Hola! Here we have Sonrisa Salvaje, or “Wild Smile,” David Lee Roth’s Spanish language version of Eat ’em and Smile.
From the Stacks: David Lee Roth – Sonrisa Salvaje
From the Stacks: John Stewart – Bombs Away Dream Babies
If you are over forty you know this album, you just don’t know it. Thanks to assists from Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks this album went top ten in the […]
From the Stacks: U2 – Boy
Once upon a time there was a great band composed of four friends who could barely play their instruments but wrote great songs about growing up. In 1980 they compiled these songs […]
From the Stacks: Bodies in the Basement (self titled)
This is a cool album that I picked up on a whim. Yeah, you got me: It was the cover.
From the Stacks: Samson – Head Tactics
Samson was a very cool New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band that was active from 1977 to 1984, though there were several reunions after that. Iron Maiden rendered Samson a […]
From the Stacks: Chuck E. Weiss – The Other Side of Town
Chuck E. Weiss was part of Los Angeles’s Tropicana Hotel scene in the seventies, if it can be called that. A friend to both Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones (yes, he’s […]
From the Stacks: Bow Wow Wow – See Jungle! See Jungle!
Bow Wow Wow’s second full length album immediately sparked controversy due to Annabella Lwin’s lack of appropriate picnic attire. Mom made a fuss, and who can blame her: the singer was only […]
From the Stacks: Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels (Picture Disc)
I’m a sucker for picture discs and b-sides, so it’s no wonder that I picked this up 208 years ago when it came out. For those of you unfamiliar with “Head Over […]
From the Stacks: A Christmas Adventure in Disneyland
We all collect something: postcards, records, comics, celebrity fingernail clippings, Virgin Mary water stains. My mother’s childhood collection wasn’t extravagant because she didn’t come from an extravagant family. She was raised in […]
From the Stacks: Hudson Brothers – Hollywood Situation
The Hudson Brothers hosted an absolutely horrible variety show in the mid ’70s. It really sucked, which of course meant that my sister and I loved it.
