Misfits come in all shapes and sizes, at least Alton Ellis did. He was 6’4″ easy, though his clothes were 5’8″. He had a huge pimply nose in the middle of a […]
Throw Beck Thursday: The Alton Ellis Incident
Deep Cuts: Hill Songs
That little hill on the working class side of Denver may have been my first, but it was not my last.
The Blue (Almost) Stingray
Larry wasn’t the coolest kid in the neighborhood, but he owned the coolest bicycle.
From The Stacks: ‘Copulating Rhythm, Volume 2’
I never pass up compilations of dirty (or druggy) blues and jazz songs.
Throw Beck Thursday: The Importance Of Being Bowie
David Bowie ended the 1970s in April 1983, drove a stake through their Angel Flight hearts like some sort of dance-friendly Van Helsing. Let’s Dance wasn’t Bowie’s first album in the decade—that […]
Deep Cuts: Dream Songs
Dreams are perhaps second only to love as lyrics topics.
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
Last night I had one of those dreams that clarifies everything.
From the Stacks: Rainbow – ‘Stone Cold’ (Blue Promo Single)
I have a little Facebook group where people share what they’re listening to at that very moment.
Deep Cuts: Songs About Rust
Rust is a great if a little hackneyed metaphor, so I’m surprised that I have so few “rust” songs in my stacks.
The Rusty Rat
My first bicycle was dragged home by my father, a papa cat bringing his cub a wounded mouse to hunt.
