Tag Archives: Sly & The Family Stone

Romance at Random, Vol. 81: Sylvia Pillow Talk

February 13, 2009 – 10:30 am
So, tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day, a feast-day intended to honor early Christian martyrs who bore the name Valentinus. Thanks to a misinterpretation of a Chaucer poem, the efforts of 14th century French courtesans and the industriousness of a Massachusetts woman named Esther Howland who essentially founded the modern greeting-card industry, February 14th has […]
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Records at Random, Vol. 78: Mandrill Just Outside of Town

January 23, 2009 – 10:30 am
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 […]
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Records at Random Vol. 58 - Santana III

June 27, 2008 – 11:16 am
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 […]
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