April 2020 was the 50th anniversary of the album Yeti (1970) by Amon Düül II, so I celebrated and commemorated by posting my thoughts about this album and sharing a humorous meme where Charlie Brown is about to listen to Yeti. The other character has a thought bubble (“Always Charlie plays strange records, why can’t …
Nick Cave‘s newest album and latest career is a prime example of how much the wish to be effortlessly edgy, hip, and ‘dark’ with a hint of depth, blurs the senses and judgement of listeners. We start with the cover. It reminds me of an experience that I had earlier in 2019: while walking through …
The dig at the garage of my dreams was beyond all expectations. The quality and quantity was nearly unfathomable. I had to be pried away, but still it appeared that between this dig and the rock records from Larry, my personal collection had doubled in size. We were back at the house, and I had a …
Vol. 1 (Day Trips) 01. “La Ragazza Con La Pistola” (Peppino De Luca) Peppino De Luca was born on January 5, 1936 in Rome. In the 1950s, he played in the Roman New Orleans Jazz Band. In the 1960s, he turned his skills to Italian motion pictures and television. This is the title track from …
