Back around the time Off The Wall was in heavy rotation on radio, I remember a friend’s sister calling in to the local radio station’s request line: 
“Stop playing all of that #*(@$& Michael Jackson music!” Back then, there was no escaping “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” and “Rock With You” on the radio, in the stores, or anywhere else. But what we didn’t know was that a follow-up album named Thriller would so capture the world’s attention that it would go on to become the biggest selling album of all time. In the aftermath of that success, Michael Jackson went beyond being a pop star: he became an icon of the 80s.
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Review: Suba, São Paulo Confessions
Today would have marked the 48th birthday of Mitar Subotic, the talented Yugoslavian producer and musician better known as Suba. 
Upon receiving a UNESCO scholarship for his musical accomplishments in Yugoslavia and arriving in Brazil in 1990, Suba began absorbing the local music scene and produced albums by such artists as Marina Lima, Edgard Scandurra, Mestre Ambrósio, perhaps best known for his production on Bebel Gilbert’s debut album Tanto Tempo. Tragically, Suba died in an apartment fire in 1999, only days after his own first recording, São Paulo Confessions, was released. With this article, we’re giving this visionary album a listen, and celebrating his work on his birthday.
Jazz At The SPA
One of our members at A&M Corner is Jeff Gehringer, who hosts the radio program “Jazz At The Spa” in Southern California. The stations broadcast on AM 1450 (KFSD) in San Diego’s North County and AM 1510 (KSPA) in Orange County, as well as a live internet stream. 
Currently, Jazz At The Spa airs on Saturday afternoons, Pacific time, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, with encore broadcasts from 6:00pm to 8:00pm Sunday evening, and 12:00pm to 2:00pm on Monday afternoon. Even better news: many of the two-hour shows are now archived online for download! Among the featured artists are such notables as Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, Henry Mancini, Ramsey Lewis, the Manhattan Transfer, Doc Severinsen, Burt Bacharach, Jack Jones, Tony Tennille and many others. Enjoy!
Vintage Boombox and Ghetto Blaster Museum
I’ve found a great “time waster” for all of you electronics geeks out there: Pocket Calculator’s Vintage Boombox and Ghetto Blaster Museum. If you ever owned a boombox, this is one site that’ll have you waxing nostalgic over those stereo behemoths of the past. Today’s portables can’t compare to some of these classics. I even owned one of those: the Sony CFD-5, which was the first boombox with CD player (basically, the D-5 Discman guts in a full-featured AM/FM/Cassette boombox). The site features dozens of pictures and descriptions…great reading!
A&M Corner’s Sergio Mendes Album by Album Series
Over at A&M Corner, we are launching a new Album by Album series. This 
one is dedicated to Sergio Mendes. About once per week, we will introduce a new album for discussion, and use the information we gather as part of a new, upcoming project that will include a revamped Mendes discography. Just posted is the first installment for the 1961 debut album, Dance Moderno. Click here to take part in our new series!