2026 - Year of the Dell Rat All American Girls Down at Lulu's

 CAN SHADY DEL KNIGHT KEEP YOU 
 ENTERTAINED IN THE COMING YEAR? 

 CAN A 

 ROAD TRIP 

 TURN INTO 

 ROAD RAGE? 

 WELCOME BACK, DEAR FRIEND! 

 AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

I'm delighted to have you along

for the ride as I begin another year

of blogging here at Shady's Place.

Again this year, you'll be tuned in

to my station, S-P-M-M Retrosonic

Radio, and enjoy a variety of shows

hosted by celebrity DJs... some of

them returning favorites and some

of them newcomers. A few of those

Shady Bunch newbies are with us

today, so without further delay,

let's get the show started and

kick-off 2026 Shady style!

Hiya, folks! It's me, Brian Griffin, the lovable smooch pooch from

Family Guy and your Host With the Most on the SPMM radio show

 BRIAN GRIFFIN'S  

 ECLECTIC AVENUE 

I'm not as drunk as some thinkle peep I am. Besides, it's 8am somewhere.

As 2026 gets rolling, how 'bout we turn back the clock to the 1940s?

Meet and greet The Duchy Darlings, a vintage inspired WWII style vocal trio

from Yorkshire, England, consisting of Siena (14), Emilia (13) and Lottie (12).

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These perky princesses are sure to make you smile as they

perform the jump blues song originally introduced by

The Andrews Sisters-- "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy!"

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - Andrews Sisters cover

by The Duchy Darlings (August 2025)

Hi, and happy 2026 to you!

 As you recall, I'm Daisy "Skye" Johnson aka "Quake"

...an Inhuman from the superhero TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

 On my TV show I have the power to create earthquakes.

Now on the radio as a member of The Shady Bunch deejay squadron

and your Hostess With the Mostest on my SPMM radio show

 DAISY SKYE'S 

 POWER SURGE! 

,
I create earquakes by playing the greatest sounds of rock, old and new.

Let me introduce RoZY... a Texas-based rock band founded by

sisters Molly Flores (drums) and Zoe Flores (lead vocals, guitar).

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The sibs and their boy buds join us now to cover a classic rock fave.

Here's Rozy getting into The Knack with-- "My Sharona!"

"My Sharona" The Knack cover by RoZY

(March 2024)

COLD OPEN

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"Grown (theme from TV series Grown-ish)" - Chloe x Halle

(single from Mar. 2018 album The Kids Are Alright)

HALLE                                              CHLOE

Hey dude, happy new year, and watch out world...

we're grown now! You're lookin' at us. We're

Chloe x Halle...

(Chloe and Halle Bailey)

 

...the Georgia born R&B sister duo discovered by Beyoncé.

We are also the breakout stars of Grown-ish, the hit TV

sitcom that's a spin-off of the ABC series Black-ish. 

You just watched our video for "Grown," the theme song from Grown-ish

released as a single from our debut 2018 album The Kids Are Alright.

 From now on, you will know us as "The Twins," sisters

Skylar "Sky" Forster and Jazlyn "Jazz" Forster...

our character names on Grown-ish, a series

that follows a group of college friends

on their journey to adulthood.

We're proud to be assuming our new roles as members

of The Shady Bunch DJ team and hosts of

All American Girls

...the S-P-M-M radio show that celebrates diversity

in music and diversity in American culture.

We'll be comin' thru with dope tunes for your

jam-up, so please join us for the debut of

All American Girls

exclusively here at Shady's Place Music & Memories. 

Hi, I'm Kara Danvers...

mild mannered office assistant and junior reporter at CatCo Worldwide

Media. Since nobody reads Shady's blog 😄 it's safe for me to reveal

my secret identity. I am actually (.....wait for it.....) 

(SCROLL DOWN)

MEG GRIFFIN'S BOYFRIEND RONDO!

SUPERGIRL!

That's right. Supergirl has Kara's face, body and voice. The only

difference  between the two is that Supergirl rips off her glasses

and puts on a caped costume. Yet... get this... because it's rich...

the citizens of National City are clueless. Season after

season they never connect the dots! 

