The Fugs – Greatest Hits Volume 1 Proto Punk
I messed up the alphabetization again – and that by doing that, I ended learning something. In his book on George Clinton, mentioned last time I posted, Kris Needs finds some common ground between...
Vinyl Distractions
Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
As noted in the last few entries, I’ve actually added to my completely unnecessary workload on this blog by writing about records I’d already written about. My flawless system of leaving things on the...
Funkadelic – Free Your Mind…And Your Ass Will Follow
I was thinking about pop culture and decades a bit last night. It seems odd to me now that wherever I go in public – grocery stores, gas stations, … well, those are the...
Funkadelic – Funkadelic
My loving wife gave me a great biography for my birthday – “George Clinton and the Cosmic Odyssey of the P-Funk Empire,” by Kris Needs. Great because it answers the question Shawn (owner of...
Sue Foley – Live in Austin – Volume 1
So, after her last two releases I once again adopted a rule that I first applied in the ’90s and should never have stopped – if I see Sue Foley, I buy Sue Foley....
Sue Foley – The Ice Queen
Immediately after getting back on the Sue Foley bandwagon with Pinky’s Blues in 2023, I picked up “The Ice Queen,” a rather acclaimed release from 2018. I mean, she’s just so good. It’s an...
Sue Foley – Pinky’s Blues
So way back in the day, there was a record/CD store called Records N Such in Stuyvesant Plaza – a local chain that had quite an eclectic selection, an entire separate classical listening room,...
Florence + The Machine – High As Hope
This 2018 release from Florence + The Machine really captured me – if not with quite the emotional impact of “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful,” it was still super strong, very personal – big...
Florence + The Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
A couple of years back (2022, apparently!) I wrote that I was really hoping to get my hands on a vinyl edition of Florence + The Machine’s “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful,” and...
Things We Said Today