Monthly Archives: September 2010
Barn Dance or Square Dance?
One of the perils of buying used albums at thrift stores is that the sleeve of the album might not match the contents of the LP contained within. When you are paying 10¢ for the record, it isn’t really a … Continue reading
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Dropping some old school polka rhymes
I posted Hang On Sloopy in the polka style earlier. It was from an album of what at the time were modern popular tunes filtered through a polka lens. Larry Chesky and his Orchestra were responsible for that, for better … Continue reading
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Age of Aquarius – why was it so popular?
Part of the fun of my record collection is that I’m amused by songs that were made popular in one style, but were recorded in another style. Often the song is a chart topper, and the other artists seem to … Continue reading
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Hang On Sloopy – Polka Style!
My LP digitization project continues. After I posted a link to Hawaiian style organ music, some of my friends inquired about the availability of polka music. I have polka music. This album is part of my collection due to the … Continue reading
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Hawaiian Magic gets me in a skating mood
My random grab into the big record bin produced Hawaiian Magic by Ken Griffin. This is a Columbia release from 1958. Another one of my thrift store finds, I’m virtually certain that I picked it up because it has a … Continue reading
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An opportunistic “Salute”?
The album I pulled from my big record bin today was released in 1980 and is called A Salute to John Lennon and the Beatles Greatest Hits. It is performed by the Now Sound Orchestra. The back cover has John … Continue reading
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Phantom 3rd Channel!
Yes, I do like to pick up odd albums at the thrift store. And even though digitizing them is a bigger hassle than the software promised it would be, I was able to get a few more tracks captured this … Continue reading
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Time for school pictures
Well. Autumn is now officially here, I really don’t care what the calendar says or if it is meteorological autumn. I know that Fall has arrived because tomorrow is school picture day. James (our kindergartner) decided today that he would … Continue reading
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I am not a warlock
Given the furor over the recently revealed video of Christine O’Donnell saying she dabbled in the occult, I’d like to publicly denounce my private claim that I was a warlock. I understand how things can be misunderstood when taken out … Continue reading
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The rarity of silence
I’ve watched some of the coverage of Benedict XVI as he visited the UK these last few days. Is has been pleasant and uplifting to see the enthusiastic crowds. It seems the dire predictions of an ambivalent England were proved … Continue reading
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