July 2026

Lenny Kaye might hold the world record for the longest time between his first solo single and the arrival of his first solo album (non-compilation). Over 60 years ago he sang “Crazy Like A Fox” as Link Cromwell on a 45 and his Goin’ Local LP arrives at record stores on July 17th via Yep Roc Records.

Finally, thankfully, the CKLC DJ said Rush would play the Memorial Centre this fall, one night only, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada to support their new album Hemispheres. Get your tickets soon, he said. The show will sell out. This, I decided immediately, would be my first live concert. Parents be damned. Well, not so damned. One had to drive me and my friend Al from the suburbs downtown on that circled calendar date October 14th.

Cracking open the gatefold of 2001’s Weezer (“Green Album”) reveals a massive concert photo of Weezer, confetti raining from the sky, and this quote from opera composer Giuesppe Verdi: “Torniamo all’antico e sarà un progresso.” Roughly translating to “[l]et us return to old times and that will be progress,” Rivers Cuomo, Weezer’s primary songwriter and leader, is placing his ambition front and center. Nostalgia is powerful and the old times (i.e., 1994) had been good to Weezer.

Two square white plastic tables, side by side, held the turntable, the stereo receiver, with  tall speakers on either side. A tall bookcase held my parents’ album collection on the bottom two  shelves, low so I could reach them. Also on the shelf were two black plastic cases with handles  that held our collection of 45’s.

Q&A is a sometimes feature here at IHTOV, where a person (or persons) is given a set of questions about their record collection. Today’s guest is musician TJ Douglas