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"Of Cabbages And Kings" - Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde (1967) Until I heard this album, I felt mostly indifferent about Chad and Jeremy.  Pleasant chaps. Nice vocals.  "A Summer Song" ... "Yesterday's Gone"  and all that.  But I saw them as being rather...dull.  But that was before the unlikely duo released... "Of Cabbages And Kings." (1967)  The year of "Sgt. Pepper."  The year C & J hooked a ride on the psych-train. Side one is almost perfect.  A tasty collection of folk and baroque psych.  Side two is "The Progressive Suite" divided up into 5 movements.  It is the more ambitious.  You'll hear a cacophony of instruments and sounds...from the familiar plucking of the sitar to a ping-pong ball being paddled back and forth.  And with lyrics both earnest and kinda silly, it all pretty much works.  I loved it.  Well, most of it.  A couple of songs from side two would've been better served with less trick

7 Favorite  Books  I  Read  In  2018 Every book is a new book if you haven't read it yet!   And so, let us begin. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson (2005) A detective explores three cold cases that span over 30 years and finds each intertwines in unusual and compelling ways.  It's a clever mystery that's unique in the telling with a tight satisfying payoff. The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition - Stephen King (1978 /1990) There are plenty of apocalyptic novels on the bookshelves these days but in 1978...not so many.  In this instance, a doomsday brought on by a government SNAFU.  And just like that..." Whoomp! (There it is.)"   This is the “uncut/unedited” version filled with dozens and dozens of wonderful minutiae scenes that really don't further the story along but does make the telling of this good/evil story all the more compelling. The Stand is widely regarded as the Bob Dylan song of this genre.  And for good rea

(a 20-minute drive home) "The Fever"  - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes / Live Performing live is how you want to meet Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.  And  "The Fever"  is instant fodder for the proof.   He released a studio version of this song on his debut album,  "I Don't Want to Go Home"  (1976)  but it was a 'live' version I heard driving home.  The original song, however, was an early Springsteen 7 inch.  I haven't heard Bruces' version, but  Southside Johnny nails it just fine. "Who Loves the Sun"  - Velvet Underground / "Loaded" (1970) This song will always be the wonderful little sugar gem that casually strolls its way into "Sweet Jane."   The song has an early Beatles delivery, but with the tiniest hint of a needle waiting its turn to tickle the skin.  "Who loves the sun? Not everyone."  "Station to Station" - David Bowie / "Station to S

"Tarzana Kid" - John Sebastian (1974 ) John Sebastian was the cool hippie that, had I lived in the Woodstock days of yore, I would have most tried to emulate.  He was very cool.  Very relaxed.  As if wherever he was...was exactly where he needed to be.  The friend you'd want around if you were tripping south.  And I'd borrow his warm, effortless timbre, as well, now that I'm rollin'. "Tarzana Kid" (back) Reprise label (promo) "Stories We Could Tell" - John Sebastian / "Tarzana Kid" (1974) Good stuff. Casey Chambers Follow Me On FACEBOOK

“Who's going to do  the cooking?” ~ Nellie Oleson ~ I grew up on “Little House On The Prairie.”   "Little House" was my safe place.  My calm against storms.  I've watched every episode multiple, multiple times.  And still, if I accidentally stumble upon the show when surfing the numbers, I'm quite content to just set my remote down and watch.  I loved all the characters from that show.  All of them.  Yeah, even the snotty and snooty Nellie Oleson .  She was wickedly mean and spoiled to the curd, and I loved her.  Oh, not right away.  Growing up, I despised her like everyone else.  "But just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."  (me doing Van Zandt doing Pacino , but whatever.)  Nellie Oleson, as played by Alison Arngrim was just a whole lot of fun to watch. And think about this a minute.  While the other kids from the show were getting fan letters and gifts, Alison was actually receiving hate mail.  She was only fifteen