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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Luis Tiramini, ‘A Touch of Cuba’

By James Stafford on April 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Hugo Winterhalter, ‘Wish You Were Here’

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bob Thompson, ‘On the Rocks’

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

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”

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

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Xavier Cugat, ‘The Best of Cugat’

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

What Is Real Art?

By James Stafford on March 8, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Why It Matters To Mother’s Finest

By James Stafford on March 28, 2012 • ( 18 Comments )

You are about to learn why music matters to the legendary Mother’s Finest.  You’re also going to see some amazing photos and hear some funk that rocks so hard you’ll wonder why […]

Deep Cuts: Seventies Electronica

By James Stafford on March 27, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

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 […]

70. The Dream Is Always The Same

By James Stafford on March 26, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

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

By James Stafford on March 23, 2012 • ( 7 Comments )

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

By James Stafford on March 21, 2012 • ( 14 Comments )

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

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

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!

By James Stafford on March 16, 2012 • ( 5 Comments )

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

By James Stafford on March 14, 2012 • ( 9 Comments )

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

By James Stafford on March 12, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

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

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

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 […]

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Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Luis Tiramini, ‘A Touch of Cuba’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Hugo Winterhalter, ‘Wish You Were Here’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Bob Thompson, ‘On the Rocks’

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: Depeche Mode, “Personal Jesus”

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Xavier Cugat, ‘The Best of Cugat’

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

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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’

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