THE COCKTAIL SLIPPERS COVER ELLIE GREENWICH

This is the third video from one of my favorite albums of 2009, The Cocktail Slippers' Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. It's my job to expose more people to this awesome, awesome band. Not my job, but my responsibility. This is a song written by the late Ellie Greenwich, one of the greats of the Brill Building era. She is getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year in the "non-performer" category. Little Steven will be at the ceremony, to present The Hollies. Maybe he can hook it up so that the Slippers can perform a tribute to Ellie.

LITTLE STEVEN DEFENDS HIS TOP 50

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Little Steven's year- and decade-end charts. Now, you know I'm a huge fan of Little Steven, his Wicked Cool Records label and his Underground Garage channel on SIRIUS XM. But even I called him out on naming The Beatles Mono Box Set the best album of the past decade. I mean, how could anything else possibly compete with all of those Beatles classics? I also was surprised to see Kelly Osbourne on the best singles list. Apparently, Entertainment Weekly was surprised also: they interviewed him to call him out on those and a few other picks. Check out the interview here.