Life stories with a music theme.
In the summer of 1977, I was ten years old and playing my second year of organized baseball. In my first year, I wasn’t very good. In fact, I don’t think I recorded one single hit during the entire season. Understandably, I was rather reluctant to play again the following year. But my friends all […]
Driving down the road the other day, the song Karma Chameleon started playing on the 80’s channel. This isn’t my favorite channel, and when a song like this comes on my normal reaction is to – very quickly – change the channel. But on this particular day I was feeling a bit generous, so I decided to […]
A Fascination with Album Covers As a kid in the 70’s, one of my favorite things to do while listening to records was to fully examine every inch of the album covers. I especially loved the ones that folded open, providing double the entertainment. Sometimes you’d find lyrics or pictures. Occasionally you’d even see something printed on […]
This is quite possibly one of the most beautiful instrumental songs ever written. I’d like say that it’s aptly named, too – if “love” did indeed have a theme, this song feels appropriate. It’s one of the anchors on my Happy playlist, which I break out on fun occasions, or whenever I could use a […]
