Good Tuesday morning to you faithful readers and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember New Orleans musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer, Allen Toussaint, on what would have been his 82nd Birthday. He died in his hotel room, in 2015, age 77, while on tour in Spain, from a heart attack. His career spanned 11 solo studio albums and a multitude of work for other artists such as, Aaron Neville, Floyd Cramer, Otis Redding, Herb Alpert's Tijuana…

Good Monday morning gang ( if indeed you believe in such things) and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. It was this week in 1971,  that the Norman Lear produced sitcom All In The Family debuted on CBS television and with it the first the first sound of a toilet flushing on TV. The series,  starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, the "lovable bigot" and head of a working class family in Queens, ran 9 seasons before spinning off several other shows like Maude, Good Times, The…

Good morning vinyl junkies and welcome back to the Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Ghanaian percussionist,  Rebop Kwaku Baah, best known for his work with English rock band, Traffic, on this the 37th anniversary of his death. He passed away in 1983, age 38, from a cerebral hemorrhage, while performing in Sweden with Jamaican ska and reggae musician, Jimmy Cliff. To honor his legacy, we spotlight the second live album by Traffic. On The Road was recorded…

Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. Our first selection comes to us via Los Angeles pop rock band The Bangles. The group blazed onto the trail in 1981, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Susanna Hoffs, sisters Debbi  (drums/vocals)  and Vicki Peterson (lead guitar/ vocals) , and Michael Steele (bass/vocals). Vicki is celebrating her 62nd Birthday today, and with her in mind, we shine a light on their first #1 single, "Walk Like An…

Hello Friday readers and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we gleefully celebrate the 75th Birthday of Sir Rod Stewart by featuring this great 2 record compilation album, The Best of Rod Stewart. It was released on the Mercury label i April  1976 and produced by Stewart and Ron Wood.  It peaked at #18 in the UK, #9 in New Zealand, and #90 in America. It's a thoroughly enjoyable album containing almost every cut you'd expect, up to that point and then some. I particularly…

Good Thursday morning, morning people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. On this day in 1965, the 7th album by the Fab Four, Beatles '65, jumped an astonishing 97 points on the Billboard albums chart, to land at #1 where it remained for 9 weeks. At the time it was the largest leap taken on said charts. Today that very LP gets it's very own spotlight on the page. Beatles '65 was released December 15, 1964 on the Capitol label. It also reached #9 in Germany and has been certified 3X…

Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember English musician and actor David Bowie on what would have been his 73 Birthday. Liver cancer claimed his life and he passed beyond these earthly realms 4 years ago, two days after his 69th Birthday and the release of his 25th studio record Blackstar.  To honor his legacy we shine a light on his 4th album, Hunky Dory.  Hunky Dory was released December 17, 1971 on the RCA label and produced by Ken…

Good Tuesday morning to you vinyl enthusiasts, and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. On this day in 1981 the double live album Eagles Live,  by the Eagles was certified Platinum in the US. It was a contractual  album released  November 7, 1980, (my younger Brother's Birthday) on the Asylum label and produced by Bill Szymczyk. The material was taken from the Hotel California and The Long Run tours. It peaked at #3 in Australia, and #6 on the Billboard 200. "Seven…

Good Thursday morning to you gang, and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remeber Jersey born vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Glenn Goins, on what would have been his 66th Birthday. He passed away in 1978, age 24, from Hodgkin's lymphoma.  Goins was best known for his work in the George Clinton bands  Parliament, Funkadelic and Parliament-Funkadelic. To honor his legacy we spotlight the 6th album by Parliament.  Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome was…

Fifteen years ago, a crazed gunman entered a Ohio nightclub...30 seconds

into the band's first song... guitarist and living legend Dimebag

Darrell was...murdered upon the stage..in front of his brother...The

gunman Nathan Gale got what he deserved! A bullet....

On December 8, 2004, Abbott was shot onstage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio.

The gunman was Nathan Gale. He shot Abbott six times, including four times in the…

For Chuck.

I act as
I have
All the time in the world
The fact is
I'm borrowed
And overdue
A cup of sugar
A stick of butter
Still better than
The sorrow
I return to you.

I dreamt of you again

Dressed in white as bright as the light

From a thousand burning paper boats

I'm floating on the edge of a scream

And when I wake up with wet eyes

It's your ghost I miss the most

Haunt me again

again and again 

I'll walk dark halls

To the very bitter end

Looking for that legendary way out

Into your hallowed hollow hardened heart

I couldn't start breathing

Until I had my…

Out on a limb or platter
Looking for Nephilium
I've seen him
Does the dark matter, matter
He's as mad as that hatter
Like rain in a splatter
They fell
Leathery Wings make a hell of a sound
When shorn off and used for a mattress
A Giant among men now ground in the ground
Like mourners in the chilled October air
We gather like a chorus
And play our dirges there.

The sound
Not unlike
That of gigantic Wings
Unfurling into flight
From the carved cave walls language to the skies of darkened night
Oh decadent, decadent youth
Hurry us into wisdom and Truth
Now abandoned phonebooths
We ring like cracked bells
No one can hear
No one left to tell the tale.

Post modern

Post mortem

A portion of the proceeds

Will proceed us into death

If we can't change their minds

We'll abort them like the rest

What is left twisted and crooked

We're all victims now

Innocent until accused

Get used to being used

Skeleton key visions hanging by hooks

Above dusty shelves

Bereft of humanity

Our inconsistent masks that we wear

And change daily

Will not shield our eyes

From the…

We set stars afire
Melted them right from the skies
The Devil let out a pained roar
As the wax and paint dripped through the air
We brought his glaring stare down to ground level
So that we may better look him in his endless eyes (lies)
Before the phoenix gives rise
And the dust settles and
We become what we once despised .

The burden of proof
Has been delagated
To the post Truth world
Tossed aside into the dirt
Like an aborted clump of cells

(Is there room in the budget for a new death closet- this one's full of skeletons - and we have not reached our quota)

That nobody wanted to believe was viable
Is it possible we are liable for all these lies
They fall from our eyes
Like waxen Wings from the skies

To greet the cheap gods
We wear our fake selves
Our beating hearts sit on dusty shelves collecting paper machete love letters, written and bitten
By our favorite matchstick men
We better bet wisely
The nails are rusty
And daring us to walk.

[Nine ten nineteen]

Syllables not uttered

My words once lighthouses in her eyes

Now fall flat and die in the silent spaces in between

She came to me in a dream with a need to bleed the characters to the page

And we cried and rocked back and forth

To avoid being seen in their death parade

It's all a charade

We made to placate our insufferable days

Give way to to the rise of anger

Gave wine and dinner with strangers

Broke bread

Not fed

She said

I…