We all have soundtracks of our lives. During my teen years there were hours spent listening to the same record album over and over, sometimes even the same song, convinced that the artist had written the lyrics especially for me. ”OHMYGOSH” my friends and I would shriek. That’s EXACTLY how I feel!!!!” Neil Young,…
Tag Archive: music
For my Grandmother Amy, with Love
I have so many memories of my grandparents – some of which I wasn’t even around to experience. The family stories, the iconic ancestors, the inside jokes and traditions passed from generation to generation – sometimes it’s hard for me to remember where my memories begin and where the stories from before my time are…
Boy, Could He Sing – My Grandfather
What a voice he had. A deep and rumbling baritone – a New York accent tempered by elegance – and boy, could he could sing. As a young man, my grandfather found his way into the entertainment business. There are yellowed newspaper clippings – little bits in the music columns about the new and…
Friday Night – Down on Main Street
The place that I live is about as neighborhood-ish as it gets – Main Street USA. With around 3600 homes and a population of around 10,000, Rossmoor, California is adjacent to and dependent on Los Alamitos and Seal Beach for the basic necessities like grocery stores and pharmacies. Rossmoor is the epitome of suburbia –…
Seventies Rockers, Bloggers – the True Voices of Their Times?
Recently we were invited to a showing of “Who Shot Rock and Roll,” an exhibition or rock and roll photography at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. We were given a tour by Gail Buckland, the curator of the exhibit and author of Who Shot Rock and Roll. Her insights and experiences with…
8 Great Songs of Summer
It’s the first day of summer – and summer is all about having fun. Every summer there’s a song that will forever mean hot weather, cold drinks, cool pools and the smell of coco-nutty suntan lotion. Here are some of my favorite summer songs – the ones that will always sound like summer to me….
12 Most Entertaining and Fabulous Musicals Everyone Should See
BROADWAY! Whether on Broadway or at a regional theater, musicals are pure entertainment. From the opening strains of the (preferably) live orchestra to the encore bows, musicals are escapism at its finest. Of course it’s sort of ridiculous – people bursting out in song on the streets of New York, in a jail cell, in…
Are boomers the last nostalgic generation?
I recently read something on Twitter that caught my attention: “An American tradition is something that happened to a baby-boomer twice.” It was posted by someone much, much younger than I am – and it kind of made me wonder – is it true? Upon further internet sleuthing, I discovered that this quote is in…
Why I Fell in Love With Frank Sinatra
We all have soundtracks of our lives. During my teen years there were hours spent listening to the same record album over and over, sometimes even the same song, convinced that the artist had written the lyrics especially for me. ”OHMYGOSH” my friends and I would shriek. That’s EXACTLY how I feel!!!!” Neil Young,…
