On The Record, which began publication in 2002, is a weekly column about music written by Bradford Brady and John Maron. We answer your questions about songs, albums, and the musicians who make them.

• What's the name of that song?
• Where are they now?
• What does that lyric mean?

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Here are the questions from one of our recent columns. (Visit our Archives page to get the answers.)

• "Whatever happened to Stephen Bishop? He's put out some "Best Of" and demo albums but he hasn't had anything new in a long time."
• "I was flipping the radio dial recently and heard an old song by the Velvet Underground on a classic rock station, but a woman was singing the lead instead of Lou Reed. Who is the woman?"
• "I have never understood the second line in the song 'It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas'. The first two lines are 'It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go, Take a look at the five and ten, glistening once again'. What is a 'five and ten'?"