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You’ve got to be nimble to change reels while traveling 60mph down a back road with the windows rolled down because one did not drive around in the heat of a Georgia summer with the windows up.

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I expanded my music choices with a 5” reel to reel tape deck.

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The VW had an AM radio, which was top of the line in car audio at the time. It did not have air conditioning, I don’t know if air was even available at the time especially in VW’s.

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I turned 16 in 1966 and my dad bought me a 1959 Volkswagen. It was puke green with a pea green sunroof and cost $250.

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Gonna put up a little gallimaufry of songs from 1966, starting with The Yardbirds.

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This has to be the favorite song for use by high school Spanish teachers.

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Early Alice in Chains with “Junkhead”.

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Couldn’t resist. I was watching this movie earlier

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But sometimes it’s the hardest part...

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Calexico with a great cover of Love’s Alone Again or.

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Here’s a cool early Coldplay tune, “Trouble”.

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From their British Steel 30th Aniversary tour, Judas Priest with United.

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Chris Cornell and Soundgarden with “The Day I Tried to Live”.

No one “got” Generation X like John Hughes did.

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Looks slow around here. Came across Pretty In Pink on TV, so much like John Hughes, I’ll go with something Chicago related.

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Will this finally be the year we get another Triple Crown winner? It’s Preakness day here on the streets of Baltimore.

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Layne Staley and Mad Season with “River of Deceit”.

I don’t see the problem