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From The Stacks: The Who, ‘Who’s Next’
The Who’s Who’s Next bears one of the most iconic album covers of all time. This isn’t it.
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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Walter Wanderley, ‘From Rio With Love’
Artist: Walter Wanderley Title: From Rio With Love Year: 1966 Label: Tower Cover Artist/Designer/Photographer: Unknown, presumed in house art department For more great sleeves, visit the Cheesecake Album Cover Gallery.
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Deep Cuts: Songs For Breaking Stuff
Breaking stuff gets a bad rap. When music breaks through my crusty exterior and exposes my gooey nougat center, I may be uncomfortable for a few minutes but inevitably I’m grateful. Feeling things is a nice change of pace. Not that all feelings are welcome. Broken hearts are miserable, for example, and the feeling of…
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When Music Breaks Us
Now and then music will break me.
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From The Stacks: Zodiac Mindwarp, “Planet Girl” (Picture Disc)
Say what you will about the music, but Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction had style. There’s a reason for that:
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Deep Cuts: Your Funeral Playlist
While you’re reading this, I’m sitting stiffly in my Sunday clothes, paying my respects to a lost friend. Too soon, too soon.
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From The Stacks: Vince Guaraldi, ‘In Person’
“Christmas time is here, happiness and cheer.” That charming little couplet entered the public consciousness on the evening of December 9, 1965,
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From The Stacks: ‘Christmas Time With The Three Stooges’
It’s Christmas Eve. What did you expect me to pull from my stacks, Slipknot?
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Deep Cuts: Your Obligatory Christmas Playlist, Volume 6
My mother loved everything about Christmas, and that included the music. I doubt she’d have much use for my playlists, though. Ma was more of a holiday traditionalist. Bust out the Bing or the Burl and she was good to go, no need to look for deep cuts. My tastes ran toward Rankin-Bass specials and…
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Fake Santa
Icy wind stretched the full 250 miles separating Savannah from Spartanburg, but that was more the fault of my means of conveyance than it was some kind of force majeure.
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