Mapping Influences Over Time
I know that I keep circling back to MTV and I know how silly it sounds given what it has devolved into today but back in the 1980’s, back in the MTV’s first decade, it was important in an inexplicable way. It was still ground breaking radio for your eyes as well as your ears. …
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If I had to graph my relationship with Lisa during The Rise & Fall Of ’84, I feel it would look like this. It was a steady climb that suddenly reached the stratosphere only to instantly come crashing back to earth in flames. So I go on that church weekend and after it was over …
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I came to the realization that this project will not end with the closing of 2012 like I originally planned. That is because My Musical Evolution will continue. I do foresee that it will change. Instead of being a retrospective, it will be a live feed as I report in real time the latest influences …
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My first car was a blue 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 very similar to the one pictured here. It was originally my Grandpa’s and he bought it new. It had some miles on it and it didn’t have power steering or seat belts but the body was in excellent shape. No seat belts. That seems like such …
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