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Produced by New Orleans' own Allen Toussaint and recorded in his hometown studio, Sea-Saint Studios. Hurricane Katrina demolished Sea-Saint in 2005. EDIT: I don't think Labelle's version was taken in the MAD Covers exercise -- here's the original by The Eleventh Hour. Very funky, but Labelle's...

[recordscratch] Whaaat!? I missed this exchange. Between Warwick and Labelle, though ... there really isn't a wrong answer.

Just for you, my man: Sembello shares a story about when Wonder first hired him on. Keep in mind that Sembello was still in high school at the time: Sembello: I just happened to be in the right place at the time thanks to a friend of mine. He woke me up one Sunday morning and told me that this...

“Who punched you in the lips? For what? “What you mean ‘nothing’? Nobody get punched for nothing. What’d you do? “Don’t tell me ‘nothing’. You had to do something. “What did you do? No, don’t tell me ‘nothing’. “Nobody gets punched for nothing. What…? Eddie… “No, don’t say ‘nothing’. Eddie...

I went and put the text in black. Should show as white in Dark mode.

Your post prompted me to read up on Stevie's early-70s period and the musicians who worked on those albums. In a 2021 interview, Sembello shares a story about when Wonder first hired him on. Keep in mind that Sembello was still in high school at the time: I just happened to be in the right...

More clavinet goodness to boot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kLqW8hJ1jE The "Tell Me Something Good" bass line isolated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRI75ZyGdQI

Between his high school graduation and the formation of Raydio, guitarist Ray Parker, Jr also toured with Stevie Wonder. Who needs college?

My second post in this thread, from February 6, 2020. Yikes. Sometimes, I still can't believe in retrospect that COVID even happened after so many false alarms.

Kind of a watershed took place a few weeks ago. I was feeling a little nostalgic today about regularly checking Worldometers for U.S. COVID data., both in the very beginning and up through spring 2023. I've been looking in on the data every month or two over the last year, just to see where it's...

1) Because to me, it tastes pretty much the same. I don't drink black coffee, so subtle notes are lost on me. 2) Making two or three pots of coffee a week versus five pots (wouldn't make a pot on days in the office) is a significant enough cost savings for me to pursue, yes. And yes, things have...

There was something I left out, though I did kind of hint at it: If you intend to drink a pot of coffee over two days as I do, you need to maximize the coffee's "life span" up front. That's the point of not letting it sit on the burner after brewing. So ... if I forget, and leave 1/2 pot of...

Coffee brewed can be removed promptly from its heat source and kept in a covered container at room temperature until the next morning. It will be fine to drink, just needs to be reheated to your liking. You could even go a second day with it, but its flavor will degrade. I do this commonly. In...

In theory, you could go to town with gift cards, but you'd need a way to activate them. Packets of yeast? Gravy mix envelopes? Taco seasoning?

Every store in your area, or just one or two stores? My experience is like gianmarco's: NOBODY around here cares if they sell you broken eggs, mis-sized eggs, 10 eggs in a carton of 12, etc. It's all on the shopper. I guess you could go back later and get money back, new eggs, etc. ... but...