Please stay tuned for the debut

of my S-P-M-M radio show

Kara Danvers

 SUPERTUNES.

I'll be playing sunshine pop and

light rock nuggets from the

mid and late 60s, like this

cool song by The Mamas

And The Papas. 

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THE VIDEO NOW!

It's the group's top 5 hit from the

summer of '66- "I Saw Her Again!" 

"I Saw Her Again" - The Mamas And The Papas

(June/July 1966, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100,

#6 Cash Box/#1 Canada)

Hi and happy new year!  As you might recall, I'm Jenna Betancourt,

a young wife trying to survive Purge Night, a nationwide annual

government sanctioned event that resembles the zombie apocalypse.

The dystopian mayhem unfolds on the anthology action horror TV

series The Purge, based on the film franchise of the same name.

 

While I'm hunkered down awaiting the all-clear siren,

I'll be playing DJ along with three other heroines

from The Purge. Our new show is called

Purge Party

and it's coming soon to S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Our mission is to play music that is guaranteed to

purge the dirge and chase the blues. 

For my contribution to Shady's gala to kick-off 2026, I've got an

incendiary song performance ripped from our Purge Party playlist.

Feel the electricity in the air as English synth-rock star

Samantha Fox appears on the German  TV music showcase

Peter's Pop Show and whips the studio audience into a frenzy.

Here's Sam Fox performing her debut single and international

chart-topping hit--  "Touch Me (I Want Your Body!)"

"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" - Samantha Fox

Mar. thru May 1987, highest chart pos. #4 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box,

#1 Canada, perf. on June 12, 1986, ep. of Peter's Pop Show) 

Allow myself to introduce... myself.

 I'm Austin Powers...

International Man of Mystery

(and music history) inviting you to join me for  lunch 

for the launch of my new S-P-M-M radio show

The Spy Who

Shagged Me...

coming soon to Shady's Place Music & Mammaries.

I'll be spinning the best of the Brit beat bands and

UK-based solo artists of the Shagadelic Sixties,

like the song I'm about to play. 

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It's the English baroque pop/rock band The Zombies with their debut

chart-topping single penned by Rod Argent-- "She's Not There," baby!  

"She's Not There" - The Zombies

(Nov./Dec. 1964, highest chart position

#1 Cash Box/#2 Hot 100, #2 Canada)

  

I'm Olivia Pope

...not to be confused with Kamala Harris. As you recall, I star in

the political thriller TV series Scandal. Join me and three other

White House Wonder Women 

as we host the new Shady's Place radio show

  The 1600 Club:

Meet the Supremes

of Pennsylvania Avenue. 

I've got a song sample for you. It's the first chart-topping hit

for Motown's most popular recording act The Supremes.

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Around Halloween, 1964, The Supremes appeared on the

T.A.M.I. Show and sang-- "Where Did Our Love Go!" 

"Where Did Our Love Go" - The Supremes

(July/Aug. 1964, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box & R&B,

Oct. 1964 perf. on the T.A.M.I. Show - "Teenage Awards Music

International" aka "Teen Age Music International") 

Hello to you, and much happy 2026 - Year of the Dell Rat!

 Chin Upp 

 (Yes, that's her real name!) 

I am Chin Upp, a new member of The Shady Bunch and also a member

of the Yum Yum Dynasty... a Chinese-Korean girl-pop group

led by Alabaster Charm. Please follow our Shady's Place series

 Yum Yum Dynasty: 

 A Taste of Bubblegum Pop... 

 a new S-P-M-M radio show that pays tribute to American

bubblegum pop and nursery rhyme rock, genres that were

popular in the late 1960s and early 70s. Our group was

influenced by the artists in these music categories.

  Before I introduce my song selection,

I want to wish you much good luck

in the coming year and hope to

see you again when

 Yum Yum Dynasty 

   

debuts on S-P-M-M Retro Radio...

the station that stands for diversity.

Many of the "bands" we will present on

our show are actually "pseudo groups"

assembled in the studio using a lead

singer and backing tracks recorded

by anonymous session singers and

musicians. The sample song I will

now play for you was created in

this manner. Released as a single

by Buddah Records, it comes

from Super K Productions,

a bubblegum pop company

headed by producers Jerry

Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz,

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Listen now as the Kasenetz-Katz

Super Circus covers a top 40

hit by The Ohio Express--

"Down At Lulu's!"

