Tag Archives: Ramsey Lewis

Gimme a Two-Thousand-and-(L)Eight-Pass, Vol. 2: The Bamboos

January 14, 2009 – 10:30 am
As someone who’s spent an overwhelming portion of his life in New England I can’t say I care all that much about the weather. In no part of the country is the cliche “if you don’t like the weather, just wait a few a few minutes” as apt as it is here in the […]
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Records Reissues at Random, Vol. 70: Allen Toussaint / Wild Tchoupitoulas

October 10, 2008 – 10:30 am
A while back I was directed to YouTube video of a commercial for some body spray or another where a dude puts on the body spray and turns into chocolate. I’m pretty sure I was shown the ad because somebody I know thought it was creepy and/or potentially offensive. I could see how […]
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I Think This Might Have Been How TCBY Was Invented

August 21, 2008 – 11:24 am
My hands are still a little dirty from handling White Denim’s skuzzy, grunge-encrusted, avant-leaning, garage-born Party-Pop yesterday. And since I already plan on futzing around with more “old junk” in the musical “garage” tomorrow I figured I’d keep things grime-coated and messy today as well. Today’s featurees might be more suited for household areas other […]
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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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