Mapping Influences Over Time
I call this era College Intermission because my heart wasn’t in it and it felt like I was just waiting around for my life to resume. I would make a bunch of friends at college and all that but I never did get into a single computer class. Something a computer science major probably should …
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That first semester I had developed a routine. I’d drive to class which was an alien activity. I’d pick up my sister from middle school on the way home. In the evenings, I’d hang out at home. I still maintained regular study hours like they taught us at the Acaedmy. I’d turn the TV on …
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One of the early arrivals in my next engaement with Columbia House was Billy Idol. I must admit that I am at a bit of a loss as to how I decided to pick up this album. I can only assume that I heard White Wedding on the radio or saw the video for it. …
Was MTV really as big as I remembered it was back then? Even though our house didn’t have cable, MTV was still on our minds and we hungered for music videos. We never missed Friday Night Videos. It was the closest we could get to the MTV experience in our house. I think that MTV …
Continue reading “My Musical Evolution – Part 160 College Intermission When Music Videos Were King”
I don’t know why but for a 4 year period starting that autumn, I paid attention to radio and music videos more intently than I ever had. I still maintain that it was a ripple effect from MTV. Even on our 4 and half channels we had Friday Night Videos. Perhaps it was just a …
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After leaving Space Mountain, I slept for most of 3 full days. I felt exhausted but I’m sure that some level of depression was to blame as well. I moved back into mom’s house. Grandpa and I constructed a nice little bedroom in the basement. It had my old captains bed (which would be my …
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I have been having a blast “forcing” myself to listen to all these old albums start to finish like we did back in the day. Sitting, contemplating, trying to remember. Some things are absolutely clear others not so much and the rest lost to the fabric of time. It can be intoxicating. I find that …
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My last night on Space Mountain was extraordinarily busy in the bar. The place was packed. The Movie Midnight Express was on the small screen and everybody had gotten into it. I was in a hurry to get our party started. All summer long I had gotten into the habit of creating an experimental drink …
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Late in the summer, Adam and I made our last hitch hiking trip to Burlington. It seemed that everywhere we went, Madness Our House was being played as well as Naked Eyes Always Something There To Remind Me. When we got back, we spent the night in his room in Snafu Hollow. His radio was …
Although living on top of Mount Equinox was amazing good fun and staggeringly beautiful, we were more or less cut off from civilization. As a result, there wasn’t much in the way of new music being added to my collection. At this point I had 2 cassette carrying cases that held 24 cassettes each and …
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