December 25, 2025Scott Goldfine

FUNKNSTUFF 2025 Year in Review Holiday Special

It’s the FUNKNSTUFF 2025 Year in Review Holidays Special!

2025 was an eventful year, musically and otherwise, including the launch of this channel’s Jam Fans Forum, which joins the growing galaxy of FUNKNSTUFF shows. Nearly 40 episodes of Where’d You Get Your Funk From? premiered during 2025, along with 16 editions of On THE ONE . . . and Done!, eight Jam Fans Forums and a pair of new TRUTH IN RHYTHM shows.

Joining host Scott “DR GX” Goldfine to sum up 2025 and help ring in the New Year are three Jam Fan Forum musical friends: lifelong music devotee, host of the FJS (Funky, Jazzy and Smooth) with KD radio show, and legal expert Karl A. Doss!; music & culture journalist and liner notes master A. Scott Galloway; and music scholar, author and History of Funk radio show host Rickey Vincent.

This special episode reviews what took place the past year – personally for the panelists, musically and FUNKNSTUFF wise. That includes each expert panelist revealing their Top Albums of the Year (see lists below); unveiling the FUNKNSTUFF Channel’s Top 10 most viewed and commented on episodes, as well as the Top 10 all-time most viewed episodes, along with some other fascinating tidbits; Scott Galloway leading a segment honoring musical artists and figures we had to say goodbye to during the year; a look ahead to the next year in music; and a sneak peek at upcoming FUNKNSTUFF Channel show episodes. To close it out, the panelists all share their thoughts and wishes for 2026.

We hope you enjoy this special edition, and happy, healthy holidays to all!

RECORDED DECEMBER 2025

See the Top 25 Albums of 2025 here!

Scott Goldfine

As a fervid lifelong music & film enthusiast / student, I grew up in and around the Los Angeles entertainment industry. I have worked and held many positions in various media realms, since 1998 serving as Editor-in-Chief and now Associate Publisher for Security Sales & Integration, a trade publication serving the electronic security industry. I love several genres of music & film. The former includes funk (Parliament-Funkadelic, Prince, Ohio Players, etc.); blues (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales, etc.); rock (Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, etc.); hard rock (AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc.); jazz (Herbie Hancock, Bob James, Crusaders, etc.); R&B (Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Gil Scott-Heron, etc.); and more. I was a club disc jockey and ran a mobile DJ company (Musical Moods) for more than 15 years, which is where the name Dr. GX originates (Doctor Good Times). Fave film genres include horror (Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc.); science fiction (Aliens, Terminator, 2001, etc.); action (Warriors, Road Warrior, Die Hard); westerns (Outlaw Josey Wales, Showdown at OK Corral; Wild Bunch, etc.); suspense (Jaws, Inception, Silence of the Lambs, etc.); drama (Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, etc.); and comedies (Life of Brian, Superbad, Ruthless People, etc.). I have attended many hundreds of concerts and movies (in theaters or screenings). I may as well also throw in a few favorite TV shows to give an even broader taste of my sensibilities. A handful would be Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Lost, Justified, Fargo, Seinfeld, Sopranos, South Park, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Key & Peele, Monty Python, Inside Amy Schumer, Louie, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Last Man on Earth, Bob Newhart Show, All in the Family and The Office. Fave authors are Stephen King, Clive Barker and Michael Crichton. I am also a big sports fan and lifelong supporter of the Dallas Cowboys (NFL), Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) and Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB). Also enjoy my family of course, electronics/computers/AV gear, and animals, nature and outdoor activities. Graduate of Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica College and California State University Northridge (Radio-TV-Film, Psychology minor). Also studied at UCLA for kinesiology/psychology and earned post-grad Certificate in Accounting from Santa Monica College. Present main occupation is as Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Security Sales & Integration (SSI), which I joined in 1998. I am responsible for overseeing all editorial content in print. online, electronic, in-person and any other media or products for the electronic security industry's leading business-to-business trade publication. SSI is part of Framingham, Mass.-based Emerald Expositions.