From the Desk of Lou Waxman

Daddy Cool Teenage Heaven original Australian pressing vinyl LP album cover 1972

Daddy Cool, the Australian Invasion, and Why El...

Lou picks up Daddy Cool's Teenage Heaven hoping for something filthy and gets polished Australian doo-wop instead. The disappointment launches a sprawling, affectionate tour through the entire Australian Invasion of...

Daddy Cool, the Australian Invasion, and Why El...

Lou picks up Daddy Cool's Teenage Heaven hoping for something filthy and gets polished Australian doo-wop instead. The disappointment launches a sprawling, affectionate tour through the entire Australian Invasion of...

The Breakfast Club original motion picture soundtrack vinyl LP album cover 1985

Don't You (Forget About Me): Lou Rewatches The ...

Matt hands Lou the Breakfast Club soundtrack and Lou is not impressed — four instrumentals, a pile of filler, and one undeniable banger holding the whole thing together. But the...

Don't You (Forget About Me): Lou Rewatches The ...

Matt hands Lou the Breakfast Club soundtrack and Lou is not impressed — four instrumentals, a pile of filler, and one undeniable banger holding the whole thing together. But the...

Redd Foxx You Gotta Wash Your Ass live comedy vinyl LP album cover 1975Redd Foxx You Gotta Wash Your Ass live comedy vinyl LP album cover 1975

You Gotta Wash Your Ass: Redd Foxx, Party Recor...

The Vogue turns up a copy of Redd Foxx's 1975 live album and Lou goes deep on the most underrated pioneer in comedy history. Before Richard Pryor, before Eddie Murphy,...

You Gotta Wash Your Ass: Redd Foxx, Party Recor...

The Vogue turns up a copy of Redd Foxx's 1975 live album and Lou goes deep on the most underrated pioneer in comedy history. Before Richard Pryor, before Eddie Murphy,...

Steve Martin Let's Get Small and A Wild and Crazy Guy comedy vinyl LP album covers

Steve Martin, Eve Babitz, and the Art of Being ...

Lou stumbles on Steve Martin's first two stand-up albums at the Vogue and gets lost in a rabbit hole of platinum records, Grammy wins, and serious art collecting. From King...

Steve Martin, Eve Babitz, and the Art of Being ...

Lou stumbles on Steve Martin's first two stand-up albums at the Vogue and gets lost in a rabbit hole of platinum records, Grammy wins, and serious art collecting. From King...

Swearing in the Bushes vinyl LP album cover on Galatea Records circa 1960

Swearing in the Bushes, Dr. Dirty, and Porn Mag...

Lou gets fooled by a promising title and ends up with old-time New England Yankee humor instead of anything truly blue. The disappointment sends him down a rabbit hole of...

Swearing in the Bushes, Dr. Dirty, and Porn Mag...

Lou gets fooled by a promising title and ends up with old-time New England Yankee humor instead of anything truly blue. The disappointment sends him down a rabbit hole of...

Davie Allan and the Arrows Devil's Angels original soundtrack vinyl record album cover

Fuzz, Biker Flicks, and the Devil's Angels Soun...

From Grady Martin's happy studio accident to Keith Richards riffing on Satisfaction, fuzz guitar has always been rock's most gloriously filthy sound. This post traces fuzz's origins through the biker...

Fuzz, Biker Flicks, and the Devil's Angels Soun...

From Grady Martin's happy studio accident to Keith Richards riffing on Satisfaction, fuzz guitar has always been rock's most gloriously filthy sound. This post traces fuzz's origins through the biker...