Mapping Influences Over Time
To the 1982 me, Journey was one my pillar bands. Kansas, Styx, Boston, and REO Speedwagon and Journey all seemed to fit well together. Is it a coincidence that they all are named after location or transportation related things? I drove my REO Speedwagon on a Journey from Kansas of the river Styx all the way …
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Here is another spin off from the Heavy Metal Soundtrack. It was another in the Christmas presents from my cousin series and I am so grateful. I was familiar with Open Arms from Heavy Metal but the rest of the album was just as good. Of course it is full of hits and radio favorites …
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Although I didn’t actually own any showtunes during the Academy Days, the musical was a part of my life at this time. VA did a musical every year. I always seemed to be involved at some level. Being at rehearsals night after night, it was difficult to not get into the music. The big standouts …
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As we discussed, my introduction to Pat Benatar was Crimes Of Passion that I received as a Christmas gift. I back filled with In The Heat Of The Night, then went forward with Precious Time. This album was good but didn’t quite reach me like her previous two. In fact, it seems that I liked …
I liked this album so much that I actually bought the cassette twice. I got my first one from Columbia House and played in until it met an untimely end. As I think about trying to fix it by pulling most of the magentic tape out of the cassette then gently and carefully spooling it …
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We talked about the movie Grease and the soundtrack. It was a couple of years earlier but that faux 1950’s theme seemed to get people’s attention. When my friend Dave shared Stray Cats with me, it seemed like a continuation of that theme. Looking at the cover of Built For Speed it looks like Stray …
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Before we get started, I want to draw your attention to the Tag Cloud at the bottom of the page. While not scientific, I think it is an interesting display. It makes me wish I would have developed some system at the beginning and followed it all the way, then the Tag Cloud could be …
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The first spin off from the Heavy Metal Soundtrack was Devo. I had heard Whip It and new about the flower pot hats. Working In A Coal Mine helped me decide to check them out further. I picked up their newest New Traditionalists and Freedom Of Choice at the same time. The New album had …
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I can’t remember which came first, the Heavy Metal Magazine or the Heavy Metal movie Soundtrack. For a long time I was getting the magazine, at least a year. I had a pretty good stack of them. If you’ve never seen Heavy Metal magazine, it is basically a sci-fi fantasy comic book that targets 16 …
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The Weekly schedule at prep school was a little different. We had half days on Wednesdays. To make up for it, we had classes on Saturday mornings. Yes everybody had to do sports or activities which I ended up liking very much. Due to the population and geography of the Lakes Region Conference it meant …
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