Tag: rock

  • Sixty years of the drums from “Be My Baby”

    Sixty years of the drums from “Be My Baby”

    Paola and I often have these musical journeys where we jump from song to song on YouTube, so we were on one of those the other day and she put on the Morning Benders’ song “Excuses.” In an interview with the band, they mentioned wanting a Wall of Sound effect. Great song, by the way,…

  • Finding weird and wonderful album covers

    Finding weird and wonderful album covers

    Since I just repaired our turntable I’ve been going to record stores to expand our collection. So far Princeton Record Exchange (PRX) in Princeton, NJ and Generation Records here in New York have been my favorites. PRX is well worth the trip if you’re starting a collection because they have so many classics for under…