The SFB

Random musings from a Gen X life lived on the edge… of nothing except Lake Erie. 70s and 80s pop culture and music.

  • Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hairShining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxenGive me down to there, hair, shoulder length or longerHere baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy Hair, flow it, show itLong as God can grow, my hair I want to wish a very happy birthday to one of the most special humans I… Read more

  • Morning Cry

    “…you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.”― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning When I meditate or listen to the universe every morning, when I’m sitting in my yard in the sun, snow or rain I almost always have… Read more

  • Robert Palmer and Addicted to Love May, 1986. Robert Palmer and five red lipped beauties. That beat. Those lyrics. Yeah, I’m talking about a hot, hot, hot PERFECT song that peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 3, 1986 and spent a week there. Addicted to Love. What. A. Fucking. Great. Song.… Read more

  • Another perfect song from the spring of ’86. Was there a bigger song in the spring of ‘86 than The Outfield’s Your Love? Well, probably but that’s the one up for discussion next while I’m reliving the spring of ‘86. Here’s a funny coincidence. A former student of mine, I taught middle school English, posted that… Read more

  • EXITS

    Did I intentionally ignore the exit signs? And will there be re-entrances? Saw a post on Facebook that got me thinking about exits. About people with whom you were once close, or with whom you thought you were close, exiting your life. Those individuals that you shared intimate details with, secrets, longing, ideas, music. Sometimes… Read more

  • when your playlist needs a cleansing from holiday music. Madonna and Holiday So, I’m kinda tired of Christmas music.  I usually love it but something in my brain chemistry is different this year and apart from a few favorites I’ve mostly avoided it. So instead of actual holiday music I thought I’d talk about a… Read more

  • I wrote this at the start of the new year… hoping, praying and trying to manifest some fiery forward momentum for 2026. 2026. The Year of the Fire Horse starts in a little less than a month.  According to Chinese astrology, the Fire Horse is intense and powerful. I’m ready for intense and powerful- in… Read more

  • In 1979 Rod the Mod went disco and a certain seventh grade girl was awestruck. Because it’s February and this world needs more love right now, and because it’s absolutely freezing outside…I’m going to focus on some songs that are about hot lovin’- in all forms.  I have loved the particularly hot artist who sang… Read more

  • From my Valentines Day themed YouTube THE perfect song series. Chrissy Hyde is such a badass! Back with the second love themed song for this month. I low-key hate Valentine’s Day but I love this perfect song about love.  The Pretenders Message of Love was released forty five years ago this month.  I was in… Read more

  • Valentines season picks for THE perfect song. Even though Valentine’s Day is over, it’s still February, so I’ve got one more hot song about lovin’ that I want to talk about. Can’t really make a list of hot songs and not include something by Prince, and his early perfect hit I Wanna Be Your Lover… Read more