediction.  I've weighed in on how worthy the nominees are, compared to one another, and also how much...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Who puts the bobble in my butt? Who reminds me that my call is very important to them? Accounting for what there's no accounting for: subjective taste. #RockHall2026 Rock Hall Monitors: Listening for fun: the 2026 Nominees rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2026/03/list...
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Listening for fun: the 2026 Nominees
At this point, I like to rank the nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in order of personal preference.  There are a few reasons I li...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Rock Hall Monitors ranks the #RockHall2026 nominees by (hopefully) objective merits. Rock Hall Monitors: Merits Rank: The Ballot For 2026 rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2026/03/meri...
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Merits Rank: The Ballot For 2026
With a compressed time frame, only six weeks of voting, we are going to start looking at the objective merits for the nominees on this year...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Dear Ohio, After two centuries, it is well past time to bury the hatchet between us and come together as brother Midwest states. As a peace offering and token of our goodwill, we give you Kid Rock. We won't claim him anymore; he's an Ohioan now. In solidarity, Michigan P.S. No backsies.
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
"Somewhere, Little Steven is trying to console Jon Sykes, and Sykes is snapping back, 'At least YOURS got nominated!'" #RockHall2026 rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2026/02/off-...
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Off to the races: the 2026 Ballot
First off, as much as I love following the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, there was no way I was waking up at 3AM where I live for the live pre...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
"Also, the Hall sucks when it comes to non-hip-hop R&B FYE inductees. The last one they had was Prince in 2004, and before that, Sly And The Family Stone in 1993." rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2026/01/pred...
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Predictions for the 2026 ballot
Well, we've made it to 2026, and that means resolutions have already met with their demise.  It also means the Assembly Of The Giant Hoagie...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
You saw the ceremony on New Year's Day, now here's a fan's estimation, wrapping up the celebration of last year's class. Rock Hall Monitors: Songs Of Proof: The Class Of 2025 rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2026/01/song...
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Songs Of Proof: The Class Of 2025
In an attempt to get caught up before the next ballot comes out, we're going to get to the Class Of 2025 for their songs to add to the Grea...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The Chinese Zodiac says 2026 is a Year Of The Horse, and after just the first week of it, I'm convinced the Horse in question is Artax.
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Despite bring it on himself, I still think the Hall could've shown a minute or so of Chubby's acceptance speech from Des Plaines, as he is a Performer inductee. He got the extra layer of validation by being voted in via the ballot, and a moment of his speech would've been appropriate. #RockHall2025
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Sorry, but cutting out the whole In Memoriam segment and just focusing on the Brian Wilson segment seems a bit of classless move, imho. Sorry ABC, you got this one wrong. #RockHall2025
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
As I caught watching it on demand a couple weeks after the live event, they fixed the Doja Cat performance with post-production work, overdubs maybe, so it seemed like she and the male voice were duetting the whole time. #RockHall2025
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Warren's is the first video package we've seen any piece of in the ABC broadcast, probably because Letterman ramped it up. #RockHall2025
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Chubby got left out of the opening scroll on ABC Broadcast. Probably gonna get the "also" treatment, along with Carol, Thom, Nicky, and Lenny #RockHall2025
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Greeting 2026 with a last look at... 2024? Enjoy. Rock Hall Monitors: Songs Of Proof: The Class Of 2024 rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/12/song...
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Songs Of Proof: The Class Of 2024
After much lollygagging and procrastination, I'm finally getting around to revealing the Songs Of Proof for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame'...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
If Rudolph really was the most famous reindeer of all, why did they have to ask if we could recall him?
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Disney+ has already edited the ceremony, my take on the Chubby Checker debacle, and more: Rock Hall Monitors: Through A Cathode-Ray Tube: Induction Ceremony 2025. rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/11/thro...
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Through A Cathode-Ray Tube: Induction Ceremony 2025.
The party's long over, and I've just shown up.  I'm finally weighing in on the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony for 2025.  I mo...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
For @briancolburn.bsky.social and @myweeklymixtape.bsky.social But I hope you all enjoy. Rock Hall Monitors: Eine kleine neue Fanfic (or Part 5): rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/10/eine...
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Eine kleine neue Fanfic (or Part 5)
I was working on the Songs Of Proof list for the Class Of 2024 when cohost of the now defunct podcast "Playlist Wars," one Brian Colburn by...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Need a Playlist for your summer party that even the most persnickety neighbor will approve of? Brian and I gotcha covered. Enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/3EKF...
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The Ultimate Summer Oldies & Doo-Wop Playlist (w/ Patreon Mixtaper Philip Bergman)
My Weekly Mixtape: A Playlist Curation Podcast · Episode
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"I guess if you care about an artist enough and their legacy, it's not the same honor when they could have been voted in. That layer of validation from the voting body matters when it's an artist you care so much about." rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/04/son-...
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Son of a... CHIPMUNK! The Class Of 2025
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's Class Of 2025 has been announced.  I didn't watch "American Idol," opting instead to hear it on "Who Cares...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
In case anyone didn't know, #RockHall2025 inductee Lenny Waronker is the son of Liberty Records executive Simon Waronker, who is the man Simon the Chipmunk was named after. The brainy brother in Alvin & The Chipmunks was named after the dad of 2025 Non-Performer inductee Lenny. You're welcome.
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Bets locked in. Will it be a parlay or a complete bust? rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/04/but-...
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But in the end: Seeds for 2025
And now the post that I'm dreading.  Making the predictions is agonizing for me, but it's part of the game.  How many of the fourteen nomin...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Had so much fun with this. Nick is such a gracious host. If neither of us had been pressed for time, I feel the conversation could have lasted an extra hour, we were having so much fun. Give it a listen!
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Just because they belong in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, that doesn't mean I like their catalog; and vice-versa, but those acts aren't on the #RockHall2025 ballot. Enjoy. rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/03/when...
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When Listens The Heart: The 2025 Nominees
Slight apology for the appropriation of that Hallmark series' title for this, but in a vacuum, it's a charming little title.  I think it su...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Did I use my analysis of the #RockHall2025 ballot to rant about a Ben And Jerry's flavor I thoroughly despise? You're abso-fricken-lutely right I did. rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/03/stac...
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Stacking up: the 2025 nominees.
As is the custom, it is now time to rank the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 2025 nominees by merits.  This is an attempt to be objective, tak...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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A Dream
Last night, I had a dream that shook me.  It's weird to talk about it, because it was a dream, but sometimes a dream can really shake you. ...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"[I]t's sometimes fun to harmlessly stir up irrelevant shit." rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/02/and-...
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And then there were 14: the Ballot of 2025
Today, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame announced their ballot for the Class Of 2025.  There are fourteen nominees, which is a little on the s...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A quickly spun prediction post. Enjoy! rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/01/pred...
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Predicting the 2025 Ballot
Time to play some parlor games.  Time to predict the ballot for the Class Of 2025 for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. To be honest, I reall...
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succotash54.bsky.social @succotash54.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
My first post here, plugging my Rock Hall blog, with another fanfic post. Hope to get predictions up soon though. Meanwhile, enjoy. rockhallmonitors.blogspot.com/2025/01/eine...
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Eine kleine Fanfic 4: Obliteration
That's right, Chris and Josh, I named a season (year) of something "Obliteration," because it's a cool title! Okay, so since that line cros...
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