Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! Another Saturday passes that we didn’t get to darken the door of Underdog Records. That doesn’t mean Underdog isn’t busy. Heck no! Jonathan is running himself ragged to make deliveries and has extended the reach to Greensboro, High Point and other places. So, definitely watch the Underdog Records Facebook and Instagram and watch what…
Salutations™!! Today is the 48th anniversary of the Rolling Stone’s “masterpiece,” Exile on Main Street. I use the quotation marks because I think it’s an overhyped piece of mediocrity at best. There are some great songs on the album but it sounds muddy and is about three sides too long. As Clay and I talked about…
Salutations™!! Today is the anniversary of a few albums. The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers (49th) and Black and Blue (44th), The Ramones’ self-titled debut (44th), Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! from Jethro Tull (44th), Bob Dylan at Budokan (41st), Men At Work’s Two Hearts (35th), Two Hearts, the Dave Mason album (33rd), Joe…
Salutations™!! As has been the case for the last month, we haven’t really gotten anything new because Underdog Records is affected just like everything else in the world right now. So, in the spirit of “normalcy,” or the “Now Normal” that I call it, I used my listening time during the week hitting Discogs’ awesome…
Salutations™!! Sorry for all the videos. I don’t watch a lot of television (programming) right now and I’m not out galavanting around like I used to do so I don’t have a whole lot of variance to talk about other than music videos. Today is the 56th anniversary of the debut Rolling Stones album, which…
Salutations™!! It’s getting harder to keep up with dates. I usually know what the day of the week is but the dates are throwing me off. Probably because I’m doing the same thing almost every day. Not all day, just my morning routine is truly a routine. It’s been a long time since I’ve had…
Salutations™!! The BCPF and I made our way to Underdog Record for the first time in over a week the day after Christmas. I couldn’t go any longer. We had put together our fifth record case and had shifted the whole collection around and now it was time to get more records! I think we…
Salutations™!! I’ve talked about being sick over the last few days and it’s really not a lot better today. In fact, I’m having to recall my day because it’s really Sunday and I’m writing this for Friday. The BCPF had the day off and we went to Underdog Records a day early, over to Zesto…
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Salutations™!! I had told Jonathan that The BCPF and I wouldn’t be coming to Underdog Records for the Record Store Day – Black Friday event, and technically, we weren’t there at the opening for the bum-rush doorbuster event, but we did wait until about noon and went by and the store had settled down. We…
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Salutations™!! Well, the Carolina Cobras lost the championship game with only 11 seconds left on the clock. Phooey on that. But, other than that, and a screwy day chasing dreams, we did get some great records and some great listening in. Underdog Records was jumping and I love to see that. Here’s the haul: Sleater-Kinney – The…