Choice is perhaps the most essential component of human life. The little critters living in your eyebrows can’t choose to move to your mustache, after all–their entire lives are predefined. But we […]
Deep Cuts: Choice Songs
The Enchanted Land of Infinite Finite Choices
(Note: The following dates from February 2021. I’m not sure why I never posted it, but it seems like a fairly decent rant.) Fry’s Electronics announced last week that the brand has […]
From the Stacks: Kent Morrill–The Dream Maker
Ask any music lover about the Wailers and you’ll likely get a Bob Marley lecture, but ask that same question in the Pacific Northwest and you may hear the legend of the […]
Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Sun, ‘Sunburn’
Artist: Sun Title: Sunburn Year: 1978 Label: Capitol Art Direction: Roy Kohara Cover Photography: Olivier Ferrand For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.
Deep Cuts: Identity Songs
The world (well, the U.S. at least) is in the midst of an identity crisis. What’s unique about this particular identity crisis, though, is that rather than “who am I” this one […]
My Trip To Ameriburger
“Welcome to Ameriburger! One or two?” The perky teen girl behind the register smiled broadly. Her blond ponytail swished, powered solely by her desire her to serve rather than by her minimum […]
From the Stacks: Big Red Fletcher–Oh Boy!
I recently returned to the American South after a 34 year-long weekend in sunny California, and while record buying didn’t factor into that decision the idea of fresh crates of vinyl to […]
Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘The Quiet Sides of the New Christy Minstrels’
Artist: The New Christy Minstrels Title: The Quiet Sides of the New Christy Minstrels Year: 1965 Label: Columbia Cover Design: Unknown, presume in-house art department. For more great sleeves, visit the […]
Deep Cuts: Puzzle Songs
Okay, so I like jigsaw puzzles–a fact that will never see the light of day on my dating profile. I also like music, which is why I puzzled over a list of […]
Putting Together the Pieces
I visit a lot of charity shops, where I dig through piles of discarded junk like a grizzled miner sifting through tailings. There might be gold hiding on that thar shelf bulging […]
Why It Matters 