So I didn't get any music for Christmas. None. Nothing. Nada. Zippo. But I did get something even better....Yay, my own little music hub with turntable, CD Player, reciever, and speakers! Until now, I've had to use my dad's turntable if I wanted to play any vinyl. He's now passed that turntable on to me along with his old CD player in favor for a new one (he's a hi-fi freak). The reciev...
[Booker T. & The MG's - Soul Clap '69 - 2:35]It's still time for me to wish a Happiest 50th Birthday to the legendary label Stax Records, founded by Jim Stewart and his partners. More info: Stax Records 50th.The "Stax Sound" encompassing people such as Otis Redding, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Mavis Staple and many more is now more alive than ever with new or forthcoming releases from ...
I have been toying with an idea for awhile, it is to post a series about the city I live in, Bethlehem, PA. While it's not my birth city, (don't really have one unless you count Kuhnsville pop. 98) Bethlehem is where I have hung my hat since my service days. This burg at the foothills of the Blue Mountains and the Pocono Plateau nestled in the bottom of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.As anywhe...
I suppose I should be grateful that I was whisked away from the hot city during the summertime as a kid, but lately I've been harboring some resentment, because in my mid-teen years, when I was most consumed by music and starting to go to shows, the most exciting stuff went on from July 4th through Labor Day, and I was sequestered in a bungalow colony. So I didn't get to see all the amazing sho...