I have 25 Elvis Costello albumsin my CD collection. There is onlyone other artist more prominent in the shelves of compact discsthan Elvis, and that would beMr. Frank Zappa, at 36 albums, half of which are double CD’s. On the shelves of vinyl, I have the three Elvis studio recordsreleased since 2018, and threemore specialContinue reading “#653: C is for Costello, Elvis (A Prologue)”
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#652: C is for Corea, Chick
I don’t know how this record got into the collection. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to it before. When I pulled it out, at first, even though I was familiar withthis famous name, I couldn’t evenbe sure what instrument ChickCorea played. Was he a horn guy? I say to myself as I place theContinue reading “#652: C is for Corea, Chick”
#651: C is for Cooper, Alice
I Shock rocker Alice Coopereach tour would devise someway to execute himself at the end of the show. One tour, he hung himself, in anotherhe chopped his head offwith a guillotine, and the timeI saw him on the From The Inside tour, he put himselfin an electric chair. A rockstar with 9 lives, by theContinue reading “#651: C is for Cooper, Alice”
#650: C is for The Claypool-Lennon Delirium
If you had asked me,during the 90’s what the likelihood would be of a collaboration between Les Claypoolof Primus and Sean Lennon, the famous offspring of a Beatle, I might have saidthere is zero chance of that. I would be wrong, of course. The resultingalbums, as one would expect, are pretty weird. Unconventional, silly, psychedelic,Continue reading “#650: C is for The Claypool-Lennon Delirium”
#647: C is for Clairo
Sssh. Be quiet. I’m listeningto Clairo. Streamedthe last recordso many times,when this onecame out, Charm,I could notresist. Everythingin my bonestells me I should not like her, but I like hermore than gummyworms, the good kind, more than those dark chocolatepeanut buttercups you getat Trader Joe’s. I mean, she’s like candy, but miraculously, candy that’s goodforContinue reading “#647: C is for Clairo”
#646: C is for Claire, Kathryn
In this endeavor of listeningto every single album in my collectionin alphabetical order by artist’s name, this is my first encounter with a recordmade by someone I know. I would not have this record, and I would not have met Kathryn, had it not been for the musicianwho plays bass on this album, my friendContinue reading “#646: C is for Claire, Kathryn”
#645: C is for The Cars
I have fired my alphabetizer. Despite the fact that when these albums were brand new, I bought onlythe first two, both masterpieces in the blend between new wave and top 40 rock. Could therebe a more perfectdebut album, for example, a record where nearly everytrack became a single,or at least, got radio action?I’m hard pressedContinue reading “#645: C is for The Cars”
#644: C is for Chicano Batman and Childish Gambino
Preface: I thought I had posted this entry before the Cheap Trick entry. Apparently, I had not. So, even though the listening experience and the writing experience (for me) was out of alphabetical order, for you (dear reader) it appears to be accurate. My entry on The Cars, however, is still to come! C isContinue reading “#644: C is for Chicano Batman and Childish Gambino”
#643: C is for Cheap Trick
In yet another unfortunatecase of an alphabetizing mishap, Chicano and Childish inadvertently show up in the stacks before Cheapand before Cars. I may need to hire a new alphabetizer, as this one keepsmaking these unforgivable mistakes. I’ll cut my guy a little slack for neglecting The Cars altogether,filed as they are, in a box setonContinue reading “#643: C is for Cheap Trick”
#641: C is for Carmen, Eric
His first solo album afterThe Raspberries’ mega-success, Eric Carmen rocks this Beach Boys-esque, super-ballad, prog-pop, show tune-ladendebut record. His was my first rock concert, but when I got those tickets, I hardly knewwho he was. Sweet was on this bill, and I wasabsolutely gaga for Sweet, so by proxy, somehow I acquired this album rightalongContinue reading “#641: C is for Carmen, Eric”
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