I am deeply ambivalent about star cameos. Sometimes, they feel like product placement. Regarding The Thin Red Line, I half expected John Travolta to raise a soda can, proclaiming, "I love the flavor of Diet Dr. Pepper in the morning. It tastes like…victory".

Oh, this is BAD!!  Overwrought as Hell.  This sounds like a drunk, recently divorced girl at Karaoke Happy Hour.

Could this be The Dame's Time out of Mind?  I haven't been excited to buy a cd in a while. I may pick this up along with Endless Boogie's Long Island. 

Also, it is hard to beat the soothing ritual of brousing  through record bins at Waterloo or Cheapo (RIP) with the din of staff favorites playing in the background

I love vinyl, but I no longer have the time to sit and savor a long player. Sadly, my only time for music is the ten minute home-work-home commute.  CDs and MP3's flourished because they catered to busy lifestyles.  Slackers and stoners have the time for records (even if we nod out while the needle scrapes at the end…

Perry's voice is a huge factor of the band's appeal. Does anyone talk about Journey's guitar, bass or drum sound?  Also, Perry saved them from Prog when that genre was on the bubble anyway.

It's weird. I would never buy a Journey album, but I associate "Wheel in the Sky" and other songs with happy, laidback nights in the dorm room.  Someone would always have Journey or some other classic rock blaring from their room and we'd just gravitate in that direction…like cattle. 

I can't even spell,. "However" today!!  For penance, I will offer a few more items for the sake of discussion;

Warren Zevon:  "The French Inhaler", "Desperadoes Under the Eaves", "Keep Me in Your Heart for Awhile"