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Love Live Record Stores!

When the first Record Store Day was celebrated in 2008, the media was calling it a funeral march, or a last ditch attempt by a dying industry to save itself. Last year, it was met with some surprise that it was still around, and that big-time artists and record labels were getting involved. This year, [...]

I Have Been to the Mountaintop

This was the last speech given by Dr. King. He was assassinated the next day.
MLK Quotes:
“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out [...]

Happy Holidays

Snow falling on trees to relax and unwind your mind.

Hope your holiday is warm and bright.
Cheers,
Cat
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In 1968, Cadet Records, the jazz subsidiary of the legendary Chess Records in Chicago hired Richard Evans to arrange a series of orchestral albums of current pop hits. The Soulful Strings were born and the rest is holiday crate digging history.
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I’ll Be Home For Christmas
The idea of getting home by Christmas was introduced during World War I as the soldiers thought the war would be over quickly. It wasn’t.
Bing Crosby scored a World War II era mega-hit and created an instant holiday classic with his version of the song in 1943.
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