From the Desk of Lou Waxman

KISS Alive! album cover showing the band performing in black and silver stage costumes beneath the KISS logo.

KISS Alive!: Would Lou Lie to You?

Is KISS Alive! real? Lou takes the scenic route through swimming pools, London pubs, and barroom legends before asking whether the truth is even the point.

KISS Alive!: Would Lou Lie to You?

Is KISS Alive! real? Lou takes the scenic route through swimming pools, London pubs, and barroom legends before asking whether the truth is even the point.

Buzzy Linhart’s 1972 Buzzy (The Black Album) cover, with a shadowed portrait against a black background

Buzzy Linhart’s The Black Album: Mystery, Skunk...

A mysterious LP from The Vogue sends Lou from Buzzy Linhart and Skunk Baxter to working poets, competitive swimming, and the broken promises of Meatballs.

Buzzy Linhart’s The Black Album: Mystery, Skunk...

A mysterious LP from The Vogue sends Lou from Buzzy Linhart and Skunk Baxter to working poets, competitive swimming, and the broken promises of Meatballs.

Thin Lizzy’s Fighting: Lottery Dreams & Vinyl Obsessions

Thin Lizzy’s Fighting: Lottery Dreams & Vinyl O...

A billion-dollar lottery fantasy sends Lou from Hollywood daydreams to record-store road trips, with Thin Lizzy’s Fighting in the bag and Live and Dangerous still on the wish list.

Thin Lizzy’s Fighting: Lottery Dreams & Vinyl O...

A billion-dollar lottery fantasy sends Lou from Hollywood daydreams to record-store road trips, with Thin Lizzy’s Fighting in the bag and Live and Dangerous still on the wish list.

Christopher Cross’s self-titled debut album cover, featuring a pink flamingo against a pastel sunset and green sea.

Christopher Cross: Yacht Rock, MTV & More Cheek...

Christopher Cross’s self-titled debut sends Lou into MTV’s obsession with image, the rock heavyweights he loves, and a detour through Hollywood drinking movies and Charles Bukowski.

Christopher Cross: Yacht Rock, MTV & More Cheek...

Christopher Cross’s self-titled debut sends Lou into MTV’s obsession with image, the rock heavyweights he loves, and a detour through Hollywood drinking movies and Charles Bukowski.

Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma album cover with the band arranged around a doorway and a repeating framed image.

Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma: Million-Dollar Guitars ...

A copy of Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma sends Lou from the record bins to million-dollar guitar auctions, Robert Johnson’s elusive Holy Grail, and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road scroll—with a few...

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Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma: Million-Dollar Guitars ...

A copy of Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma sends Lou from the record bins to million-dollar guitar auctions, Robert Johnson’s elusive Holy Grail, and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road scroll—with a few...

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Blodwyn Pig’s Ahead Rings Out album cover featuring a pig wearing headphones and sunglasses.

Blodwyn Pig’s Ahead Rings Out: British Blues, J...

A record-bin find sends Lou into Blodwyn Pig’s Ahead Rings Out, where British blues meets jazz-rock—and a few detours through Shake n’ Bake, Andy Warhol’s Pork, and the joy of...

Blodwyn Pig’s Ahead Rings Out: British Blues, J...

A record-bin find sends Lou into Blodwyn Pig’s Ahead Rings Out, where British blues meets jazz-rock—and a few detours through Shake n’ Bake, Andy Warhol’s Pork, and the joy of...