I love old radios. That’s my ’70s-era Fleetwood in the photo — ain’t it cool?
Deep Cuts: Radio Songs
Throw Beck Thursday: Dressing Like a Clown Doesn’t Make You a Gangster
The FBI says you’re looking at gang members. I say that’s insane clown talk. —- First things first: I don’t know the two guys in the photo at the top of this […]
From The Stacks: Chu-Bops
You are not looking at a stack of albums.
From The Stacks: KISS – Love Gun
KISS’s sixth LP was the beginning of the end for the world’s biggest band. This was the last studio album recorded entirely by the original lineup, and the first featuring an Ace […]
From The Stacks: Jane’s Addiction-A Cabinet of Curiosities
Oh, box sets, you’ll be the death of me.
From The Stacks: The Donnas – Da Doo Ron Ron (Super*Teem! single)
Now this is cool. If all you get out of listening to The Donnas’ cover of “Da Doo Ron Ron” is an “oh, now I see how the Ramones connect to the […]
Writing’s Dead They Say (Long Live Write)
The worst day of my writing life was attending a Kurt Vonnegut lecture entitled “How To Get A Job Like Mine.” Great title, right? I couldn’t wait for the big man to […]
Deep Cuts: Cartoon Songs
So I didn’t con my way into a gig working with an animator. All I could do was get out my Acme catalog and cook up another scheme, preferably something involving rocket […]
186. Lies Lies Lies Yeah
The graphic design firm where Michael worked was located on downtown Los Angeles’s Traction Avenue. I’d never ventured downtown, much less on a Friday night. On the way I passed the Atomic […]
From The Stacks: KISS ALIVE II
By the time KISS Alive II was released in 1977, the mighty KISS machine was essentially a money press. In three and a half short years, Casablanca Records managed to stuff the […]
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