That delightful image is, of course, a parody of the famous cover of Herb Alpert’s 1965 album Whipped Cream & Other Delights. I didn’t realize the extent to which that dairy product-derived fantasy had been mocked until I saw a display at a nearby bar of numerous cover parodies, [...]

When I arrived at Old Town School of Folk music to see Booker T. last night, I was trying hard to temper my expectations with the reality of diminished returns. Sitting down and seeing his boxy wooden organ set up on the left end of the stage was thrilling, but it also made me wary [...]