Who else remembers getting the dELiA*s catalog in the mail and dreaming of getting a new denim maxi skirt with a cloud or rainbow print top to go with it?
Mike Gagne and I decided we'd take a ride to Cathedral Pines Campground of Flagstaff Lake in Eustis this past Saturday. Marie-Anne, Michelle and Evan (my wife, daughter and grandson) were camping there with family, some of the Mike's, and friends.
As it is Friday and we're going into the last shopping weekend before Christmas, I thought I'd lift your spirits a bit by presenting the #1 songs on this day (December 19, 2014) from 30, 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 years ago according to Billboard.
It's back to school time. Well okay, there are a few weeks of summer left, but this being a ‘Throwback Thursday’ I thought I’d reminisce about going back to school in the 80s.
This being a ‘Throwback Thursday’ I thought I'd bring up songs that bring a person back. What are some of the songs that take you back to a simpler time? For me it’s not always the songs that I really liked in their day it’s sometimes the ones that actually I disliked.
On this date January 10th back in 1949, the vinyl record was introduced by RCA. Records like you may have seen in your parents’ basements or attics. As I wrote yesterday I only have one LP (33.3 RPM record in my possession). That wasn’t the case way back in my younger days.
Earlier today on ‘Retro Lunch’ I heard, “1979” by Smashing Pumpkins as I was driving into work. That’s one of those songs that brings me back to what I was doing and where I was. It was big in the mid to late spring in 1996. The weather was getting warm and we were all cruising around the loop in downtown Bangor. At the time I was working weekend radio and doing overnights at a convenience store s
We bought a house back in June of this year. Have you ever wondered what your old place looked like after you moved out? Earlier today I had that chance.