Monthly Archives: April 2010
That ’70s song, Vols. 15 and 16
Taking that trip back to 1970 can be a tricky thing. It wasn’t always a sunny day with one glorious tune after another pouring from the radio. I was reminded of that the other night as I watched “The War … Continue reading
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A matter of convenience
The phone rang a few minutes after noon. It was my dad, calling from the convenience store, where he’d stopped after going out for lunch. Come to find out, stopping at the convenience store was the problem. As Dad pulled … Continue reading
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After further reviews
When I started doing this, I hoped only to share my music collection with you, to make some use of all those records I’d bought over 35 or so years, just as if we were sitting together in my rec … Continue reading
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That ’70s song, Vols. 13 and 14
Here’s proof again of how the Top 40 charts varied from place to place, from market to market, in the spring of 1970. Forty years ago this week, the great “Vehicle” by the Ides of March was rocketing up the … Continue reading
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Still Amazing
Opportunities to dig for records in our corner of Wisconsin run in streaks. We ride out long dry spells, waiting for a month like this: – Turns out our local used record emporium — Amazing Records — won’t be closing … Continue reading
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