From the Desk of Lou Waxman

Lawrence of Arabia, Bob Dylan, and the Art of Holding a Grudge

Lawrence of Arabia, Bob Dylan, and the Art of H...

Lou Waxman revisits the acclaimed Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack, but the real story is why his mother still hates the movie—and Bob Dylan. One old LP opens the door to...

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Lawrence of Arabia, Bob Dylan, and the Art of H...

Lou Waxman revisits the acclaimed Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack, but the real story is why his mother still hates the movie—and Bob Dylan. One old LP opens the door to...

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Tradition, Extra Credit, and Backstage Sin: Lou Waxman on Fiddler on the Roof

Tradition, Extra Credit, and Backstage Sin: Lou...

Lou Waxman finds a copy of Fiddler on the Roof at Vinyl Vogue but doesn’t need to spin it—he already lived it. The record sends him back to high school...

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Tradition, Extra Credit, and Backstage Sin: Lou...

Lou Waxman finds a copy of Fiddler on the Roof at Vinyl Vogue but doesn’t need to spin it—he already lived it. The record sends him back to high school...

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Beyond the Ninth Circle: Lou Waxman Discovers Debbie Lynn Davidson

Beyond the Ninth Circle: Lou Waxman Discovers D...

Lou Waxman ventures beyond Vinyl Vogue’s $2 bin into the Ninth Circle: the records nobody can even give away. Waiting there is Debbie Lynn Davidson’s I Want to Be a...

Beyond the Ninth Circle: Lou Waxman Discovers D...

Lou Waxman ventures beyond Vinyl Vogue’s $2 bin into the Ninth Circle: the records nobody can even give away. Waiting there is Debbie Lynn Davidson’s I Want to Be a...

Foreign Tongues and Forked Tongues: Lou Waxman on the Rolling Stones, Selling Out, and $62 Vinyl

Foreign Tongues and Forked Tongues: Lou Waxman ...

A $62 copy of the Rolling Stones’ Foreign Tongues forces Lou Waxman to confront two uncomfortable possibilities: the Stones may never have made a truly bad album, and he may...

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Foreign Tongues and Forked Tongues: Lou Waxman ...

A $62 copy of the Rolling Stones’ Foreign Tongues forces Lou Waxman to confront two uncomfortable possibilities: the Stones may never have made a truly bad album, and he may...

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Canterbury Tales from the Record Bin: Lou Waxman on The Poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer

Canterbury Tales from the Record Bin: Lou Waxma...

They are remaking The Odyssey yet again.  We have all the stories we need by this point in history.  We do not need any new ones.  Just remake all the...

Canterbury Tales from the Record Bin: Lou Waxma...

They are remaking The Odyssey yet again.  We have all the stories we need by this point in history.  We do not need any new ones.  Just remake all the...

Harlem Globetrotters 45 Review: Lou Waxman on Collecting, Memory, and the Thrill of the Hunt

Harlem Globetrotters 45 Review: Lou Waxman on C...

A battered Harlem Globetrotters 45 isn’t worth much on paper, but to Lou Waxman it’s priceless. One dollar buys more than an old record—it buys a ticket back to Saturday...

Harlem Globetrotters 45 Review: Lou Waxman on C...

A battered Harlem Globetrotters 45 isn’t worth much on paper, but to Lou Waxman it’s priceless. One dollar buys more than an old record—it buys a ticket back to Saturday...