Vinyl Record Album Collection
People sometimes ask, hey, man, why is your turntable mounted on the wall? Whaddya you, some kind of weirdo? Sometimes, depending upon who’s asking, I may go into this whole schpiel of esoteric bullshit, you know, tell them all manner of reason. I watch their eyes bounce around the room in a “oooooh, goooood for […]
If you dig the Blues, and I know you do, because you have a pulse, then you are a Big Mama Thornton fan, whether you know it or not. Let me tell you why. Let’s find out why we like the blues first, so we can all be on the same page. Shall we define […]
And I’ll get back to it in a minute, but first, I wanted to respond to this: “The cover art is too small,” we sneered. “How are you supposed to clean your pot on that?” It’s from this article and it’s a terrific article. I laughed out loud reading that line because I thought the […]
WOOHOO!!!! Got my new copy of the just released Blue Note reissue of 1998’s Combustication by Medeski, Martin, & Wood. Blue Note is cashing in, like everyone else, and I’m getting mine. I have a few of the originals but not this one because in the ’90s it was all about cds. Sigh. OK, in […]
Yeah, I dunno, you either get it or you don’t. This is jazz. This is cool swinging rhythms a la Count Basie accompanied by the giant smooth voice of Joe Williams. It’s Saturday, 18:09, so supper time. I finished the lawn, took a shower, enjoyed some water and a Guinness and now I’m in my […]
What are your favorite albums from your collection?
So there I was minding my own business, likely plotting something devious or daydreaming about Donna….I was 10, it was the 70’s, which, you know, was enough right there, and popular music kicked all kinds of ass. Rock & Roll had about bled out but the 10 year old me didn’t know that. All I […]
In my collection, among the vast sea of genres, is a small group of funk records. James Brown, Average White Band, The Brothers Johnson, Commodores, Sly, P-Funk, Rufus, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Shit that makes the groove take over, that makes the funk oooze you right into next week. Sometimes in the morning, when it’s crappy […]
Yesterday I was over at a friend’s place and we were heavy into rehcid-nerd territory. Label variations, vinyl composition, pops vs. crackles, Colombia 6-eyes and most specifically – how to clean all our fabulous records. We took a break and headed over to the local record store; neither of us wanting to buy more, because […]
You know, I’m sitting here getting kinda drunk and I’m listening to some albums. They sound so sweet….anyway, I’m listening to the Eagles ‘The Long Run’ right now (side 1, I already listened to side 2) and I’m thinking – out of all the music I can relate to growing up, this album is the […]
Spin ’em Up Album Collection: A-D Old Collection to 2014: Albums A-D Albums E-H Albums I-L Albums M-P Albums Q-T Albums U-Z Rebuilding:–> Funk/Soul | Blues | Rock | Jazz | Pop | Folk | Singers/Songwriters | Stage & Screen | Holiday | Classical Back in Black came out in July of 1980, right before my 13th birthday. How cool was […]
I always get up before the sun. Get up, make the bed, pound some coffee – jump around…Drive. I’m up, I’m out.
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