The New York Yankees swung for the fences on today’s MLB trade deadline, acquiring Sonny Gray from the Oakland A’s in exchange for prospects Jorge Mateo, Dustin Fowler and James Kaprielian. It wasn’t so much defining the Yanks as buyers or sellers, they’re quite obviously the former, but this was a long term actual baseball trade. … Read More
Musically, my life changed in 1984 when Prince released his Purple Rain album. Not long before, Michael Jackson’s Thriller was my undisputed favorite album of all-time—and by that I mean the first 12-13 years of my inconsequential existence. Man, that album of Prince’s in ’84—–between his unrivaled guitar rifting, singing and implausible compositions that accompanied … Read More
Before proceeding, there’s two myths surrounding this song and its artist I need of being dispelled, and I must give credit to Songfacts.com for pointing them out. I’m sure some fans already knew but I’d bet mostdidn’t. Firstly, neither Jenny nor the famous phone number accompanying her name were actually real. The tune, co-written by … Read More
(WARNING: This review contains spoilers. If you haven’t watched and/or don’t want to know anything that happened, don’t bother reading this post. I’m not talented enough to review a show without giving away spoilers–deal with it.) Typically I don’t post reviews of television shows I watch, mainly as it would literally engulf all my time, … Read More
Whether you wanted it that way or not, few things in the mid-80s were bigger than Phil Collins. Between his work with Genesis and a solo career beginning to flourish, Collins was at the forefront of pop/rock music during this era. Collins’ legend grew in 1984 when he was asked to produce Philip Bailey’s (of … Read More
The New York Yankees are hot again and considering it’s currently 93 degrees in my residence of Bradenton, Florida—I am as well. To hell with this heat! Seeing I’m sure you only care about the former, the Bombers used yet another splendid start by Luis Severino on the mound to coincide with the offense tallying … Read More
When I was 14-15 years old in the mid 80’s, most my friends idolized various athletes and celebrities. Generally they ranged from Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, Don Mattingly, Michael Jackson and Eddie Murphy. Not me. I desperately wanted to be Alex P. Keaton from Family Ties—I’m talking to the point that as a seventh and … Read More
Alright, people. Not every song needs to be about lost love, making love, world peace, imperative social issues or scorned revenge to be a classic tune. Every now and then it’s alright to simply say what the fuck ever, and have a little joy in your life. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go may be … Read More
As I write the first few sentences for this entry, I couldn’t tell you if Still Loving You by the Scorpions actually spent a day on the Billboard charts. Frankly, I don’t give a shit either. In fact, it leads to one of my bigger musical hot takes, which is this—- Still Loving You by … Read More
As I grew older, I gained an appreciation for the premise of Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry”, which for the record is great. However, this was released when I was 11 and back then the song grabbed my attention for two reasons: it was once theme music on Saturday morning WWF programming, and I really (really) … Read More
