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That’s Why They Call It The Blues

I’ve always marveled at the blues, and the power that a sad song has to transport the singer and listener from a place of pain, to a place of beauty. To share our pain is such a deeply human act that allows us to better see the connections that we have to each other, and [...]

A Short History of Stax Records

Working in a record store, we get a lot of promotional stuff; posters, pins, stickers, whoopie cushions…whatever the labels think will get people talking about their artists. We also get T-Shirts. They are generally XL (record store nerds are generally big dudes, I guess), but over the years, I’ve collected a nice little handful of [...]

Trading Meat for CDs – The Follow-Up

Last week I posted the 16th installment of Overheard at the Record Store, an ongoing collection of funny, strange or otherwise entertaining things that I hear at my record store job.
I generally get a few emails/comments/responses about a quote that people like, or something they can relate to, but the following quote generated more questions [...]

Still Walking on Sunshine

We tend to have a laugh at one-hit-wonders; you know those bands that have been so eclipsed by their hit, that their name doesn’t even ring a bell until someone says, “You know…they do (fill in the blank).” “Oh yeah,” you say, “I never would have known that was them.”
That’s right; the sad fate of [...]

Overheard at the Record Store-16

“They have a Creedence cassette. This is proof that miracles happen.”
“You know you’re a record nerd when you’re looking at records under an electron microscope.”
“I know I’ve entered the no-shit zone, but records are heavy.”
“The ’60s did not end well for that guy.”
“Do you have inspirational music for seminars?”
“Hmm…like what?”
“You know – ‘Eye of the [...]

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