"Down At Lulu's" - Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus

{from Dec. 1968/69 album Quick Joey Small

(Run, Joey, Run) I'm In Love With You}

Buenos dias! As you recall, I am Lito Rodriguez, a closeted gay actor

living in Mexico City and one of the "August 8th cluster" on the sci-fi

series Sense8. As a member of the Shady Bunch, I host a show called

Sense 8 Sensibility,

here on SPMM Retrosonic Radio.

In the fall of 1983, the song "Holiday" became the breakthrough U.S. hit

for Madonna, a young singer/songwriter destined for stardom and world-

wide recognition as the Queen of Pop. On January 14, 1984, Madonna

performed "Holiday" on American Bandstand. At the conclusion of the

 number... host Dick Clark asked the up-and-comer what her dream

was for the future. Madonna famously replied, "To rule the world."

Today, the Australian company of singers and musicians known as

Sing It Live rules the world of cover bands, and their outstanding

rendition of Madonna's hit proves it. Watch and listen as Aussie

singing star Nikki Heuskes takes the lead on vocals accompanied

by her daughter, Kim Wilde lookalike Akasha Starr as they and

the world class musicians of Sing It Live bring you the new

definitive cover of this mid-80s dancepop classic- "Holiday!"

"Holiday" - Madonna cover by Sing It Live

feat. mother Nikki Heuskes on lead and daughter

Akasha Starr on backing vocals (Oct. 2025)

Sup? Sappenin'? Wus goin' down?  I'm sure you remember me.

  I'm Malcolm Winters, Neil's kid bro on the long-running soap

The Young and The Restless and your host on the SPMM crush 

 Junk in the Trunk 

...the radio show that lays down deep beats to move your feets, dig?

Now on behalf of Shady Bunchers Brian Griffin, Daisy "Skye" Johnson,

Chloe & Halle Bailey, Kara Danvers, Jenna Betancourt, Austin Powers,

Olivia Pope, Chin Upp and Lito Rodriguez, I'd like to thank you for

joining Shady Del Knight's 2026 new year celebration.

 To play us off, I've got a hot number from my JITT playlist.

Check out singing sensation Tori Matthieu representing

the Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy. 

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Tori's covering Carl Carlton's Grammy nominated 1981 club smash.

 Don't hurt yourself now! Tori proves she's got some junk in the trunk

as she sings-- "She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked!)" 

"She's A Bad Mama Jama" - Carl Carlton cover by

Tori Matthieu of the Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy

(October 2020)

Austin Powers

International Man of Mystery

(and Music History)

SAVE ME! MICHELLE'S BRILLIANT DISGUISES PART 1: FANGS for the MAMMARIES

COLD OPEN:

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"Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer

cover by Zespół S.O.S. (Feb. 2020)

Kicking off my first show, the Polish band Zespół S.O.S. with their cover

of "Hot Stuff," the 1979 rock - R&B - disco hit by Donna Summer.

 As you are about to see, the song applies to little old me.

 

Good grief Good day!

I'm Michelle Ramsey

from the 1994 film

A Brilliant Disguise.

 In the erotic thriller,

I am a woman with

multiple personality

disorder under the

care of a shrink who

wants to dominate

and control me.

The title of my movie

is the inspiration of my

new Shady's Place series

  Save Me: 

 Michelle's 

 Brilliant 

 Disguises 

 I call it that because I am

a gorgeous chameleon who

plays a variety of characters,

all of them memorable, in

films and television series.

As I launch my show today,

I'll introduce some of my

characters and play songs

that help tell their stories.

In the 1995 Mel Brooks

gothic comedy horror film

 Dracula: Dead and Loving It

starring Leslie Nielsen, I play

Lucy Westenra, daughter of

a wealthy English family.

To make a long story short,

Drac's strapped for cash,

so he puts the bite on me.

  I go down for the count and turn into a creature of the night, one of

the undead. I might be cold as a coffin but... as that song suggests...

 this chili pepper is still "Hot Stuff!" Watch me come on to Brian from Wings!

