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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Carmen Cavallaro, ‘Love Can Make You Happy’

By James Stafford on February 25, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Why Do It If It Doesn’t Pay?

By James Stafford on February 22, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Larry Fotine, ‘Listening To Larry’

By James Stafford on February 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Gerard Kremer, ‘Les Grands Carnavals D’Amerique Latine’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Andre Kostelanetz, ‘Calendar Girl’

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The Unappreciated Art of Staying in the Background

By James Stafford on February 1, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

From The Stacks: Video All Stars TV Jazz Themes

By James Stafford on August 25, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

I’ll be honest with you:  I haven’t listened to this album.  No, I saw the sexy honey in the red body stocking flashing her jazz hands and that was enough for me.  […]

The (Kind Of) Complete Woodstock: Richie Havens

By James Stafford on August 24, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

Twenty-eight year old Richie Havens had twelve years under his professional belt when he was shoved onto the Woodstock stage.  The date was Friday, August 15, 1969, opening day, and traffic already […]

From the Stacks: Best of Freddy Fender

By James Stafford on August 23, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

Freddy Fender: Musician, celebrity, inspiration for The Rabbit.  Oh, like you don’t know what I’m talking about.

What If God Wrote A Book On The Bible?

By James Stafford on August 22, 2012 • ( 7 Comments )

What I Meant: A New Look at the Bible By God as told to James Stafford Introduction My name is God.  It isn’t really, but you people seem to like that handle […]

Deep Cuts: Songs To Confess By

By James Stafford on August 21, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

Okay, maybe in the great universe of things to confess “I’m struggling with this story” ranks just below “I didn’t refill the ice tray,” but it’s the hand I was dealt this […]

92. In the Eyes Of the Confessor You Can’t Tell A Lie

By James Stafford on August 19, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

I think it’s time to come clean with you.  I am struggling right now to keep this story afloat.  My notebook is littered with false starts and I am drowning in self […]

From The Stacks: Chadwick Symphonic Sketches

By James Stafford on August 19, 2012 • ( 14 Comments )

Yes, that’s right.  I have officially found the worst. Album cover. Ever.  You’re welcome.

The (Kind Of) Complete Woodstock : Introduction

By James Stafford on August 17, 2012 • ( 41 Comments )

Forty-three years ago today Jimi Hendrix and his Band Of Gypsys closed out the most famous music festival in music history.  There have been bigger, much better organized, more profitable festivals, but […]

From The Stacks: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Street Survivors”

By James Stafford on August 16, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

This was a holy grail album for me as a kid, not because I was a massive Skynyrd fan but because it came equipped with its own ghost story.  The fact that […]

Rise of the Lemeloes IV: The One With Dolph Lundgren

By James Stafford on August 15, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

By now I’m sure you’ve realized that the Leave Me Alone (Lemelo) party is pretty low maintenance.  Don’t knock on our doors, don’t inundate us with credit card offers, and shut the […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Carmen Cavallaro, ‘Love Can Make You Happy’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Larry Fotine, ‘Listening To Larry’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Gerard Kremer, ‘Les Grands Carnavals D’Amerique Latine’

From the Stacks »

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Arthur Fiedler, ‘Gaite Parisienne’

From The Stacks: The Mamas and the Papas, ‘The Papas and the Mamas’

From The Stacks: ‘David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter And The Wolf’ (Green Vinyl)

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Andre Kostelanetz, ‘Calendar Girl’

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