Lucky Enough

I saw this band with Mel a few years ago. It was an amazing show, and a band I've been a fan of for a long time.

I had always hoped I could see this outfit, never did work out.

But on a different topic, I did see the Go-Go's in 1983 play at the Stampede Corral. While not sure how I got there, the show was really good, the crowd enthused, and I came away with an appreciation for a band that's upside down: they're critically acclaimed, but despised by listeners.

This video makes Ultravox look manly, but the sound is crisp, and the song is a great slice of pop.

A year later, Belinda went to rehab, and started walking the path of the Michael Jackson Life of Stardom. Yet, I think she did as much to define the '80s as Madonna, with a song written by the band mentioned earlier - the one I haven't seen.

But, what about Jane? She swam with the dolphins and by osmosis, wrote not one song, but two for Carlene Carter eight years later. Mmm, Jane...

Like anthropologists & the gap in evolution, I am convinced there is a link to Motown, I'm still looking.

Vacation is so cool.

Sweet and Dandy

It is no wonder this man was called more important and more talented than Bob Marley by critic Lester Bangs.

Bangs was a guy written into songs by artists no less than the Buzzcocks, The Ramones, R.E.M., and The Clash.

It is no wonder that the sounds still sounds today.

If you're still reading, try this. If you're feet don't move to it, you are clinically dead. Honest. The falsetto is dynamite.

And it's a glimpse at a picture well worth watching.