The cassette single was a stupid format, and that’s what makes it interesting.
From The Stacks: Queen Cassette Singles
242. Came Home Last Night There Was Fire and Smoke on the TV
Perry Farrell had a new band, and they were playing in the desert outside of L.A.
201. Stray Party
Jody and I had nowhere to go on our first Christmas in Hollywood. We’d only been in town for a couple of months, and the few friends I’d made working at the […]
Deep Cuts: 1988-89
Late 1988/early 1989 was a brilliant time musically, hair metal and Rick Astley aside.
173. Telling Myself It’s Not As Hard, Hard, Hard As It Seems
The sun wasn’t up when we loaded into Jody’s Cordoba. My motorcycle was hitched to the back bumper, riding on a fifty dollar trailer made from angle iron and the rear axle […]
From The Stacks: Scorpions Lovedrive
Without question this is one of my all-time favorite album covers. Number 161 in the Hipgnosis Bestiary, 1979’s Lovedrive sported yet another brilliant jacket from Storm Thorgerson.
Why It Matters 