Category Archives: Music of the 1980’s

On Time & Music

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

“Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid”. Frank Zappa 1940 ~1993   The trick here for me is to find a Zappa song that passes … Continue reading →

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A Pocket Full Of Memories

Posted on January 6, 2019 by

I fell and hit my head last night. Nothing serious, but it did shake loose a few memories that I decided to share this afternoon. It was 1982-83 and I was completing my studies at the once venerable Cincinnati College … Continue reading →

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Counting Down, #1

Posted on December 25, 2018 by

Note:  I hit “publish” instead of “preview”, so this was released about 8 hours early. *** Non-traditional, indeed, but I’m not a Silent Night kind of guy. My favorite, contemporary Christmas song, like #2,  is also written by Ian Anderson, … Continue reading →

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Wanna Start Over?

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

Anyone else ever have this thought? I am pretty sure I’m not the only one battling middle age who has pondered this. Then again, it is a very different world from 1974. If you were like me, (58),  you might … Continue reading →

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It Starts To Worry Me

Posted on December 11, 2018 by

What a busy couple of weeks, and it has nothing to do with the upcoming Christmas holiday. It’s just life . . . and maybe a little eschatological urgency. Early starts and late endings and it seems that as I get … Continue reading →

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December

Posted on December 4, 2018 by

Another quintessential, Winter album. Here, in its entirety, George Winston, December.. Music for any day of the year. Click below and enjoy 39 minutes of beautiful while you contine your work.

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Bold Indeed

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

The 1980s were a bold time for music and Chip Davis was one of the boldest, with his band, Manheim Steamroller,  being responsible for the Fresh Aire series of albums and then CDs. “New Age” music for the huddled masses. Manheim … Continue reading →

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An Over 40 Victim Of Fate

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

“I start my day with Cap’n Crunch and end my day with Captain Morgan. Apparently, I want to be a pirate.   I’ve been blogging since January of 2010 and I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned a Jimmy Buffet song. … Continue reading →

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A Five Year Anniversary

Posted on July 10, 2018 by

It can’t be five years?   But, it is. I originally wrote about the death of Peppi Marchello in a piece called, My Youth is Officially Over. I heard my first, Good Rats song in the Fall of 1976. . … Continue reading →

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In America

Posted on July 4, 2018 by

Happy Independence day, Y’all. This is the Charlie Daniels Band patriotic hit song from 1980. The song was released during the Iranian Hostage crisis and showed the renewed patriotism in the United States during that time. The song was also … Continue reading →

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