Hipgnosis is The Beatles of album cover art — nobody has ever done it better than the British design firm founded by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell. Their first cover was Pink Floyd’s […]
Deep Brushstrokes: The Hipgnosis Bestiary
67. I’m Up and Down and In Between
Without question the biggest album of 1983 in Boiling Springs, South Carolina was Def Leppard’s Pyromania. Nothing captured the upstate zeitgeist like that album: mullets, alcohol, and big dumb songs about rocking […]
Deep Cuts: Songs For Grieving
A good friend of mine recently lost her father. There’s really not much else to say here. Loss is incredibly difficult. She suggested that I put together a “Deep Cuts” list of […]
From the Stacks: Uncle Murray’s Record Collection
Dear Band Families, I recently inherited well over 1,000 LP’s from my Uncle Murray. This Wednesday after school we will sell them for two dollars each with all proceeds going to the school band. […]
Davy Jones, 1945-2012
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
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
You can view the video for “We Are Not Cool” here. (Spoiler alert: Yes they are.)
66. Give Me Three Steps Toward The Door
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
“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
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 […]
