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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ’20 Great Stars Perform 20 Great Hits of the 60’s’

By James Stafford on January 21, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Lessons Learned From a $100 Turntable

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

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Members Only’

By James Stafford on January 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

You Need To Write That Great Story

By James Stafford on January 11, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: The Three Suns, ‘Warm and Tender’

By James Stafford on January 7, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Who Dares To Tackle the Push-Up Challenge?

By James Stafford on December 31, 2020 • ( 4 Comments )

79. No One Will Guide You Through Armagideon Time

By James Stafford on May 21, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

“Hey, you’re a little headbanger. Want these?”  I handed Sherri’s little brother my 8-track collection:  KISS, AC/DC, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath. “Why, what’s wrong with them?” “Nothing.  I’m just not […]

Congratulations Kelly and Tomas

By James Stafford on May 18, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

Last week I posted the doodle to your left, which was the cover I did for my high school’s literary magazine in the mid-eighties.  When I found it in the attic my […]

Deep Cuts: Daisy Petal Pickin’

By James Stafford on May 17, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

Tres Hermanas in Sacramento, California’s Midtown District is to Mexican food what the Sistine Chapel is to men in drag and funny hats — it just doesn’t get any better.  The place has […]

From The Stacks: The Kid Inside and Chestnut Street Incident

By James Stafford on May 16, 2012 • ( 9 Comments )

Johnny Cougar/John Cougar/John “Cougar” Mellencamp/John Mellencamp made three — three — albums before the sort-of-self-titled John Cougar, which most people think of as his first album.  There’s nothing really unusual about that — […]

Gillian Welch Signs On For Calgary Folk Music Festival

By James Stafford on May 15, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

My love for American roots music isn’t exactly a secret, be it bluegrass, blues, hillbilly, gospel, folk, or country up to and including the Nashville Sound.  In previous pieces I’ve mentioned Doc […]

78. But Ain’t That America

By James Stafford on May 14, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

So I had a new job thanks to my new friend, Alex, who was kind enough to lie to Steve The Manager on my behalf.  And I  had another friend at Camelot, […]

From the Stacks: Crown of Creation

By James Stafford on May 11, 2012 • ( 7 Comments )

Crown of Creation was Jefferson Airplane’s fourth album, released in 1968.  It did well, reaching number six in the US.  It’s hippy-dippy, dated, doesn’t really hold up, but that’s not what grabs […]

Patti Smith At The Mondavi Center, 05/08/12

By James Stafford on May 10, 2012 • ( 14 Comments )

The vineyard is just to the right once I exit the freeway.  I see a jack rabbit with impossibly long ears milling about, but by the time I park the Mobile Music […]

Deep Brushstrokes: Guess The Plagiarism, Win A Doodle

By James Stafford on May 9, 2012 • ( 11 Comments )

I found this in a box in my attic.  It’s the original artwork that I did for the cover of my high school’s literary magazine.  I don’t know if it was a […]

Deep Cuts: Guitar Gods Who Aren’t

By James Stafford on May 9, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

Rock guitar gods go all the way back to Robert Johnson.  The list is well-worn and not worth repeating, but regardless of whether you lean toward bluesy legends or fierce shredders chances […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ’20 Great Stars Perform 20 Great Hits of the 60’s’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Members Only’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: The Three Suns, ‘Warm and Tender’

From the Stacks »

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)

From The Stacks: Queen Cassette Singles

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bernadette Peters, ‘Now Playing’

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Cartoon Saturday: George Garabedian, ‘Tijuana Christmas, Volume Two’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Chet Atkins, ‘The Most Popular Guitar’

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Wishbone Ash, ‘No Smoke Without Fire’

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