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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 )

19. Who Can Go the Distance?

By James Stafford on March 23, 2011 • ( 8 Comments )

I am unsettled.    Sitting again in this restaurant, but there are no corner tables to be found.  A  few months ago I would have stood distraught in the center of the dining […]

Deep Cuts: Eight Reasons To Reconsider KISS

By James Stafford on March 21, 2011 • ( 2 Comments )

Sure, they were campy, their lyrics were juvenile, and they weren’t really that good,  but every discography has its nuggets.    Here in no particular order are eight reasons to give KISS a […]

18. If Never I Met You

By James Stafford on March 15, 2011 • ( 12 Comments )

KISS released Unmasked shortly after my thirteenth birthday.  I begged my sister to drive me to the record store the day it was released.  Brand new KISS!  I couldn’t wait to get […]

17. Like A World Without Sun

By James Stafford on March 8, 2011 • ( 13 Comments )

The cool kid at Holden’s Chapel Middle School was Chuck Morris. He had a dirt bike, never took a turn on the twirly slide, and flirted with Lisa’s mother every afternoon when […]

16. Your Lightnin’s All I Need

By James Stafford on February 25, 2011 • ( 9 Comments )

    “Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.” – Gene Simmons My first KISS sighting was in 1976 in the Chicago Tribune.  It was a feature […]

15. A Rambling Prologue To A Long Overdue Post

By James Stafford on February 17, 2011 • ( 5 Comments )

Growing up there were three of us kids, and our first allowance was tiered 50/35/25 cents, oldest to youngest.  At age seven a quarter per week was fine by me.  That was […]

14. What Time Is It?

By James Stafford on February 9, 2011 • ( 9 Comments )

The deeper I get into this little exercise the more I recognize that there aren’t distinct epochs inherent to one’s own musical soundtrack.  The development of musical taste isn’t a linear continuum where […]

13. Never Before Have I Turned On You

By James Stafford on February 2, 2011 • ( 13 Comments )

Ted Nugent is a bit of a cartoon character today.  With his hunting shows,  Fox News appearances, and general lack of ability to possess an unspoken thought, he’s either hero or embarrassment to […]

After These Messages We’ll Be Right Back

By James Stafford on February 1, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

“I don’t seem to get done with any text, but it doesn’t matter, I’m not interested in getting done with anything.  I am only interested in talking along and wandering around as […]

12. Does Anybody Want To Get Mellow?

By James Stafford on January 28, 2011 • ( 6 Comments )

By the time we settled in South Carolina I had embraced fully my outsiderness.  This is not to say that I didn’t want to make friends; rather, it’s more akin to a […]

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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)

From The Stacks: Queen Cassette Singles

Album Covers »

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

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Cartoon Saturday: George Garabedian, ‘Tijuana Christmas, Volume Two’

Cheesecake Cover of the Week: Chet Atkins, ‘The Most Popular Guitar’

Hipgnosis Cover of the Week: Wishbone Ash, ‘No Smoke Without Fire’

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