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  • Deep Cuts, Reader’s Choice: Ryan Bacani

    Ryan Bacani is a good friend to Why It Matters and a great music blogger.  His blog, A Song Without A Chorus, is one of my regular stops on the intergooglewebtubes.  Read, bookmark, enjoy –you won’t be disappointed.  In fact, I predict you’re going to enjoy Ryan so much that you’ll want to follow him…

  • 131. I’ll Take You Where You Really Need to Be

    Where were you on July 16,1986?  My parents generation knew their whereabouts when Kennedy was shot or Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the lunar surface and declared it too dusty for a master planned community.  The current standard-bearer for memorable dates is 9/11, which of course is when Britney and Justin split. Personal dates burn…

  • From the Stacks: The Rollers – Elevator

    I never liked the Bay City Rollers.  When I was an elementary schooler they were equivalent to One Direction — the slick, poppy band that all the girls screamed about.  They were haircuts and matching outfits, not a band.

  • From the Stacks: The Police – Regatta de Blanc (2×10)

    This one is a bit of an oddity.  For reasons that I still don’t really understand several albums were released in 10-inch versions along with their standard 12-inch counterparts (both pictured above).  We’re not talking EPs here, but regular long players repackaged.

  • On My Turntable: Tawny Cash – What She Don’t Know

    Friend of  WIM and the future Ex-Mrs. Stafford, the beautiful and talented Tawny Cash-Ellis, is dropping a new album soon. We first met due to a shared Bowie love, and not too long after that she released I To You, which included the great, countrified “Tonight I Drink Whiskey.” So how does first single “What…

  • Deep Cuts: Rocket Songs

    Okay, so maybe the rockets of my childhood weren’t the kinds that shot monkeys into space.  Why the hell were we firing monkeys into space, anyway?  I’ll tell you why: because guys like me got a hold of the space program.  Monkeys in space is cooler than firecrackers taped to a Frisbee. There are so…

  • One From My Vacation Home: Things In My Pockets

    I like this one. If you’re a memoir fan, an old fart, or had a father or grandfather (or pockets) you’ll like it, too.  Enjoy: http://mauldin.patch.com/blog_posts/the-things-in-my-pockets

  • 130. Water Was Running, Children Were Running

    That summer I went home to Boiling Springs, and Lee G. and I took jobs at Mr. T’s Fireworks -N- Peaches.  That previous sentence is uniquely Southern and probably benefits from a little background.

  • From the Stacks: Speedy Keen – Previous Convictions

    Let’s say that you find yourself pinned against a darkened alley wall, a revolver pressed to your temple and a mad man screaming, “Connect Pete Townshend to Motorhead to Kenny G.  now!” Only one answer gets you on your way:  Speedy Keen.  You’re welcome.

  • From the Stacks: Jane’s Addiction – Whole Lotta Love

    Here’s yet another bootleg from my Jane’s stacks. Like most bands, Jane’s Addiction played a lot of covers early on, and one of my favorites was “Whole Lotta Love.”