Songs Of The Week, 2025: 11/29-12/5

 

I'm A Greedy Man- James Brown
Dirty Harry: Theme- Lalo Schifrin
Clean Up Woman- Betty Wright
Michael Caine- Madness
The Bends- The Raisins
How Do You Think It Feels- Lou Reed
Brenda Is Always In The Way- Sparks

zip 

Until the file fiasco has either been corrected or suspended permanently, I am going to try this as a temporary fix.

The link will only be available until noon Tuesday, 12/9. So if you have any desire to listen to this week's selections, don't delay, download today!

And please, let me know how it worked out. 

I'm A Greedy Man- James Brown
(There are no perfect JB albums. Even the best ones have a few speed bumps. But "There It Is" comes close with the title track, "Talkin' Loud & Saying Nothin'" and this killer.)

Dirty Harry: Theme- Lalo Schifrin
(One of my favorite soundtracks of the 70's, along with "The French Connection" and "The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3.")

Clean Up Woman- Betty Wright
(I was in a short-lived band back in the early 90's and the guitarist played this opening lick to perfection.)

Michael Caine- Madness
(There is a new Madness collection out in various lengths and formats. It's called "Hit Parade" and it is pretty damn great. It reminded me of just how many fantastic singles the band had.)

The Bends- The Raisins
(This album was impossible to find in the 80's. My roommate had it and I would keep it in my room and basically lend it back to him. Produced by Adrian Belew and featuring the guys who were also the Psychodots and The Bears.)

How Do You Think It Feels- Lou Reed
(Listened to "Berlin" last week. I hated this record after loving "Transformer." I am older and wiser and older now, so it plays much differently than it did 50 years ago. It's a fave.)

Brenda Is Always In The Way- Sparks
(A bonus from the "Exotic Creatures" record and without question, one of my favorite Mael song titles.)

You Want The Bad News Or The Bad News?

On 11/27, I received this email from the company that hosts all of the blog's files. 

We are writing to inform you that we are planning an infrastructure migration. Your account - burnwoodtonite.blogspot- will be included in this migration. This will improve operational efficiencies and deliver better performance to our customers. 

 

Date of Migration:

This migration will start on December 4, 2025, and our team of skilled technicians will work diligently to ensure a seamless transition. 

 

Okay, then.

On 12/4, I received this.

 

The infrastructure upgrade of your web hosting server is complete. We have successfully migrated all your website(s) and email data to the upgraded server.

 

We have identified that at least one of your websites uses an external DNS. For your website(s) and/or email(s) to start resolving from the new server, please ensure the domain name(s) are pointing to the new server IP address and/or MX record listed below. 

 

Hmmm...

 

I followed instructions but all of my live links bring me to a page that says "account suspended." So, I sent them an email of my own.

 

Hello,

I am more than a bit confused about this migration, so please forgive me if my questions seem naive.

I have been using the following link to create my own hot link on my site, which allows readers to download what I am writing about. Now, after the migration, those links take you to a page that says, "Oops! Something went wrong." I thought by using the new link it would correct the situation, but instead, my browser takes me to a page that says "suspicious activity."

Is this because I need to wait the 24-48 hour period for the migration to complete, or am I doing something wrong?

Also, I have months and months of live links, will all of those need to be changed manually?

 

I heard back.

 

Our Technical Team referred your case to me. Their review shows you are using your webspace to store files without an active website. Shared hosting does not allow this. All stored files must link to a website hosted under your plan.

Your setup fits a VPS environment. A VPS gives you dedicated resources, private storage, and full control of your files. It supports large data storage without the limits of shared hosting. It also prevents resource flags that occur when file storage rises.

Please act soon. Continued use of shared hosting for file storage risks suspension under our Terms of Service.

(Like, I need this right now.)

I replied:

I am even more confused than I was when I first wrote.

This is my website.

https://burnwoodtonite.blogspot.com/2025/11/action-packed-some-jumpin-little.html

I have been using you guys for 15 years. I paid for another year back in October. There has never been an issue, why is there an issue now?

Below are more examples of where I use links to the files.

https://burnwoodtonite.blogspot.com/2025/11/songs-of-week-2025-118-1114.html

https://burnwoodtonite.blogspot.com/2022/03/recent-favorites-volume-1-weekend-mix.html

https://burnwoodtonite.blogspot.com/2019/12/blue-notes-weekend-mix.html

Please explain to me what is different, that my account is now in danger of being suspended.

 

This was the last reply I received:

 

Hello Sal,

Thank you for getting back to me!

I will update your ticket so our Technical team can review your files and see if they are linked to your website. Once i have a feedback, I will get back to you.

 

As of this morning, all of the live links on Burning Wood, dating as far back as 2019, take you to a page that says my account has been suspended. If i do hear back and the company says it was their error, I may still have to manually change links to almost six years worth of zip files, which I simply cannot do. 

 

I will think of an alternative for tomorrow's Songs Of The Week. 

 

As for now, thoughts and prayers. 

 

(Like, I need this right now.) 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Seconds In Rock 'N' Roll, A Burning Wood Pop Up: #3

 

 

The intro, but especially when the tamborine comes in in "Monkey Man."

Steve Cropper, 1941-2025

 

I don't need to say much here.

🤘 

 

Great Seconds In Rock 'N' Roll, A Burning Wood Pop Up: #2

 

Lennon's "HEY!" on the last round of "Don't Let Me Downs." 

The Mighty 'Mat

 

It takes a lot, including an occasional physical threat, to get me out to a club in Manhattan. Thirty years ago, it would have taken a physical threat to get me to go home. But times have changed. People have changed. Ticket prices have changed. And a shot and a beer could set you back $25, depending on where you are.

Sometimes though, the stars align. Good friends, an interesting new bar, and a Replacement playing on a tiny stage got me on a subway last night.

Tommy Stinson with his almost country/still kinda 'Mats-ish band Cowboys In The Campfire played at Lucinda Williams' new honky tonk on Avenue A and all was alright for an hour, especially with a couple of $6 Miller High Lifes to keep things rolling. (It is the "champagne of beers," you know.)

The hour long set was broadcast live on Sirius Outlaw Radio and Mr. Stinson seemed into it, in that very Tommy way, greeting everyone with a smile and assuring the crowd that it wasn't "all request Monday. You can keep shouting, but you'll hear none of it." So, no Replacements songs, but he did do a few Bash & Pop tunes, as well as a couple of new tunes from an upcoming Cowboys album, that honestly, sounded like 'Mats tunes anyway.

When all was said and done, it was as close to a perfect night out in the Big Shitty as someone as difficult as me could expect. As for Lucinda's, it's small and friendly with a great sound system, and could be on my dance card in the future on a night with a lesser known act. I could see myself getting comfortable at the bar with a bit of country twang on the stage.

 

 

 

Great Seconds In Rock 'N' Roll, A Burning Wood Pop Up: #1

 

 

The way Mac, Ronnie and Kenney stumble in after Woody sets it all up...