Some of the posts from when this site was primarily a blog have been incorporated into other parts of this website (articles, music reviews, etc.). Below is a varied collection of some of the leftovers, some of the highlights.
End of the Year Wrap-Up’s:
2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 / 2012 (no text, just a mix on Mixcloud) / 2011
Year’s Best Album Covers:
Cabinet of Obscurities feature:
- The Hilltops: Holler
- Vova Nova: Vova Nova
- Suzi Katz
- Clean Living
- Missy Roback: Just Like Breathing
- Rock & Roll Summer Camp 98
- Gallygows: Give It To Her
General and Sundry:
- Diggin’ Spriguns
- Billy Squier: Reconnections, Recollections, and Reflections
- The (Sort of) Dark and (Mostly) Goofy World of Judson Fountain
- The Resurrection of Tom Petty
- Andy Summers Album Guide
- The Police‘s “So Lonely” and a Mondegreen
- Sunflower River Blues
- Maximum Yield: The Posies‘ “Flood of Sunshine”‘s Roots in Led Zeppelin‘s “Thank You”
- Different/Same: Rupert Hine‘s Pick Up a Bone and Ohio Knox
- A Hot Night in Toronto: Pat Metheny, Oct. 9, 2018
- Mannkind: The Eccentric Album Art of Herbie Mann
- Records on Vacation (a short travelogue)
- Phil Collins, Anthony Phillips and the Song That Wouldn’t Die
- Mysterious and Iconic: The Cover Art of Undercurrent (Bill Evans / Jim Hall)
- Jess Roden: An Appreciation / An Introduction
- A Ukulele Neil Young World
- Petty Days (Tom Petty)
- Birds of a Feather: Pat Metheny‘s New Chautauqua and John Abercrombie‘s Characters
- Walter Becker and an Alternate Steely Dan
- Painting Penguins with Kate Bush
- The Mystery of M.O.I.
- Lonnie Liston Smith and His Cosmically Echoing Hats
- Gregg Allman‘s “Multi-Colored Lady”
- Rush‘s Deep Cut “Red Lenses”
- They’re Dropping Like Flies
- Elton John‘s “Rocket Man”, Gnomes and Kids on Mars
- Fuzzed and Rumbling: The Courtneys
- The Naturalization of Foreigner
- Feeling 1972
- The Freaky Album Cover Art of Gene Brownell
- Behind Marconi Union‘s “Weightless” Video
- Tobogganing on Topographic Oceans (Yes)
- Percussive Pineapples and Neglected Peaches
- When Bad Album Covers Happen to Good Albums (Part 1 / Part 2)
- Surprises in the Mainstream
- It’s a Book! It’s a Band! It’s Dando Shaft!
- Some Thoughts on Jim Harrison (author)
- Towed Out of the Ditch: Tom Petty‘s “Trailer”
- Mellow Candles and Melting Ice Spires
- Freedy Johnston‘s “Neon Repairman”
- Paul Kantner and “The Light”
- Michael Chapman (Who’s Not Fond of Mornings) and “Northern Lights”
- Reflections on Glenn Frey, David Bowie and “Take It Easy”
- Rush, Hell and the Summer of ’81
- Andy Summers‘ “Luna”
- The Ballad of Arty Loner Girl
- Joe Walsh and Friends’ Magical 1975 Show
- The Church‘s The Blurred Crusade Cover Art
- The Unexpected Rise of Wilco
- All Things Must Pass: The End of Vin Scelsa‘s “Idiot’s Delight”
- Who Was Bunk Dogger?
- What Color is Love?
- Heavy Balloons and Len Zefflin: Led Zeppelin‘s Name
- Gordon Lightfoot‘s “Sundown”
- Another Place, Another Time: Clearwater’s Ye Olde Record Shoppe
- I’m Being Followed By a Vinyl Museum
- Hot Potatoes: 10 (or 12) Of the Best Guitar Albums
- Scott Appel / Nick Drake: “Far Leys”
- 1984…in 1984
- Sting‘s Jazz Fusion Neil Young Cover
- Stephen Stills and the Giraffe of Unrequited Love
- The Go-Go’s “Can’t Stop the World”
- From Vienna With Jazz! by Friedrich Gulda
- “You Don’t Care”: Terry Callier‘s Enigmatic Song About Apathy
- Incommunicado in Cedar Key
- Laura Nyro‘s “Christmas and the Beads of Sweat”
- Swan Dive‘s “Wintergreen”
- Classic Rock Canadian Style (Part 1 / Part 2)
- A Bitch’s Brew for Guinevere (Miles Davis, Crosby Stills & Nash)
- Of Refrigerators, Trunks, Tuning Forks, and Marbles
- Neil Young‘s Decade: An Appreciation
- School Bus Memories
- Jabberwocky in Music
- Kate Bush‘s Never For Ever
- The Disco Days (Daze?) of Rock
- David Sylvian / Ryuichi Sakamoto: “World Citizen”
- Jimmy Buffett‘s Down to Earth Album Cover
- Heart‘s “Hit Single”/”Strange Euphoria”
- Album Art – Steve Hackett‘s Genesis Revisited II
- Jackson Browne‘s “Linda Paloma”: A California Mexican Song
- Mystery, Reinvention and iamamiwhoami
- Ex-Fleetwood Mac Solo Careers: Bob Welch / Jeremy Spencer / Danny Kirwan / Peter Green / Bob Weston
- Triumph (or Defeat?)
- Halloweeny (album covers)
- Of Headlights and Ditchflowers
- Neil and the Aztecs (Neil Young)
- The Beatles vs. Kiss?
- Hippie Menu
- R.E.M in the 80s