If the Seventies taught me anything it’s that I should be wearing a silver robe by now, and I should have a numbered bar code instead of a name. The future was […]
Deep Cuts: Seventies Electronica
70. The Dream Is Always The Same
There are two must-see movies in the Tom Cruise filmography. One is Risky Business, where he plays a cocky but well-meaning guy with daddy issues. The other is The Color Of Money, […]
From The Stacks: Les Paul And Trio
Pop quiz! Answer the following question about this 1957 Les Paul album cover. What I first noticed was: A) The beautiful woman lounging on the shag carpet B) The tobacco sunburst background […]
Deep Cuts: The Rainy Day Playlist
Rain is rare in my part of the world. It rains regularly only three months out of the year — and that’s in a good year. I miss the torrential summer afternoon […]
69. But You Know You’re Not Dreaming, Signore
I’m in San Francisco this week on super top-secret “Why It Matters” business. Okay, I came to see the sea lions and make one of those “hey, this is me on a […]
From The Stacks: Open Up And Say…Ahh!
This is a dangerous album cover. When it was released in 1988 various churches and parent groups got all bent out of shape. Oddly this was because they assumed that the there was […]
Deep Cuts: Music Goes To Court
On May 19, 1913, Igor Stravinsky debuted his new ballet, The Rite of Spring. People actually rioted, proving once and for all that ballet fans are representin’. That riot and the legal […]
68. Just Sitting Here Watching The Wheels Go Round and Round
Summer ended in the traditional manner: A disheveled Jerry Lewis wept while singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and the big three networks rolled out their new television series. The new fall prime […]
From The Stacks: Pussycats Can Go Far
Buzzy Linhart is a fascinating and little known dude, at least these days. Roommate to John Sebastian in the early Sixties co-writer of Bette Midler’s “(You Got to Have) Friends,” Buzz is […]
Deep Brushstrokes: The Hipgnosis Bestiary
Hipgnosis is The Beatles of album cover art — nobody has ever done it better than the British design firm founded by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell. Their first cover was Pink Floyd’s […]
