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

  • 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

  • BILLY IDOL

    Eyes Without a Face is THE perfect song. HTF did he not get more fan votes for the Rock Hall?????? I’d been thinking about including Billy Idol here for a while, and his nomination for inclusion in the RnR HoF, long overdue IMO, spurred me on to talk about this perfect song- Eyes Without a… Read more

  • Part of my PERFECT song series. Not Enough Time is THE perfect song! And how the hell did they not get enough fan votes for the Rock Hall? SMH… Since INXS has been nominated for the Rock Hall they are next up for THE perfect song. It was really, really difficult to pick one song… Read more

  • One of my picks for my PERFECT SONG SERIES The Emperor’s New Clothes by Sinead O’Connor is the perfect song. I should have posted this at least yesterday on St. Patrick’s Day if not earlier but as usual I’m late so here we are today. It may not be her best song- but it was… Read more

  • How was 1986 forty years ago? This is the first in a series of essays about THE perfect songs from that long ago spring. Blackwell Hall on the Circle of William Smith College. Some fun was had here! I Can’t Wait by Nu Shooz is THE perfect song. That distinctive bass and hand clap is… Read more

  • Going Solo Part 3

    Here I go again….. Over Thanksgiving I attended two shows at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, a very nice smaller venue with great sight lines and acoustics.  It’s a cool place if you don’t mind standing for a show.  There are some seated areas but mostly reserved for people with extenuating circumstances.  This is a… Read more

  • Going Solo Part 2

    You’ll meet spectacular people! Gov’t Mule September 1, Terminal B at the Outer Harbor, Buffalo, New York. This is a fantastic new venue on Buffalo’s waterfront. Easy access, tons of free parking, good food and beverage options, fantastic views of the lake. Outstanding sunsets. I think music is best listened to live and outside. And… Read more

  • Going Solo!

    Don’t hesitate! Better than missing out, that’s fo sho! Solo shows- Part 1 DSO at Borderland Festival, Knox Farm State Park, East Aurora, New York Donnie Iris and the Cruisers, Robins Theater, Warren, Ohio Jerry Casale and John Zabrucky at the Medici Art Museum, Warren, Ohio I love live music.  I mean I LOVE live… Read more

  • To All the Boys Part 3

    1986 and ’87, Geneva, New York. Ready for the spring formal for one of the fraternities, maybe Phi Sig, at Hobart College. In my thrifted dress, haha, and my grandma’s jewelry. And a really interesting shade of blonde hair. But my tan was looking good! Ha ha! Lol! I thought I could do this in… Read more