Mapping Influences Over Time
I find it interesting to look back at the past 100 posts, particularly the ones that feauture the music from the radio and MTV. Seeing it all in this condensed time lapse format highlights how quickly the popular mainstream music sound changed over the course of the decade. Men Without Hatsand Culture Club faded away …
Continue reading “My Musical Evolution – Part 287 Roach Days Revisited I Want My MTV”
The Roach Days were probably the time in my life when music was the biggest thing going on. Sure we did other things but generally, we listened to music most of the time. We had MTV on, or played stuff from our rather large music collection, had parties or played our guitars. It seemed that the …
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Living at The Roach Motel with Aric was a blast. I couldn’t have asked for a better house mate. I hope I was as courteous and supportive to him as he was to me. I almost said that I was at the perfect age again but that really doesn’t cover it. It was a great …
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You might recall that I had bought a guitar from the pawn shop and struggled to get anything but pain from it. I also bought a Fender Dual Showman Tube Bass Amp from Brian with a big Woodson cabinet sporting dual 15″ speakers. I don’t know why I bought a Bass amp for my guitat. …
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Penny and I lasted until the end of the year with the last month being more off than on. Again I felt the stinging numbness of heartbreak and loss. Looking back on it decades later, I wonder if I was really broken up over Penny or just at the idea of breaking up. Were those …
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