Tag Archives: Bill Withers

Records at Random, Vol. 74: Bill Cosby Hooray for the Salvation Army Band

November 14, 2008 – 10:30 am
Earlier this week I was watching late-nite re-runs of The Cosby Show when I had a revelation. Dr. Heathcliff “Cliff” Huxtable, the show’s main character, despite all of his positive aspects, was a habitual liar. He was a successful doctor, had an amazing wife, exceedingly lovely daughters, an industrious son, and an awesome […]
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Grotesqueries at Random, Vol. 72: Dead Boys/Cold Blood

October 31, 2008 – 10:30 am
Today is Halloween…A day maligned by some conspiratorial types as a vestigial remnant of humanity’s Satan-worshiping pre-Christian past at worst, or a superstitious backslide into paganism at best. That is if it’s not just another excuse for people to be afraid of every damn thing including terrorism, sexual predators, kidnappers, vandals, people putting foreign […]
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Records at Random Vol. 56 - Ramsey Lewis Sun Goddess

June 13, 2008 – 10:35 am
I’ve had Jazz/Soul/Pop pianist Ramsey Lewis‘ 1974 Columbia Records LP Sun Goddess sitting next to my desk for months now. It got put there when I pulled a bunch of my “go-to” dusty joints out of the spare backpack they’d been tucked into, “just in case,” for the last few years and mixed them […]
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