Originally Pressed Mysteries
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I wish I was tall. Not all the time, mind you. Just moments like today, when I was balancing precariously on a stepstool on my tiptoes. The bakery had an order come in for fifteen dozen cookies for a teacher’s appreciation event at the grade school. There was no way we’d be able to fill … Read more
A Conversation with Tony DeLucca, Future Proprietor of B-Sharp Vintage Records, as taken from the Flat Rock Gazette. The Monroe Street storefront that had been the subject of quiet speculation around town for the better part of a month looked, on the afternoon of our visit, like the inside of a very organized fever … Read more
I can’t believe that I was twenty minutes late to my own interview. In my defense, the Halversons’ three-tier wedding cake wasn’t going to deliver itself, and the rain that started somewhere around eight that morning had no interest in stopping for anyone’s schedule. To add insult to injury, I’d made it back downtown and … Read more
I’ll be honest with you about something before we start. When Kevin asked me to sit down with authors and write about them, I said yes before I fully understood what I was agreeing to. That’s a habit of mine that Stacy has been trying to break me of for years. Just look at our … Read more
Released in 1977 ABC Records Produced by: Gary Katz Recorded at: Various studios, Los Angeles Billboard Peak: #3 Weeks on Chart: 60 Grammy Awards: 3, including Album of the Year (1978) Certified: 5x Platinum Personnel: 42 session musicians across 7 tracks Side One: Black Cow, Aja, Deacon Blues Side Two: Peg, Home at Last, I … Read more
Every April, they show up. You know who I mean. The ones in the vintage band shirts that are too clean. Who ask if we have anything “rare” without being able to tell you what rare means. They pick up a copy of Dark Side of the Moon, stare at it like they’ve discovered an … Read more
People ask me a lot of things. Working in a retail space within a small town will do that to you. After enough years, you start to notice the questions you hear the most often. As I sifted flour this morning for a batch of donuts, I realized what mine were. The first one is … Read more
Chapter 1 The Slim Whitman record had come in on Tuesday, tucked between a reissue of Ambrosia’s One-Eighty and a copy of Herb Alpert’s Whipped Cream that someone had special-ordered a month ago and never picked up. I’d set it aside behind the counter with Marveen Huppert’s name on a Post-it note, and called to … Read more
Flat Rock Volunteer Fire Department to Host Pancake Breakfast, Flat Rock Police Department to Review Arrest Procedures, A Note From Brenda Welch: Bear Claw Bakery, Signs of Spring, Seen Around Town, Advertisement: Klein’s Pharmacy
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