I Spent An Entire Sunday Afternoon Listening to Love Songs

I think we all need to.

Photo Taken by Author, Card Written by Author’s Son

It started out harmlessly enough. I was listening to a record by Yusef Lateef called Eastern Sounds. I was smiling to myself over a discovery I had recently made after hearing (for the first time) the initial track on the B side: “Love Theme From Spartacus”. Within seconds, I recognized the melody as part of a sample from one of my all-time…