I was riding in the car the other day and a familiar song came over the radio: “No New Tale to Tell” by Love and Rockets from their Earth, Sun, Moon album. At the time, my brain was hopping around like a frog trying to avoid capture.  (Like the tree frog that got into my house […]

The name says it all (and look at the awesome album cover). If you like your basic rock guitar band from the 80’s, this is one of my favorites. I have their albums Offering and Nemesis. Most people my age would recognize the band by their most famous song – “Rock and Roll Party in […]

What I like most about music is the memories. Music brings back memories of memorable times in my life. So when I was sitting down to decide what musical artist to write about, the recent winter storms reminded me of the worst winter in my memory, and a particular song. When I think of Blue […]

In my current job, I travel quite a bit. I live out of my laptop bag and spend too much time in rental cars. My current travels remind me of my younger days in the Navy when I drove cross-country from duty station to duty station. It was the early eighties and there was a […]

I have an i-pod in my car that has over 5000 songs on it from all the cd’s I bought over the years. I have it set for shuffle and I never know what tune from what era of music is going to play next. Most songs bring back memories, but certain bands or songs […]

I like several genres of music, but I think the music you listen to while coming of age has special significance to most people. Growing up, I heard a lot of music from the 50’s & early 60’s because that’s what my parents listened to. I have a box full of 45 records from that […]

I just hit the age cutoff on 8-track tapes.  It’s not that 8-tracks weren’t around in my youth – it’s that I didn’t have an 8-track player.  Back then you only had one if you owned a home stereo or a car.  I had one of those plastic portable record players as a kid, and […]

Looking back, it’s funny to me now how fast music formats have changed. I started out with a portable record player and 45 records. I can’t imagine now having to wait between songs to change the record, but that’s what we did back when I was in elementary school. Back then, we didn’t buy as […]

I’ve always loved music — can’t play it, but love listening to it.  I was trying to think of the first song I ever owned.  Growing up in the 70’s it wasn’t i-pods or even a walkman, I had a portable turntable and 45 records.  It’s funny how much the music industry has changed since […]

The Offspring I like different styles of music, but my bread and butter is classic rock.  Maybe it’s an indicator that I’m getting old.  I remember my parent listening to oldies – 50’s and 60’s music – when I was a kid.  I liked that music too, but I still thought they were old for […]