Tag Archives: Tower of Power

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 […]
By El Keter | Posted in Music | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (159)

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 […]
By El Keter | Posted in Music | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (100)

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 […]
By El Keter | Posted in 1, Music | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (214)

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 […]
By El Keter | Posted in Music | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (150)