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The confluence of music and attraction. This is part 1 of what will probably turn into a three part saga, LOL. I have to broadcast a warning before anyone reads this. And maybe I am being presumptuous but… if I have dated you, loved you, lusted after you, or had any romantic or semi-romantic relationship Read more
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From turntables, boom boxes, to the Walkman and the Discman, it’s back to a record player for me. Growing up Gen X, there was nothing quite as cool as your record player. Except maybe your boom box. But listening to record albums on a turntable was the ultimate and best music experience next to an Read more
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Marc Bolan THAT ROCK AND ROLL LOOK PART I David Johansen and Sly Stone. Icons. News of their recent passing has lit a fire under me to get going on this piece. I’m merging several different ideas here; fashion and music, jeans and cigarettes, and some other randomness. If you find yourself reading my nonsense, Read more
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On my road with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at the Warner in Erie, PA May 12, 2025 I desperately wanted to go see Devo in Cleveland on May 11 but I am concert buddy-less. I mean my husband will go to shows Read more
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The quest to see as many classic acts as possible continues with Daryl Hall and Glenn Tilbrook April 1 Warner Theater, Erie, PA As part of my quest to see as many older musicians as possible I saw Daryl Hall with special guest Glenn Tilbrook in April. This undertaking is not that easy where I Read more
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Cap’n Swing and Magic Pants were floatin’down the street. I’ve had a thing for rock singers my whole life. I mean who hasn’t, right? Way back when I was seven years old in second grade I fell under the spell of the boy who played the part of the Artful Dodger in the local high Read more
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WHAT A SHOW! It captured a moment in time and the fun this band was having at the start of their amazing run. I just re-read for the second time the 1997 Goldmine article The Cars: Shake it Up, Drive It Out by Steve Roeser. I had read parts of it several months ago but Read more
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On the anniversary of the death of Joe Strummer. Raise your hand if you pogo’d to Train in Vain. Or bounced your head and shoulders when you heard the opening riff of Should I Stay or Should I Go. Or got that thrilling feeling when you heard the sirens at the beginning of Police on Read more
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I don’t think so but… I’ve been working on a post for quite a while about what I think may be the not-so-hidden gem of all The Cars albums but it’s not quite where I want it yet. So because I haven’t posted in a while, I’m writing this as a sort of preface to Read more
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And the year I graduated from high school. I followed a thread on Twitter (I still can’t call it X) started by @PreetBharara in which he posed the question “What was the best song of 1984?”. Impossible to choose. I have been meaning to write about the music of 1984 for a while now in Read more
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