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#628: B is for Bowie (“Five Years,” The Box)

I “Ground Control to Major Tom,”are likely the first words any of usever heard from David Bowie. Maybe I was five, and for yearsI would hear that distinctive voiceon the radio and knew the hits, but my older siblings, the arbitersof new music into the householdnever brought home a Bowie album. I didn’t start buyingContinue reading “#628: B is for Bowie (“Five Years,” The Box)”

#599: A is for Apple, Fiona

2012 She’s released five albumsin 24 years. I have them allin my collection, but only the last two on vinyl, the twomost challenging, difficultFiona albums in her catalog. Last night, in an hour or twoof sleeplessness, I knew shewas coming up in the alphabet,and I thought of that, as one does during an episode ofContinue reading “#599: A is for Apple, Fiona”