My Favorite Albums – Interventions + Lullabies – The Format

You know me, oh you think you do, you just don’t seem to see,
I’ve been waiting all this time to be something I can’t define.
So let’s cause a scene, clap our hands and stomp our feet or something,
Yeah something, I’ve just gotta get myself over me.

Interventions + Lullabies was the debut full-length album by The Format, released on October 21, 2003, through Elektra Records, introducing listeners to the creative partnership of vocalist Nate Ruess and multi-instrumentalist Sam Means years before Ruess would become internationally famous with the band fun.

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Richard Simmons Dies

Simmons’ charismatic personality and unique approach to fitness caught the attention of television producers.

Milton Teagle “Richard” Simmons was born on July 12, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of Leonard Douglas Simmons Sr. and Shirley May (née Satin) Simmons. His mother was a traveling fan dancer and later a store cosmetics saleswoman,

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Stacks of 45’s – Sweet Surrender/Make It By Yourself

I’m givin’ up myself to you but I didn’t really lose at all
I gained the only love I’ve known and it never hurt me to fall

When I was young before I had cassettes, the only good way of making a playlist of songs was to stack 45s on the turntable. I would arrange for them to play my favorite songs in my favorite order. These posts are about records I had in my stacks.

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