This past weekend I broke out some vinyl circa 1978/79. Dire Straits debut came on the scene during a time there wasn’t much on the radio that even remotely sounded the same. Comedian Steve Martin once said something to the effect, “be so damn good you’re impossible...
Hard to believe it was just over 20 years ago when I drove down to see friends in Houston, TX. Boy, does time sure fly by. I was thinking about that trip recently as I pulled up Lucinda Williams’ Car Wheels on a Gravel Road record the other day. I saw that she was...
I’m Vinyl Guy and I’m back and breaking out some classics. The past few weeks I have been spinning Johnny’s live At Folsom Prison. Oh, what a treat. It never gets old. Johnny wrote Folsom Prison Blues in the mid-fifties and had wanted to do a live prison show. His...
It was November 1992. I had grabbed the latest record from REM titled Automatic for the People. It was one of those recordings that didn’t need to grow on me at all, I loved it straight away. I was in the truck driving back for the evening, after a long day of...
Lately I have been listening to a lot of Peter Gabriel. Of course, it got me thinking about beer. Lagers have never gone out of style, but they have been living in the shadows of the IPA craze and the next limited barrel aged beer release. Recently though, I’ve seen...
Last Saturday I was on my porch, and grabbed a LaBatt Blue. Mmmm good. I was in a bit of a restless mood, since it was mid day, nice weather, and I felt the need to do something. I didn’t move from my hammock for a good hour, but eventually felt a sense of guilt. I am...
