Archive for the 'Music' Category
Nostalgia Is Death
• July 29, 2020 • 1 CommentPosted in 1991, 1993, 2020, Family, Hopkins, Loneliness, Music, Religion, Social isolation, St. Paul
Tags: 108 Pierce Street, aging, Bob Dylan, Cathedral Hill, concerts, Covid-19, cruising, diaries, drive-ins, Easter, Evil Lizard King, fountain pen, Grammy awards, high school football, journals, Lone Star Grill, Los Angeles Times, Masters of War, Merriam Park, nostalgia, Oliver Stone, Persian Gulf War, rabbit hole, Robert Hilburn, Rough and Rowdy Ways, soda fountains, supper clubs, The Doors, Walt Whitman, William Allingham
A Run for the Roses (Part 3)
• December 4, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Kentucky, Music, Travel
Tags: 35W, a real journey, AM radio, buckwheat pancakes, Bud, Carefree Highway, Cathedral Hill, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Christopher Cross, country ham, CTS, Ellen, Gordon Lightfoot, Hoosier National Forest, Illinois, Indianapolis, Iowa City, James Brown, Japanese restaurant, Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Lynn, Mary Hopkin, road trips, St. Paul, Truth in Savings, Zen-like thinking
Wouldn’t You Know It, She Wouldn’t Show It
• November 9, 2017 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1970, 1971, Casco Point, Grandparents, Lake Minnetonka, Music, School
Tags: Aubrey, Bread, clock-radio, David Gates, diary, Everything I Own, It Don't Matter to Me, Jon Kutner, lyrics, Paul Revere and the Raiders, pop music, romantic love, Shirley Hills Elementary, songwriting, Spencer Leigh, stories, Sweet Surrender
Working on a Miss Terry (Part 2)
• July 20, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1988, 1989, Great Britain, Music, Theater, Writing
Tags: Alfred Lord Tennyson, Arthur Lewis, Arthur Sullivan, Berlin Wall, Clapham, Colin Vaines, Coventry, Cox and Box, David Puttnam, Dimbola, Edith Craig, Edward William Godwin, Ellen Terry, Engima Productions, Farringford, Felix Mendelssohn, Found Drowned, Freshwater Bay, G. F. Watts, George du Maurier, Isle of Wight, James Knowles, Joy Melville, Kate Terry, Mark Lemon, Metaphysical Society, Offenbach, Punch magazine, Reverend Charles Pritchard, screenwriting, Shakespeare, Smallhythe Kent, The Wandering Moon, Tom Taylor, Victorian theater, Victoriana, William Boyce
Keepsake (Part 2)
• March 31, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1971, 1986, 1987, 1988, Hopkins, Mound, Music, Writing
Tags: Andrea Schussler, Binary Universe, Boogie Man, Buddy Holly, Buddy's Scrapbook, Bunker's Bar and Grill, Dean McLeary, Don McLean, Dr. Buzzard, Holly Grail, I'll See You Tonight, J.I. Allison, Jerry the Apostle, Jimi Hendrix, Joe B. Mauldin, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Matt J. Durand, Matthew of Arimathea, Nancy, nightwalking, rock star, Shirley Hills Elementary, The Crickets, Tony, West Side Story
Keepsake (Part 1)
• March 24, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1986, 1987, 1988, Hopkins, Iowa, Music, Theater, Writing
Tags: American Pie, Buddy Holly, Buddy's Scrapbook, Chester, Chevy Bel Air, Clear Lake, Comanches, Dean McLeary, Don McLean, filmmaking, J.I. Allison, Jeffrey Dunne, Joe B. Mauldin, John Ford, John Wayne, Jon Bream, Leonard Bernstein, Matt J. Durand, New York City, nom de plume, Paul McCartney, photography, StarTribune, Summit Avenue, Surf Ballroom, The Crickets, The Crowded Room, The Dumond Stories, The Searchers, Well...All Right, West Side Story
No Vacancy
• December 30, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1991, 1992, 2001, 2016, Christmas, Florida, Minnetrista, Music, Religion
Tags: 400 Bar, Aztec Camera, City Pages, digital house of mirrors, Facebook, Family Project, Ginsu, Grace Slick, holiday depression, house fire, Instagram, Kimberly, Lisa, Love Ain't For Keepin', Marlee MacLeod, Mata Hari Dress, No Vacancy, Portland Avenue, R.E.M., Rain Parade, Reddit, Season of Silence, Selby Avenue, social media, star Christmas ornament, The Three O'Clock, Tumblr, Twitter, Unity Unitarian, Walgreens
Hey Mr. DJ!
• January 29, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1975, 1985, 1986, Casco Point, Hopkins, Iowa, Lake Minnetonka, Minnetrista, Music, Writing
Tags: Baibi Vegners, Bruce Springsteen, Captain and Tennille, Casco Point, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, David Bowie, DJ, E.G. Marshall, Elton John, Forest Lake, Gillette, Grandpa Maupin, Helen Reddy, Hopkins, Iowa City, Jeff Taylor, John Sebastian, Juicy Fruit, KDWB, Knollwood Towers West, Michelle, Miloš Forman, Neil Sedaka, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pall Malls, Panasonic flip clock radio, pop music, Queen, radio, Rob Sherwood, rock concerts, St. Paul Civic Center, Sweet, The Carpenters, The Eagles, The Lovin' Spoonful, Theron Hollingsworth, Tony Orlando and Dawn, True Don Bleu, Walker Art Center, WCCO, WDGY, WLKX-FM
Pen Pals (Part 2)
• December 5, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1980, 1981, Minnesota, Minnetrista, Music, Writing
Tags: Abigail Bilkus, airmail letters, Beethoven, Britain, Brooklyn, cassette tapes, French Impressionists, Germany, Glasgow, Harmony, intellectuals, Kierkegaard, Kim Perkins, letterwriting, Lindsay Clarke, Manchester, pen pals, postcards, Rembrandt, Rossetti, Scottish highlands, Turner
The Basement Tapes
• August 15, 2014 • 2 CommentsPosted in Minnesota, Casco Point, Media, Television, Music
Tags: 1970s radio, Allman Brothers, Alphonso Johnson, Billy Cobham, Billy Jack, Carl Carlton, cassette tapes, County Seat, Dartillac, DJs, Hall & Oates, In Search of Ancient Astronauts, Joe Walsh, John Denver, Kansas, KDWB, KQRS, LaBelle's, Musk Oil by Houbigant, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Pink Floyd, Pioneer stereos, Rod Serling, State Theatre, Steve Khan, The Eagles, Todd Rundgren, Tom Scott, UFOs
Completely in the Dark 