Tag Archives: Chicago

Reissues at Random, Vol. 80: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons/Jake Holmes

When I likened Dent May to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons in yesterday’s post about mood-altering music it reminded me of something about the vocal group…Though mostly known for motivational chestnuts like “Walk Like a Man” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry” the New Jersey-based foursome released at least one LP that was far more […]

Grotesqueries at Random, Vol. 72: Dead Boys/Cold Blood

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 […]

Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Girl Talk Feed the Animals

I live in an apartment that doubles as an office, a recording studio, a storage space for all manner of media, an art studio and a textiles workshop. As you might imagine this doesn’t make it the most opportune location to entertain visitors. For this reason m. Cody and I only rarely invite […]

Records at Random Vol. 49 - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose S/T

Other than that self-titled Cameron LP, most of the sides I picked up at the record fair a couple weekends ago were collection fillers from familiar artists which I purchased simply because I wanted to buy records, I didn’t already own them, and the price was right. The Cameron was, as already described in last […]