If you need a record shaped like a silver potato, your options are pretty limited.
From The Stacks: The J. Geils Band, “Freeze Frame” (Picture Disc)
Why It Matters To Jon Butcher (Plus A Big Announcement)
Jon Butcher and I go way back; well, okay — Jon Butcher’s music and I go way back. When Along the Axis came out in 1985 I played the hell out of […]
59. Pretty Young Things, Repeat After Me
I have a lengthy track record of disliking Michael Jackson. When I was seven my oldest sister received a 45 of “Dancing Machine” as a birthday gift. I thought that was pretty hot, then […]
53. Try To Use A Mirror, No Bullet Or Knife
Despite its sprawl Boiling Springs High School was an oversized shotgun shack. An uninterrupted hallway ran like an artery from front to back door, the lettered A-B-C-D wings spreading out to either […]
The Cutout Bin Revisited
Are you still awake? Sweet Dio’s crucifix, I started rambling about junior high school nine months ago and you have sat there the whole time, patiently staring at my record collection while I […]
47. Rising Up To the Challenge Of Our Rivals
“Stop it!! Mama, make him stop it.” We were puttering down I-26 in Mrs. Ellison’s Datsun, my newly found second family and me. I didn’t quite understand why Matt’s mother let me […]
Why It Matters 