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.

music of the 70s and 80s

  • 1978, New Wave, and The Cars

    Another take on the New Wave cred of my current favorite old band and a little review of the musical bounty of 1978. Here’s a topic that is adjacent to my obsession with The Cars:  the music of 1978. I’ve hopped in the way back machine and have been reliving my past; specifically when I… Read more

  • Searching for Ben Orr.

    Kind of weirdly personal and took a long time to write this one. I also hesitated quite a while before sharing, but here goes… Benjamin Orr. Gifted singer, talented musician, gorgeous human, sad, happy, “randy”, funny, quiet, father, bandmate, son, brother, lover, husband. Ben died twenty four years ago this month, a few minutes before… Read more

  • 1980 and the Teenage Soundtrack of a New Decade

    And where have 44 years gone? I wrote about the greatness of music from 1978, so time to discuss the tunes that ushered in the ‘80s. A new decade and new beginnings for me as I finished middle school and entered high school. What an awkward time in a person’s  life- thirteen and fourteen years… Read more

  • Remember the thrill of buying records and listening to your favorite song on the radio?

    An adjacent topic that’s not about Benjamin Orr! All of the internet reading and researching I’ve been doing tracing the history of The Cars lately has got me thinking about the music landscape, concerts, and how much things have changed in the last- almost fifty- years since I really became cognizant of the power of… Read more