Category: Music

So many arriving-in-San-Francisco memories…

Janet Jackson: Control (1986)

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Wanna feel old?

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)

Some say this is one of the best rock-n-roll albums of all time.

My own Fleetwood Mac story can be found here.

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Damn, Andy Bell was cute. But then, weren’t we all at that age?

“Live never to be ashamed if anything you do or say is published around the world—even if what is published is not true.” ~ Richard Bach, Messiah’s Handbook

Quote above notwithstanding,  there’s a lot more to that photoshoot that I am not going to share. (Although if you were on a certain BBS in the early 90s you might’ve come across a photo from that shoot of me in a cowboy hat, leather vest, and…not much else.)

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Erasure: Lay All Your Love On Me (1992)

Looking at iTunes, the song has been covered by several artists over the years, but IMHO, there is only one definitive version of this ABBA classic:

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And how can we possibly forget when the album’s title track was forever burned in our memories?

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My bulwark against the world.

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Suzi Lane: Ooh, La, La (1979)

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Tainted Love and Sex Dwarf from Soft Cell: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981)

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The Trammps: Disco Inferno  (1976)

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I first heard Philip Glass’ Akhnaten in 1988, and this piece in particular has always given me chills.

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I was very old school today.

I realized I didn’t have this on MiniDisc today, so I went real-time recording. It brought me joy.

I also did a few others…

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Culture Club: Kissing to Be Clever (1982)

The year that performers like Boy George and Annie Lennox burst on the scene…it was the year of total androgyny.

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Grace Jones: Island Life (1985)

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Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygene (1976)

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Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygene 3 (2016)

And I stand by my original assessment…

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Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979)

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Eurythmics: Touch (1983)

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…to Kraftwerk’s Radioactivität on my black beauty.

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Fuck, I’m old.

Queen: A Night at the Opera (1975)

Everyone knows Bohemian Rhapsody, but my personal favorites on the album are 39 and Prophet’s Song.

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Long before The Shining, et. al., this is how I became acquainted with Wendy’s work back in my high school years:

BTW, the original soundtrack from The Shining is one of those recordings that was never officially released on CD, and good copies of vinyl on the market are ridiculously expensive:

(Click to embiggen.)

I had it in my collection back in the day. I wish now it had been among one of the few I’d held on to; not because of the value, but because of the music itself.

Of course, this led me on a search to see if it was available online for download (because I have an incomplete version in iTunes) and I was able to find it. My next MD ripping project… ????

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Madonna: You Can Dance (1987)

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Jean Michael Jarre: Equinoxe (1978)

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Grace Jones: Inside Story (1986)

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Madonna: Like A Virgin (1984)

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