{"id":1574,"date":"2012-08-03T08:06:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T12:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2012-08-03T08:06:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T12:06:21","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-188-the-rise-fall-of-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/08\/03\/my-musical-evolution-part-188-the-rise-fall-of-84\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 188 The Rise & Fall Of ’84 Summer On Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Home<\/a>Lisa had a paper route. She delivered papers\u00a0to who knows how many homes in her little neighborhood. To speed up the process, she did it on roller skates.\u00a0 If I wanted to spend time with her, I had to join her on the route. I jogged at first but skating looked kind of fun.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have skates and for some reason was not satisified with going out and buying a pair of those black boot style skates. So I made my own from scatch. Yes, that photo you see are the actual skates I made duringThe Rise & Fall Of ’84.\u00a0 They look rather MTV inspired don’t they? I still have them to this day but it has been many years since I’ve tried to use them.<\/p>\n

I had some nice hockey skates and had spent a little time on the ice when I was in Vermont. So\u00a0I wasn’t completely alien to the mechanics of skating. It was different and falling had a more severe punishment than sliding long slippery ice.<\/p>\n

Lisa was a fairly accomplished skater and looked quite graceful even though her store bought skates were not nearly as cool as mine. She could also skate backwards with ease, something I have never been able to do.<\/p>\n

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Duran Duran – The Reflex<\/em>
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