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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Jodette, ‘How To Belly Dance’

By James Stafford on March 4, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

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’

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

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

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Congratulations Laura B. From Somewhere USA

By James Stafford on April 20, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

I appreciate all of you so much.  That you take some time out of your busy days to read my babble amazes me.  Honestly this is still so new to me that […]

From The Stacks: I Wonder What She’ll Think About Me Leaving

By James Stafford on April 19, 2012 • ( 8 Comments )

Two bad album covers in a single week?  That’s just crazy. You know Einstein’s definition of crazy?  Combing your hair into the same pompadour every day but expecting a different result. But we’re […]

Levon Helm: May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012

By James Stafford on April 19, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

The Band was one of the legendary groups that loomed very large in my childhood, and it was all because of Levon Helm.  I’m a bit too young to be a first-generation […]

From The Stacks: The Ames Brothers – Exactly Like You

By James Stafford on April 17, 2012 • ( 8 Comments )

“Hello, Smith residence.  Oh, hi Peggy.  Yes, Walt and I had a lovely time, thank you again.  Your home is so beautiful.  Oh really?  We were going to get aluminum siding last […]

74. Gonna Get Inside Your Bitter Mind

By James Stafford on April 16, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

  “Turn that goddamned record off,” my father said.  He was standing in my bedroom doorway.  Pete Townshend’s Empty Glass spun round and round at thirty-three and a third, clicking and popping.   I […]

Why Music Matters

By James Stafford on April 15, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

I think we’re done here.  There’s not much to add on the topic of why music matters after this.  Last one out turn off the lights.

From The Stacks: Lou Cicchetti’s “Bronx Classics” “The Bronx”

By James Stafford on April 13, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

This doo-wop “compilation” demonstrates that some “people” know as little about proper usage of “quotation marks” as I know about “algebra.”  It also points out that during the Jurassic Guido era gold chains, […]

Countdown To Patti Smith

By James Stafford on April 12, 2012 • ( 7 Comments )

The truly legendary Patti Smith is coming to UC Davis’s Mondavi Center on May 9, 2012.  According to the intergooglewebtubes I have been an admirer of Patti Smith since April 17, 1976, […]

Deep Cuts: Math Songs

By James Stafford on April 11, 2012 • ( 1 Comment )

 “Where’s the music?” was the most commonly asked question after my last piece.  “Are you really that stupid?” was a close second, followed by “Can you walk and talk without falling down?” […]

73. I’d Like It If They Like Us, But I Don’t Think They Like Us

By James Stafford on April 9, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

Algebra class was a bit of an awkward situation.  Both my current girlfriend, Sherri, and my ex-girlfriend, Melody, shared the class with me.  This shouldn’t have been too uncomfortable as Melody had […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Jodette, ‘How To Belly Dance’

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

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

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)

Album Covers »

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

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

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

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: ‘Members Only’

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

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

Deep Cuts »

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Deep Cuts: Ritual Songs

Deep Cuts: Songs For Sickness

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