(above) scene from Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

In the 1983 science fantasy swashbuckler film Krull,

I play the fair Princess Lyssa who plans to marry

a handsome prince from a rival kingdom.

It is hoped our alliance will help save planet Krull

from an invasion by an alien entity known as

the Beast and his army of Slayers.

Alas...  before the wedding can take place, Princess Lyssa

is kidnapped by the aliens and the prince and his forces

set out to find and rescue her. Hint: it won't be easy. 

Can you say "Someday my prince will come?"

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I won't be a spoiler. Let's just say that I was lost and lonely,

losing hope I'd ever see my prince again. But then- "You Came!"

Here with more on the story is English pop idol Kim Wilde!

"You Came" - Kim Wilde (Sept./Oct. 1988,

highest chart pos. #41 Hot 100 & Cash Box/#10 U.S. Dance,

#1 Canada Dance/#1 Denmark/#2 Finland/#3 UK, July, 1990,

1988 live performance on ZDF.kultur, Mainz, Germany)

1992

A Brit beauty, I suppose you could call me a "woman of 1000 faces."

 

Indeed, I became one of the best known faces (and figures) of the 80s.

My fame spread across the pond to North America

as a result of my recurring appearances as "Natalie"...

the "it girl" in a series of MTV videos produced for

Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist Bryan Adams.

 I'm playing the first of those videos, the one that was nominated

for the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards in 5 different categories.

That's more noms than any other Bryan Adams song/video.    

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Watch for me to appear at the 2-0-5 mark of this vid for Brian's top 5 charting

U.S. hit and his first #1 song on the Top Rock Tracks chart, a position it held

four weeks. Here now is Bryan Adams shouting, I'm gonna-- "Run To You!"

"Run To You" - Bryan Adams (Dec. 1984/Jan. 1985,

 highest chart position #4 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100,

#1 Top Rock Tracks/#4 Canada)

If you're just tuning in, I'm Michelle Ramsey, your

Hostess With the Mostest... your beauty in disguise

(with or without glasses) and we're doing 10-in-a-row

on this first edition of my new Shady's Place series

 

 Save Me: 

 Michelle's 

 Brilliant 

 Disguises 

I already briefly mentioned my 1994 erotic thriller A Brilliant Disguise

in which I play a beautiful but deeply disturbed woman hiding dark

secrets, one who has a shrink hovering over her, analyzing

her every word and move and trying to control her. 

His name is Dr. Martin, but he looks a heck of a lot like

Arnie Becker from LA Law and Henry Spencer from Psych.

 The man who falls for me hard is Andy, a guy who looks

a heck of a lot like Ray Luca from Crime Story and

Andy Flynn from The Closer and Major Crimes.

 

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When Michelle catches Andy's eye, his life is turned upside down

and their relationship becomes a formula for passion, pleasure, and pain.

As rockin' Rod Stewart explains, it's a case of industrial strength- "Infatuation!"

"Infatuation" - Rod Stewart

(July/Aug. 1984, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100/#8 Cash Box/#27 UK)

In Save Me, another erotic thriller released that

same year, 1994, it's a strikingly similar scenario.

 I play Ellie, another beautiful but deeply troubled woman...

... another femme fatale with a controlling shrink...

 and an insatiable hunger for male attention. 

This time, the man I roll around with, the poor sap who succumbs to my

seductive charm, the sucker that I bewitch, bother and bewilder, is Jim...

... a guy who looks a heck of a lot like Michael Kuzak from LA Law.

I've got Jim (and Jim's) in the palm of my hand, tangled

in my web, thinking with a body part other than his brain.

So smitten is Michael, so blinded by my beauty and feminine

allure, that he forgets all about his wife and kid...

(and Susan Dey back at the law office). 

 From the moment Jim lays eyes on me, he's spellbound, hooked, obsessed. 

He risks losing everything... including his job... to take

extended lunch breaks and have steamy "nooners" with me. 

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"Chain Of Fools" - Aretha Franklin cover by Josephine

@ Andrei Cerbu's Romanian Band Camp "The Ramp"

(September 2025)

My sex appeal gets me in

trouble again when I star

in the 1997 drama thriller

Man Of Her Dreams aka

The Fiancé. I play the lead 

role of Faith (No) Moore...

a cute working woman,

wife and mother who

makes the deadly

mistake of cheating

on her husband and

being dumb enough

to confess her crime

of passion to him.

