Every Sunday night in the late 70’s, I would do my best to stay awake long enough to hear Casey Kasem count down the hits on American Top 40. The show started at 8pm, which just happened to be my bedtime. So after my mom hit the lights and closed my bedroom door, I would […]
Dreams
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 […]
Karma Chameleon
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 […]
Ten Years Gone
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 […]
Love’s Theme
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 […]