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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 )

77. Everyone’s Breaking Past My Speed Of Sound

By James Stafford on May 7, 2012 • ( 10 Comments )

I couldn’t handle the hours at Hardee’s.  Not only was I barely squeaking through the eleventh grade, but on my way home from work one Sunday I woke up in the oncoming traffic […]

The Black Keys with Arctic Monkeys, Power Balance Pavilion 5/05/2012

By James Stafford on May 6, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

Power Balance Pavilion is the home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, at least for now.  The team’s owners have been trying hard to hold the city hostage for a new arena, a […]

Beastie Boy Adam “MCA” Yauch: 1964-2012

By James Stafford on May 4, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

Son of a bitch, I wasn’t ready for this one.  Adam Yauch has been battling cancer for several years, but the party line has always sounded so positive.  We should’ve known when he didn’t […]

From The Stacks: The Harmonicats Dolls Dolls Dolls

By James Stafford on May 4, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

I know what you’ve been wondering: Why can’t my love of creepy dolls and harmonicas be satisfied in one hi-fidelity package?  It can.  Oh, it can.

On My Turntable: Noctourniquet

By James Stafford on May 2, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

 The Mars Volta remains the most interesting major label act, an informal title they’ve held since their debut album in 2003.  Nothing about their work is simple even when it is, nor […]

76. Return Of The Son Of Cutout Bin

By James Stafford on April 30, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

I have a dish of songs next to me that have coagulated into that one giant chunk of striped hard candy that grandmothers try to palm off onto unsuspecting kids.  None of these […]

From The Stacks: The Big Beat: A Rock Blast

By James Stafford on April 28, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

There were two establishments in Upstate South Carolina in the Seventies and Eighties that were the go-to insults.  “Your mama is on Bull Street” meant “your mother is in the loony bin.”  […]

From The Stacks: Earl Meyers Sings Praises

By James Stafford on April 26, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

. Oh, the classic double exposure,  a favorite of small town photography studios for years.  Sure, the library backdrop makes the subject appear intellectual, the split rail fence or wagon wheel brings out the subject’s […]

Deep Cuts: Bicycle Songs

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

I love bicycles, absolutely love them.  I love riding them, looking at them, working on them, rescuing them, restoring them.  There is no more democratic form of mechanical conveyance than the bicycle, […]

Susan Sarandon, Are You Listening?

By James Stafford on April 23, 2012 • ( 11 Comments )

“Where is the lust?” a new reader asked recently after noticing my “Liquor, Lust, and Primer Gray Camaros Set To Music” subtitle.  Just a couple of weeks ago I received feedback that my sexual content […]

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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)

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