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  • Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Arthur Fiedler, ‘Gaite Parisienne’

    Artist: Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Title: Gaite Parisienne / Gayne Ballet Suite Year: 1959 Label: RCA Victor Photographer: David B. Hecht

  • Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ’20 Great Stars Perform 20 Great Hits of the 60’s’

      Artist: Various Title: 20 Great Stars Perform 20 Great Hits of the 60’s Year: 197? Label: Columbia Photographer: John Berg

  • Lessons Learned From a $100 Turntable

    Sometimes a few bucks and your own ears are all you need.

  • Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Members Only’

    Artist: Members Only Title: Members Only Year: 1987 Label: Muse Photographer: Hugh Bell

  • You Need To Write That Great Story

    Many years ago I outlined a novel idea that I titled The Patriot. This was toward the beginning of the Tea Party movement, when the first signs of modern day hyper-patriotism emerged; the “you’re either with us or you’re with the terrorists” era, where any remark suggesting that the White House overreached bordered on treason.…

  • Cheesecake Cover of the Week: The Three Suns, ‘Warm and Tender’

    Artist: The Three Suns Title: Warm and Tender Year: 1962 Label: RCA Cover Artist/Designer/Photographer: Unknown, presumed in house art department

  • Who Dares To Tackle the Push-Up Challenge?

    Need a New Year’s resolution? This is a good one.

  • Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bernadette Peters, ‘Now Playing’

    Artist: Bernadette Peters Title: Now Playing Year: 1981 Label: MCA Front Cover Painting: Alberto Vargas Art Direction: George Osaki  

  • Why We Always Rebuild

    There’s a distinct cadence to every disaster, at least in the news. First, of course, is the breaking story with its mishmash of speculation, talking heads, cellphone footage, and shaky helicopter video. Next come the eyewitness accounts and human interest stories. Finally we get the post mortem: How did the disaster happen? Who is responsible?…

  • Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bert Kaempfert, ‘…Love That’

    Artist: Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra Title: …love that Year: 1967 Label: Decca Cover Artist/Designer/Photographer: Unknown, presumed in house art department

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