Mapping Influences Over Time
Let me begin by saying that I have not yet purchased News Of The World as pictured here. My Columbia House cassettte was Queen’s Greatest Hits. I added this album cover because I wanted to take a moment to discuss album covers. As I rummaged through the racks of records and cassettes at local record …
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You might recall that I became a Monty Python fan by accident back in the third grade. Here at the Academy, Monty Python resurfaced. It had been years since I had seen or heard anything regarding Monty Python. I don’t even know how it came up. Somehow, a guy named Mark and I figured out …
Going to school at Vermont Academy was an amazing experience. First off, the location, Saxtons River, a tiny hamlet in southeast Vermont. The town’s population falling under 700 people. Joe Walsh lived there while I was in school. I saw him at the village market one day. I was still a few months away from …
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My Blondie 45’s weren’t needed long. I snapped The Best Of Blondie out of the Columbia House catalog. I had Heart Of Glass and The Tide Is High and a whole bunch more that would become beloved Blondie favorites. Here again is a mystery. I really liked Blondie, why did I not have the urge to collect their …
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Back in the Scratchy 45 Days, Mom had the single In My Room. We liked it as kids but it was one of those songs that we like to make fun of. I don’t recall exactly now. It may have been the lyrics or the delivery. It was OK but not a dear to heart …
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How could I have missed the J. Geils Band for all these years. I had no idea that the band started in 1967. When Freeze Frame blew it up they seemed to be a sudden sensation. The first J. Geils Band song that I heard was No Anchovies, Please. It seemed to make it on …
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A few posts back I told you about how my cousin Flavia would give me an album for Christmas every year. Pat Benatar’s Crimes Of Passion was one of those albums. I feel like I had never heard of Pat Benatar prior to that Christmas. I suppose I could have gotten to Hit Me With …
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I’m certain that I heard Tainted Love on the radio or the Rock-ola juke box in the student lounge. I don’t think I’ve ever met anybody else that owned this album. I remember reading some scathing reviews on it that were so scathing that they were really funny. Still for all of its talent and …
I’ve been writing about the Academy Days for a while now and I’m having that nagging format question pop up again. It seems that I’m just going through my Academy Days music album by album. Is that boring? Here’s what is happening behind the scenes. I’m at my computer with my Windows Media Player running. …
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How could I have not mentioned Star Trek? My mind has been so focused on records, radio and other musical influences that Star Trek seems to have slipped my mind. I guess Star Trek may not seem like an obvious musical influence. Oddly enough, it was some cable channel surfing last night that reminded me. …
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