If Only I had Listened Closer…

There are a number of crystal clear memories I have of my childhood.
Many of these memories are uncovered when I hear a song I haven’t heard in years (or decades).
One of those memories came back to me this morning while listening to XM44:Fred- the “New Wave” station.
Dad used to be a computer technician, back when [...]

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“Present” E: Entertainment

In the summer when I turned 10 (that’d be 19 years ago for those of you playing at home), I was supposed to see Debbie Gibson and Tiffany at the local amusement park.

Fate, as it ends up, was in the air, along with the thunder and lighting and eventual raining out of the event.
So, in [...]

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… and then it hit me….

I’m listening to “Fred on 44″ which is like a new wave station.
At noon, they have a program called “One Revolution (around the sun)” in which they spotlight a year of music for an hour.  Usually pretty cool.
So I’m mindlessly typing away, thinking about when I first heard nine inch nails and I thought “ha [...]

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Okay Bob, I got the message.

The past couple of nights, I’ve been having upsetting/frustrating dreams.
Last night was no exception.
It is not a secret that I HATED high school (what, like 10 years ago, whatever).  HATED.  LAMENTED.  DESPISED.  I would often mope around, commenting, “If these are the best years of my life, I am fucked.”  You get the gist of [...]

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Tragically Hip- Bobcaygeon

1) A long long time ago (VERY pre-Steve) (say around 1998) when this song first came out, I had just become involved with a new (yet typical) romance.
In fact, I had met this person like two days before I moved into another county.  Figuring that things wouldn’t work out, I opted to go on another [...]

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The White Album by The Beatles

Used to be that The Beatles landmark recording, The White Album, would send me into a catatonic state.  (in a bad way).
I have some pretty nasty memories associated with The Beatles in general (as is with the Eagles and Beach Boys) and just listening to them would make me very pensive and quiet.
On the way back [...]

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“No, YOU make no sense!”

We’re out to dinner, watching the Sabres game, and the restaurant is trying to set ambiance by playing music clips as you would hear them at the arena.
me: Wow, they’ve broken out the KernKraft2000.
him: The what?
me: This song.  It’s called Zombie Nation and it’s by KernKraft2000.
him: This song is HORRIBLE!  Why is it even in existence?  (BTW, [...]

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Ear Piercing

“If you leave me now” by Chicago makes me want to poke my pen into my ear canal.
That man’s worbling, “awwwww-woooo-aaahhh-oooowwww”.
So, just, annoying.
And right after I get off hearing the song on hold, it plays on my co-workers radio.
*hums “My Own Summer”*

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