Here I am, already working on another year-end music blog, this time for the year of 2025! I’m always amazed at how quickly the time goes, but this year seemed especially rapid (some may also say ‘vapid’” but I won’t go there!). I lost two or three months somewhere in 2025, and I’ve been unable to locate them. If any of you locate those missing months, please return them to me. I’m happy to pay for postage, as well as any shipping and handling costs… ;-) But, in all seriousne

The 2025 Smiles Show countdown contest of my top favorite songs of the past year is on!  As in previous years, submit one email with a guess of my top three artists, and three of my top favorite songs for the current calendar year to jimmysmiles07@gmail.com . One entry per person. The entry period is open through 11:59 PM PT on Wednesday, December 24, 2025. There will be a coffee shop gift card for the winner of each individual contest; one for the top 3 artists and one for

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I’ve gone back-and-forth on writing a blog or creating a podcast discussing my favorite songs of 2023. I was thinking that creating a...