Good call…forgot The Cars debut was in the 70s.

Kansas?

Kansas?

My 11 year old self bought their debut album in 1976, and I still put that same vinyl on the turntable regularly. Yeah, I know, corporate rock, sell-outs, blah, blah blah. Like all art, music is subjective, and this is one of those top 10s I would take with me driving across country. Every note and lick is a hook, and…

My 11 year old self bought their debut album in 1976, and I still put that same vinyl on the turntable regularly. Yeah, I know, corporate rock, sell-outs, blah, blah blah. Like all art, music is subjective, and this is one of those top 10s I would take with me driving across country. Every note and lick is a hook, and…

Played by Russell Crowe….Botany Bay is in Australia, correct?

Played by Russell Crowe….Botany Bay is in Australia, correct?

LJo1: I was 27 that year…married for three years (divorced 2010), childless (daughter now 12), rejecting the current music (look back at it fondly now) and struggling to find my place in the world (still looking for it).  
I doubt I'm the oldest on this site….but the rest of you snotty, young bastards stay off my lawn!!

LJo1: I was 27 that year…married for three years (divorced 2010), childless (daughter now 12), rejecting the current music (look back at it fondly now) and struggling to find my place in the world (still looking for it).  
I doubt I'm the oldest on this site….but the rest of you snotty, young bastards stay off my lawn!!

The Shawshank Rennerdemption

The Shawshank Rennerdemption

Yeah, I'd be On Her Majesties Secret Service….wait, what?

Yeah, I'd be On Her Majesties Secret Service….wait, what?

"Period piece"? Now I'm in…of course I have some weird fetishes.

"Period piece"? Now I'm in…of course I have some weird fetishes.

I would suggest watching them chronologically, just to experience how his technique has evolved. While he has been derided for "filming grass", he truly is an auteur - his films are always visually sumptuous. Every frame of Tree of Life is a single beautiful image. Do I always like his movies? No, but I find them all…

I would suggest watching them chronologically, just to experience how his technique has evolved. While he has been derided for "filming grass", he truly is an auteur - his films are always visually sumptuous. Every frame of Tree of Life is a single beautiful image. Do I always like his movies? No, but I find them all…

I used to watch Dark Shadows every afternoon….had to sprint home from school to catch it in time. After DS was over, I would watch Graham Kerr get slightly plowed as he cooked. Then Truth or Consequences. Yes, I'm old.

I used to watch Dark Shadows every afternoon….had to sprint home from school to catch it in time. After DS was over, I would watch Graham Kerr get slightly plowed as he cooked. Then Truth or Consequences. Yes, I'm old.

If you look closely in this episode, you will see one of the nurses (I beleive she's in an upper bunk) reading "Jaws" in paperback.