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Black Sabbath – The Original Six
To commemorate scoring Black Sabbath concert tickets for the April 20, 2014 show in Calgary, I decided to make my largest and longest post yet. Most of you wouldn’t give a crap about this stuff, but please indulge an old man and his neurotic hangups. Thanks to my ongoing sell off ofRead More…
My Experiences With Vinyl Media
As far as my experiences with vinyl records are concerned, it is hard to know where to begin, but all of those experiences were memorable. At 59, I am old enough (and hopefully wise enough) to understand that nostalgia and memories from one’s youth tend to positively bias your feelingsRead More…
The Pirates of Los Angeles: Music, Technology, and Counterculture in Southern California
In 1978, with a new album on the way and a growing popularity that had started among the Hell’s Angels in Southern California, the Doobie Brothers made an unlikely guest appearance on the television show “What’s Happening!!” Set in Watts, the popular series focused on the comic tragedies that befellRead More…