From the Desk of Lou Waxman

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer: Lou Waxman Goes Drinking at the Movies

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer: Lou Waxman G...

What does George Thorogood have to do with Jaws, Frank Booth, Cobra, Yuengling Porter, Cousin Eddie, teenage basements and Sean Fennessey’s unforgivable ignorance of Narragansett? More than Lou can explain...

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer: Lou Waxman G...

What does George Thorogood have to do with Jaws, Frank Booth, Cobra, Yuengling Porter, Cousin Eddie, teenage basements and Sean Fennessey’s unforgivable ignorance of Narragansett? More than Lou can explain...

Straight Down the Hatch: Dylan Thomas and the Poetry of Excess

Straight Down the Hatch: Dylan Thomas and the P...

Lou loves poetry. Poetry readings? That’s another story. A copy of Dylan Thomas Reading His Complete Recorded Poetry sends Lou from Charles Olson and the Beats to Bukowski, Welsh boozehounds,...

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Straight Down the Hatch: Dylan Thomas and the P...

Lou loves poetry. Poetry readings? That’s another story. A copy of Dylan Thomas Reading His Complete Recorded Poetry sends Lou from Charles Olson and the Beats to Bukowski, Welsh boozehounds,...

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Cash in the Trash: Lou Waxman Digs Up Andy Williams

Cash in the Trash: Lou Waxman Digs Up Andy Will...

What lies beneath the $2 vinyl bin? Goodwill. Yard sales. And finally, the trash. Lou Waxman digs through the cultural landfill with Andy Williams Million Seller Songs and discovers that...

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Cash in the Trash: Lou Waxman Digs Up Andy Will...

What lies beneath the $2 vinyl bin? Goodwill. Yard sales. And finally, the trash. Lou Waxman digs through the cultural landfill with Andy Williams Million Seller Songs and discovers that...

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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...