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Top 10 Bessie Smith Songs
On this day in 1937, the great blues singer Bessie Smith was laid to rest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the victim of an auto accident in Coahoma, Mississippi
Read More »Take Me Back To Chicago
When I was just short of aging to double digits, my parents started shipping me off for to spend time with my older sister and her boyfriend who shared a college town apartment in
Read More »B-Sides In The Buff: Blood, Sweat and Tears’ “Lucretia’s Reprise”
On the flipside of Blood, Sweat and Tears‘ single, “Lucretia MacEvil,” we hear “Lucretia’s Reprise,” wherein she gets even dirtier
Read More »B-Sides In The Buff: Joe Piscopo’s “First Rehearsal”
Back in April, I wrote about a Forgotten Favorite from back in ’82, Joe Piscopo‘s hilarious take on Sinatra called the “I Love Rock and Roll Medley.” Even funnier: his first rehearsal on the B-side
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Leave Without Your Head Mix
Weirdly vividly cinematic, like a David Lynch movie for your ears
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