Tag Archives: Mandrill

Records at Random, Vol. 78: Mandrill Just Outside of Town

You want random? Last Friday evening I visited my lady-friend at her place of employment for a retailer in a nearby mall. As I was walking into the store I noticed the dude she was ringing up and thought “gee, he looks familiar.” She and I exchanged greetings as she tallied his […]

Records at Random Vol. 58 - Santana III

I’m almost positive that I purchased the self-titled 1971 LP commonly referred to as III (to distinguish it from their self-titled debut) from San Francisco-based Latin-Rock stalwarts Santana by accident. The way I remember it, I saw the name and title-free cover — with its transparent spaceman grabbing at quasars while a Pegasus-riding barbarian […]