The Jellybricks — Some Kind of Lucky
It must be admitted: I spent a couple of decades in a musical desert. After our early years of passionately following some local bands and going out to see them […]
Power Pop
Joe Jackson — I’m the Man
I mostly came to Joe Jackson, like millions of others, through “Night and Day,” which came out in 1982. I was very aware of “Look Sharp!” – maybe my roommate […]
The Go-Go’s – Talk Show
The first two Go-Go’s albums fell right at the end of my college years, 1981 and 1982. Then they took a little break (by ’70s and ’80s standards), and their […]
The Go-Go’s — Vacation
As with “Beauty and the Beat,” while I’ve had this album since it came out in 1982, I haven’t really listened to it in many, many years. Again, several of […]
The Go-Go’s – Beauty and the Beat
There are truly very few songs for which I can absolutely remember the first time I ever heard them, but “Our Lips Are Sealed” is one. It was released in […]