(Folks, don't try

this at home.

at home.)

At first, the handsome stranger I bedded down with

appears to be kind and sensitive... a true Renaissance man.

I'm not a very good judge of character, though, because the dude

turns out to be a Stone Age clod, a bad hombre, an obsessive,

homicidal psychopath... and those are his good qualities!

 Yep, it's the story of my life.  I make a very bad

mistake and get mixed-up with a madman.

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When I try to break it off and focus on saving my marriage, he refuses

to let go.  He stalks me and terrorizes my family and friends.

One taste of my forbidden fruit and he's gotta have Faith

and wants Moore Moore Moore. I can hear him now

crying-- "Never Gonna Give You Up!"

"Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley Pop-Punk cover by

German band Kontrollverlust {translation: "loss of control"}

(January 2023)

To top it off, in my next film, the psycho

thriller The Seed Of Evil: Misbegotten...

...released in the U.S. in 1998 and reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby,

I play Caitlan Bourke... a beautiful, married preggo woman

stalked by (you guessed it) a psychopathic killer. 

Here's the kicker. My

husband and I wanted

children, but couldn't

have any, due to his

faulty plumbing.

We opted for

artificial insem-

ination by an

"anonymous"

sperm donor. As

fate (the writers)

would have it,

the killer is the

man who puts a

tiger in my tank

and, like it or nuts,

is the biological

baby daddy.

The ruthless brute finds out who I am and where I live, goes ape

and kidnaps me, believing he can start a new life playing house

with me and raising our baby. I should have known better. With

a name like Billy Crapshoot... the guy's a sketchy character...

bad news... not exactly what you would call "daddy material."

Awww..... so romantic!

 I reminded him for the hundredth time that I am married, and begged him

to forget the fact that I am carrying his child. I told him he could have a

woman like me and a family if he would put down the gun, walk away

from his life as a career criminal and get a real job. "Work? I can't go

for that, no can do," was his cynical reply, "I'm too busy thinking

about my baby... and I ain't got time for nothin' else!"  

"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" - Marvin Gaye

cover by Steps (Live Dec. 2000 perf. in Motown Mania)

So, do you notice common threads running through my movies?

 

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I specialize in playing damsels in distress, irresistible heartbreakers,

femme fatales and a maidenly English rose who hides dark secrets.

"Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden (Aussie pop duo's

1997 int'l hit single) cover by Nashville trio IMY2

(September 2025)

Such a teasing temptress am I, such a desirable dish, that

"just one look is all it took," for me to get under

a man's skin and get my hooks in him. 

From that moment on, I'm all he can think about. He's daydreaming,

tossing and turning all night, fantasizing, wringing his hands,

gnashing his teeth, pulling out his hair, walking into walls

and getting sacked from his job for going

A.W.O.L. to spend time with me. 

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Inevitably, the unfortunate men who allow themselves to fall under my spell

are spoiled forever and they end up dumping their wives and girlfriends.

"Apt." - Rosé (NZ/So. Korean singer) & Bruno Mars (US singer/songwriter)

 late 2024 int'l hit single - cover by Spanish rock band Broken Peach

(March 2025)

I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of my new series. 

I'll be back soon to introduce more of the characters I play and

to spin songs that help tell their stories on the next edition of

 

 Save Me: 

 Michelle's 

 Brilliant 

 Disguises 

... another Shady's place exclusive!

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To play us off, here's the beautiful, zesty and talented lead singer

Carla Tsimopoulos backed by another gifted thrush, Akasha Starr

and the rest of the vocalists and musicians that make up Australia's

premier cover band, Sing It Live, performing their brand new,

sizzling hot version of the Donna Summer biggie "Hot Stuff."

Now this is your Hostess With the Mostest... your beauty

in disguise... Michelle Ramsey... reminding you to

be good, or at least be careful. See you next time!

"Hot Stuff - Donna Summer cover by Sing It Live

feat. Carla Tsimopoulos   (Sept. 2025)

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