I know, I'm late to the party- but goddamn, Archer is hysterical.

#WhatsHappening for October 1, 2020

Halloween month! Whoo-hoo! I mean, I'm afraid to ask what scares are in store, but still. I will miss there not being a Costumes & Karaoke party. This would've been our 11th year at the Tavern (well, 11th for Southpaw Entertainment, and my ninth- since I've missed a couple). I will be doing music that night, just not a public show. And not karaoke.
This was one of our posters the first year we were on Facebook.

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Singer-songwriter Mac Davis, died yesterday after heart surgery. He was 78.

His manager, Jim Morey, confirmed the news, saying "Mac Davis has been my client for over 40 years, and more importantly, my best friend. He was a music legend, but his most important work was that as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. I will miss laughing about our many adventures on the road and his insightful sense of humor."

In addition to his crossover hits Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me, I Believe in Music, and It's Hard To Be Humble, Davis penned A Little Less Conversation, Don't Cry Daddy, and In The Ghetto for Elvis Presley. He also shared writing credit on Weezer's Time Flies, Avicii's Addicted To You, and Bruno Mars' Young Girls. In a 2017 interview, he said at his age, he was "extremely grateful to be doing what I’m doing and still functioning in the music business," and added he got "excited every time I get involved with somebody and write a song. It’s still a fun thing to do."

Davis also had a modestly successful NBC variety show, The Mac Davis Show, from 1974 to 1976 and made his big screen debut in North Dallas Forty alongside Nick Nolte.

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Gorillaz will release their new album, Song Machine: Season 1 - Strange Timez on October 23rd. Guests on the album include Robert Smith of The Cure, 6LACK, ScHoolboy Q, slowthai, Slaves, and Peter Hook- with a deluxe edition adding tracks recorded with St. Vincent, Beck, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and others. Both versions will include this track, recorded with Sir Elton John.

John said he's "always been a Gorillaz fan so when Damon [Albarn] reached out and asked me to get involved it was a no-brainer. The way the song turned out is just great – I can’t wait for you to hear it..."

The band will do "live" digital shows on December 12th and 13th, with what the band says will be a "unique blend of visuals and live Gorillaz performances..."

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Talk about an "I can't even" moment, Mariah Carey revealed Sunday that she'd recorded what she says was an alternative album back in 1995 while working on her Daydream album. 

"I did an alternative album while I was making Daydream. Just for laughs, but it got me through some dark days."

"I’d bring my little alt-rock song to the band and hum a silly guitar riff. They would pick it up and we would record it immediately. It was irreverent, raw, and urgent, and the band got into it. I actually started to love some of the songs. I would fully commit to my character." She added that she was on "a quest to unearth the version of this album with my lead vocals and will not stop until we find it."

I am not a fan. But I think I'd like to give it a listen for just the car-wreck aspect of it.

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The Super Deluxe edition of Sign o' the Times is out. That is all.

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Bruce Springsteen celebrated his 71st birthday last week with the release of the second single from Letter From You- the first album he's recorded with the E-Street Band since 2014's High Hopes. You can check out Ghosts here.

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No, I didn't watch the debate. In the best of circumstances, those kinds of "events" my fucking head hurt. Considering it's been widely regarded as a complete shit-show, it seems like I made the right choice. But I swear Mark Hamill had the best description of the debacle.

That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in The Star Wars Holiday Special.

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) September 30, 2020

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Bonnaroo has been rescheduled for the third time after initially being postponed from June to September, the cancelled until June of next year. The announcement yesterday says the festival will now take place September 2-5, 2021. 

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Two new box sets are on the way featuring the late Amy Winehouse.

12x7: The Singles Collection will be released November 20, followed by the five CD Amy Winehouse: The Collection on November 27.

The box set will include both of Winehouse's Frank and Back to Black, as well as the posthumous Lioness: Hidden Treasures, a live album, a disc of remixes, a 20-page lyrics booklet, and a set of art cards.

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Birthdays today include: Herb Fame of Peaches & Herb (78); Jerry Martini and Sly & The Family Stone (77); Brian Greenway of April Wine (69); Youssou N'Dour (59); Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra (52); LaTocha Scott of Xscape (47); Keith Duffy of Boyzone (46); Richard Oakes of Suede (44); Keith Duffy (Boyzone) (1974). #MusicalBirthdays