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“I Was Listening to the Radio”
“I heard a song that reminded me of long ago.” – Eddie Money Part two of my Ocasek-Money retrospective shifts its’ focus to Edward Joseph Mahoney today. Like Ocasek, Money was not a young man when MTV started taking musical acts … Continue reading
“I See You Under the Midnight”
“All shackles and bows.” – The Cars (photo by Ron Pownall/Getty Images) While I was in Italy, two 80’s musical icons passed away. Edward Joseph Mahoney passed away on September 13th and then Richard Theodore Otcasek passed away two days … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Orr, cassettes, Eddie Money, Heartbeat City, Magic, Paulina Porizkova, Ric Ocasek, The Cars
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“Just Try to Understand”
A brief look at my wife and mine’s recent 20 yr. anniversary trip to Italy featuring one of the great Italian-American artists of our time. Continue reading
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Tagged Borderline, Cinque Terre, Florence, Italy, Madonna, Riomaggiore, Rome, travel, Venice
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“We Are Family”
Remember “Disco sucks!” and “Death to disco!”? Well, I’m bringing some back for this post about family.
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Tagged disco, family, Sister Sledge, sisters, We Are Family, weddings
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“I Woke Up to the Sound of Pouring Rain”
“Washed away a dream of you.” – Skid Row It has been raining a lot lately, and maybe that’s why this song has been coming to the forefront of my mind more often lately. But more likely it’s because this … Continue reading
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Tagged Class of 1989, future, graduation, I Remember You, Norman High School, Remember Yesterday, Skid Row
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“Woke up to Reality”
“And found the future not so bright.” – Johnny Hates Jazz Ah, that’s a downer, man. Why would someone write such a depressing lyric? Sounds like someone who is hating life right now. You know what else he hates? He … Continue reading
“The Real Battle Just Begun”
“(Sunday, bloody, Sunday) to claim the victory Jesus won.” – U2 A happy Easter to you all! And a happy Easter to my beloved sincerelythe80s.com site that I haven’t posted in much the past few months. The yearly celebration in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bono, Easter, Paas, Red Rocks, Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2, War, white flag
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“May the Good Lord Be With You…”
“Down every road you roam” – Rod Stewart This is my new buddy Alex. I wish I had thought to take a better picture, but I was too caught up in our conversation the other day to think about that. … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd graders, Alex, Forever Young, parenting, Rod Stewart
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My Grandma Ruby
In a break from my traditional type post, my grandma Ruby passed away last week at the age of 102, and I was afforded the honor and privilege of speaking at her funeral yesterday in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Below is my … Continue reading
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Tagged funeral, grandma, grandpa, I Can Only Imagine, Jesus, Kay Duke, MercyMe, Pawhuska, ranching, Ruby Duke, Shattuck, speech
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“And Now, I’m Glad I Didn’t Know…”
Not only one of the great county ballads, but one of the great musical ballads of all-time. Continue reading
