A memoir of 25 years (1975-2000) spent working in the world of records & music in Seattle, with side trips into writings on Led Zeppelin and other adventures from my musical life.
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The Record Store Years (and beyond) #106: Overlooked Artists: Cheri Knight, a Knitter from the Northeast Kingdom Part 2: “The Northeast Kingdom”
In the mid-1990s singer/songwriter/activist Steve Earle was recovering from debilitating drug addiction and at the beginning of a stunning career renaissance, producing a run of five incredible solo and Dukes albums in a row (which I will b...
The Record Store Years (and beyond) #105: Overlooked Artists: Cheri Knight, a Knitter from the Northeast Kingdom Pt 1: Blood Oranges and “The Knitter”
Cheri Knight’s musical career began with the band Blood Oranges, formed by singer/songwriter/mandolinist Jim Ryan in the late 1980s and responsible for two albums and an EP released between 1990 and 1994 (not to be confused with the twenty-...
The Record Store Years (and beyond) #104: Album Cover Parodies and Coincidences Episode 4: The Beatles Pt. 2
Continuing from my last post looking at Beatles cover parodies from their early days through Sgt Peppers in 1967, here we pick up with 1968’s ‘White Album,’ officially titled The Beatles. Following is a gallery of album covers inspired by o...
The Record Store Years (and beyond) #103: Album Cover Parodies and Coincidences Episode 3: The Beatles Pt. 1
Welcome to Episode Three of my LP cover parodies series. Episode One describes how and why I got interested in this theme and features a random assortment of my favorites, and Episode Two is an all-AC/DC theme. This time (and next) I am add...
The Record Store Years (and beyond) #102: From the Proximity Archives: Led Zeppelin at Nassau Coliseum June 15, 1972
A version of this piece originally appeared in issue #30 of my Zep fanzine Proximity in 1998.
Call it destiny, providence or just dumb luck – of the nine times I saw Led Zeppelin in concert, three of those shows are considered by fans and...
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I am a writer, musician and carpenter living in Seattle, Washington. I spent 25 years (1975-2000) with a small chain of Seattle-area record stores known as Cellophane Square, and also published the Led Zeppelin fanzine "Proximity" during this time.
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