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We Are Broken Animals (or If You Sell a Dog a Cookie)

By James Stafford on February 18, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

From The Stacks: Jefferson Airplane, ‘Thirty Seconds Over Winterland’

By James Stafford on February 17, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Cartoon Saturday: The Phantom Surfers, ‎’The Great Surf Crash Of ’97’

By James Stafford on February 16, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

From The Stacks: Duran Duran, “The Reflex” (Picture Disc)

By James Stafford on February 15, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘At the Latin Quarter With the Irving Fields Trio’

By James Stafford on February 14, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Deep Cuts: Heart Songs (But Not Songs By Heart)

By James Stafford on February 13, 2019 • ( 2 Comments )

“Why It Matters” Meets Under the Gum Tree

By James Stafford on August 18, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

I’m delighted to announce that one of my “Why It Matters” pieces has been published in the premier edition of Under the Gum Tree, a literary magazine dedicated to creative non-fiction.  It’s […]

Deep Cuts: Stop Time and Turn Up the Radio Songs

By James Stafford on August 17, 2011 • ( 17 Comments )

I have 33,000 songs in my pocket.  I can go for three months, twenty-four hours per day and not listen to the same song twice; well, at least not the same version.  […]

40. To Learn How To Love And Forget How To Hate

By James Stafford on August 15, 2011 • ( 9 Comments )

During the summer after eighth grade we spent a week at Disney World in Florida.  My father bought some sort of package deal that included a campsite, park tickets, and three meals […]

Warrant’s Lead Singer Dies

By James Stafford on August 12, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

I lived within walking distance of the famous Sunset Strip at the tail end of the Hair Metal Eighties.  This should have been a huge thrill for me, but I wasn’t a […]

39. That Sleepwalk Should Be Over By Now

By James Stafford on August 8, 2011 • ( 5 Comments )

My first bicycle was a sixth birthday present: A blue Montgomery Ward knockoff of a Schwinn Stingray; sissy bar and ape hanger handlebars; a black banana seat with a white racing stripe.  […]

Deep Cuts: Ten Covers Done Right

By James Stafford on August 3, 2011 • ( 11 Comments )

Sure every garage band when I was growing up played “Freebird,” but that doesn’t mean they played it well or brought anything new to the table.  That’s what makes a good cover […]

38. What Song Is It You Want to Hear?

By James Stafford on August 1, 2011 • ( 21 Comments )

My first major breakup didn’t even involve me.   My sister dumped Mike, no doubt for valid hell-raising reasons, but without considering me.  How was I supposed to find my path to the […]

37. Loneliness Will Haunt You, Will You Sacrifice?

By James Stafford on July 25, 2011 • ( 29 Comments )

Moravia, Iowa is a small farm town.  It was even smaller back in 1920, but it grew by one with arrival of a baby boy named Otis.  I imagine he was a […]

Goodbye, Amy Winehouse

By James Stafford on July 23, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

I don’t really have anything new to say on the topic.  Six weeks later and I’m already in repeats:  https://jamesostafford.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/30-strewn-with-times-dead-flowers/

36. So I Lit A Fire, Isn’t It Good?

By James Stafford on July 19, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

I have been listening to The Beatles since I was four years old.  I’ve heard “Norwegian Wood” so many times that I don’t really hear it anymore.  It is like a tree […]

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Cartoon Saturday: The Phantom Surfers, ‎’The Great Surf Crash Of ’97’

From The Stacks: Duran Duran, “The Reflex” (Picture Disc)

Deep Cuts: Heart Songs (But Not Songs By Heart)

From the Stacks »

From The Stacks: Jefferson Airplane, ‘Thirty Seconds Over Winterland’

From The Stacks: Janis Joplin Promotional Singles

From The Stacks: The Mojo Men, “Dance With Me” (Single)

Deep Cuts »

Deep Cuts: Songs About Guitars

Deep Cuts: Camera Songs

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Memoir »

The Tale of the Swamp Beast (or 45 Years In the Life Of A Les Paul)

The Reason We Put Shape To Things

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On Diffuser: 33 Years Ago: R.E.M. Release Their Subversive and Immersive Debut, ‘Murmur’

On Diffuser: 32 Years Ago — R.E.M. Help Kickstart Alt-Country With Their Second Album, ‘Reckoning’

On Diffuser: Why the Death of a Musician Hits Us So Hard

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