When I saw the Smashing Pumpkins on The Arising! tour in 1999, they had an opening band that I’ll never forget. Having never heard of the band before, I was not familiar with their songs, but they played a good set that really got the crowd energized for the headliner. In the subsequent year after …
I loved action movies as a kid. And in the ’80s and ’90s, there was certainly no shortage of action stars to choose from. One of the biggest and most successful, of course, was Arnold Schwarzenegger. The first movie of his I saw in the theater was Total Recall, and my dad and I proceeded …
I got my first CD player probably somewhere around 1994 or ’95. I mentioned that I wanted one to my dad, so he offered to sell me the one he had in our house for $60.00. It was a great deal that I couldn’t pass up. Before acquiring this player, however, I would mostly buy …
Whenever I find myself out and about, I’ll always keep an ear out for any music playing over a PA system. I heard this Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band tune the last time I went to grab some pizza up the road from where I live, and it was the perfect …
One time when I was hanging out with my buddy Carlos and his brother Danny, I was telling Danny about some of the Spanish language songs I was getting into as I was starting to learn the language. The first one I showed him was this song by Carin Leon, which was also the first …
Steve Martin starred in a movie with Daryl Hannah in the ’80s called Roxanne. HBO used to play this movie a lot when I was a kid, and I would watch it quite frequently. Every time I saw it, I would always think of the Police song of the same name, which was one of …
When it comes to Fleetwood Mac, I’ve been debating whether to do a song from the Peter Green era or the Buckingham/Nicks era. Considering that the Buckingham/Nicks era pretty much gets all the airplay, I wonder how many people are even aware that Fleetwood Mac was a band long before they joined. To settle this …
Last Sunday’s Super Bowl was everything I was hoping for. It was a day of hanging with great friends, eating delicious food, and watching a game and halftime show that I thoroughly enjoyed. Part of me was really hoping that Ice Cube would make a cameo during the halftime performance, but I guess you can’t …
Sometimes I think the universe tries to get our attention by reinforcing themes. For example, one time my buddy Justin mentioned the song “Bicycle Race” by Queen to me, but I had never heard the song before and wasn’t even aware that they had a song by that name. In the week that followed, not …
Well, it’s here, Super Bowl Sunday. Coincidentally enough, the first Super Bowl I can remember watching as a kid involved the Cincinnati Bengals as well. They were playing the San Francisco 49ers, and my uncle Tommy and I had bet a quarter on the game, which I lost. Despite Joe Montana costing me a quarter, …