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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 )

Davy Jones, 1945-2012

By James Stafford on February 29, 2012 • ( 4 Comments )

Sad news out of Florida this morning that head Monkee and Marcia Brady prom date Davy Jones succumbed to a heart attack.  I’m sure there will be plenty of “Last Train to Clarksville” […]

From the Stacks: Something Gonna Jump Out the Bushes

By James Stafford on February 29, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

Nappy Brown was a Charlotte, North Carolina legend.  Hit the intergooglewebtubes for some brilliant Nappy moments from the Fifties.  Something Gonna Jump Out the Bushes came out during Nappy’s Eighties comeback, and […]

New Stripmall Architecture Video Released

By James Stafford on February 28, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

You can view the video for “We Are Not Cool” here.  (Spoiler alert: Yes they are.)

66. Give Me Three Steps Toward The Door

By James Stafford on February 27, 2012 • ( 11 Comments )

Lee G.’s family attended a Methodist church just down the street from the egomanical  Dr. Fred’s church.  I last attended church in the seventh grade, when the good doctor stuck his flock […]

From the Stacks: Holiday for Pianos

By James Stafford on February 24, 2012 • ( 2 Comments )

“Say, gals, freshen those cocktails?” “I don’t mind if I do, Louie.” “You dames ever been on a boat?”

Deep Cuts: In Defense of Styx

By James Stafford on February 22, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

 Let’s just get this out of the way right now:  There won’t be very many deep cuts on this list.  Styx is one of those rare situations where radio programmers have gotten […]

65. Wherein I Am Completely Wrong

By James Stafford on February 20, 2012 • ( 17 Comments )

“You just have to look at the facts,” I said. Matt didn’t even look up from our frog.  “The only fact is that it sucks and nobody cares about it.”  The frog […]

Zappa Plays Zappa at the Crest Theatre, 2/18/12

By James Stafford on February 18, 2012 • ( 6 Comments )

Sacramento, California’s Crest Theatre is a beautiful landmark.  In its current form the Crest has been around since 1949, but as the Empress Theatre it dates back to 1912.   That’s one hundred years of […]

From the Stacks: Party Party, Original Soundtrack

By James Stafford on February 17, 2012 • ( 7 Comments )

Never released in the United States, Party Party’s soundtrack at least makes it look like one of the stupid Eighties teen movies that have been this week’s topic. Maybe some of you UK readers […]

Deep Cuts: Top Ten Songs from Nic Cage Movies

By James Stafford on February 15, 2012 • ( 11 Comments )

 Nicolas Cage’s career is a beautiful car wreck.  It started off fast and wild, careening from weird to weirder.  No matter how bad some of those early movies were he was always […]

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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’

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