Tuesday, 5/22/12

basement jukebox

Bobby “Blue” Bland, “That’s the Way Love Is” (Duke 1962)

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O.V. Wright, “That’s How Strong My Love Is” (Goldwax 1964)

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Jimmy Ruffin, “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted” (Motown 1966)

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lagniappe

found words

You’ve got [Cubs left fielder] Alfonso Soriano out there with Mickey Mantle’s knees. I’m not talking metaphor here. I think he really has Mickey Mantle’s knees.

—Jim Memolo, WGN Radio, Sunday’s post-game call-in show, following the Cubs’ third straight loss to the White Sox