14 Musicians Share Their Thanksgiving Traditions

By Ryan Bort at 11:20 AM on November 22, 2012

Kopecky Family Band, Joseph Arthur, GWAR and more share their Turkey Day traditions.   read more

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Mayer Hawthorne Wants to Replace Nickelback in the Lions' Halftime Show

By Luke Larsen at 12:10 PM on November 8, 2011

In light of the petition that was going around the web about removing Nickelback from the Detroit Lions' Thanksgiving Day halftime show, Mayer Hawthorne has now offered to replace the band that is often considered "the worst band in the world."  read more

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Terrifying Macy's Day Balloons From Thanksgivings Past

By Austin L. Ray at 8:30 AM on November 25, 2010

We've got it pretty good these days. Most people who celebrate Thanksgiving do so by getting together with friends and loved ones, eating tremendous amounts of food...  read more

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Five Songs to Soundtrack Your Thanksgiving Dinner

By Beca Grimm at 10:00 AM on November 23, 2010

Watching those calories this holiday season? Perhaps you’ve run out of eating pants? Ease up, reader! Thanksgiving is the time for food, and we’ve got you covered on music. Below, we’ve created the soundtrack to your Thanksgiving dinner. Cue up the songs below, get cozy-sprawled on your living room floor, and let the tryptophan take over....  read more

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Jonathan Richman to Celebrate Turkeys on Saturday

By Justin Jacobs at 4:30 PM on November 19, 2009

Just because turkeys are traditionally killed and eaten for Thanksgiving doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy the holiday as well. This is America, after all—a land of equal opportunities for man and bird alike....  read more

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16 things to watch other than the Thanksgiving Day Parade

By Kate Kiefer at 7:00 AM on November 27, 2008

When I was a kid, I loved coming downstairs on Thanksgiving morning to the smell of turkey in the oven and the Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. My excitement lasted about ten minutes before I was ready to watch Full House. I don’t keep up with the Tanner family anymore, but I still couldn’t care less about the parade. If you share my lack of enthusiasm for the TV event of the season, might I suggest the following programs instead?  ...  read more

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Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" still something to be thankful for

By Rachael Maddux at 7:00 AM on November 27, 2008

A disgusting number of Christmas songs populate the bulk of recorded music (as you'll discover when we unleash our all-holiday-music playlist on PasteRadio.com on Dec. 1st.) but far fewer have been penned in celebration of its fair sister, Thanksgiving. This makes it a bit easier to out Arlo Guthrie's 1967 "Alice's Restaurant" as the greatest Thanksgiving song ever written, but even if a sudden glut of turkey tunes were to clog our airwaves, I'm fairly confident this song would still tower above the rest. ...  read more

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