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  • Deep Cuts: So Long, Mandela (In Song)

    This week’s “Deep Cuts” is short and sweet, and located over on The Good Men Project.  Check it out here: http://goodmenproject.com/arts/nelson-mandela-in-song-js/#!o1n3E

  • 153. The Sincerest Tree in the Aluminum Forest

    My parents married early in the Space Age. Kennedy was in office, and during that same year the US and the USSR combined for 81 orbital launches. Space was the buzz, and everybody got in on the action. Everything from cars to bicycles to bras sported missile-influenced designs. This was the year that The Jetsons…

  • From the Stacks: The Afternoon Delights – General Hospi-Tale

    You know where this is going, but before we get there let’s talk about The Afternoon Delights.

  • Foghat, Lincoln, California 11/29/2013

    One thing about gigging for forty years: You get really good at it. Foghat might not draw the way they did during their seventies heyday, but that has nothing to do with their musicianship.

  • From the Stacks: The Brides of Funkenstein – Funk or Walk

    My love for all things P-Funk knows no boundaries. The Brides of Funkenstein were former backup singers promoted to the front line for a couple of late seventies albums. Funk or Walk was their debut LP, and single “Disco to Go” went gold:

  • Deep Cuts: Thank You Songs

    Okay, lots of things say “thank you” better than a song, not the least of which is simply saying thank you, but can you think of a better Thanksgiving playlist than songs of gratitude? Thank you, I didn’t think so. I know you have a lot to be thankful for today, from your family being…

  • 152. Many Times I’ve Gazed Along the Open Road

    Lee G. dropped by my parents’ house.  “Did you hear about David?” he said. “Who?” “David Hart. He died last night.”

  • MellowHigh, Sacramento 11/23/2013

    Pretty cool night. The crowd was awesome, beats were dropped, and the air smelled liked behind my high school band room. Were you there? Leave your comments below about the show, but first check out the photos:

  • From the Stacks: Jo Basile – Accordion de Paris

    This album cover has everything: cigarettes, an accordion, stockings, a checked table cloth, and a boob. All that and it’s “a study in HIGH FIDELITY sound.” What’s not to love?

  • From the Stacks: Big Daddy – What Really Happened to the Band of ’59?

    This is typical of the kind of album that Rhino Records was known for in their early years. Big Daddy’s gimmick was to reset modern songs as fifties tunes, like this: