Random Record Pick: Booker T and the MGs, Universal Language

Vinyl record of Booker T and the MGs, Universal Language.For more photos, connect to @afrancisb on Instagram.

Random Record Pick is a way to organize and archive an always-growing collection of vinyl records. Each record is randomly picked from a shelf or crate or dusty corner of my house, a photo is taken of the cover, and then the entire record is played all the way through, even if it’s terrible. 

Random Record Pick: Weather Report, Heavy Weather

Vinyl record of Weather Report, Heavy Weather.For more photos, connect to @afrancisb on Instagram.

Random Record Pick is a way to organize and archive an always-growing collection of vinyl records. Each record is randomly picked from a shelf or crate or dusty corner of my house, a photo is taken of the cover, and then the entire record is played all the way through, even if it’s terrible. 

Random Record Pick: The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! (Live at “The Club”)

Vinyl record of The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! (Live at "The Club").For more photos, connect to @afrancisb on Instagram.

Random Record Pick is a way to organize and archive an always-growing collection of vinyl records. Each record is randomly picked from a shelf or crate or dusty corner of my house, a photo is taken of the cover, and then the entire record is played all the way through, even if it’s terrible. 

Gay Nude: The Talkin’ Headline Blues #117

The Talkin’ Headline Blues is a weekly series of recordings using unedited headlines from CNN.com written as a song. This week’s topic: Gay Nude.

Gay Nude: The Talkin' Headline Blues #117

“Ban that gay cyberwar from Mom.”
Harsh sea does sense beach.
Nude drunk battles dashcam gas.

Songwriting, home recording and vinyl records from Chicago folk singer and songwriter Andrew Francis.