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Combat Rock was an album important to me in my youth. The Clash's 1982 album... We went to see the Clash at the Cape Cod Coliseum back in those days when I was about 17 or 18... 1982 or 1983 maybe ( Read more... )

I took some time to write down some childhood memories of my brother Brian, below, and also some info from my journals of the '80's and 90's.

We just had a family gathering to remember him. He passed away a few months ago, late last year

Here are some memories:

Brian

I am on the plane, and wanted to take some time to jot down some memories of Brian… ( Read more... )

Another for the Song HoF... "The Guns of Brixton" by the Clash

Just a good, moody song by one of my favourite bands. Saw them in concert in the early 1980's.

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Well, the other day I had a look through our DVD's and I took note of what Music Artists we have DVD's about.... also thought about what Books we have... and old VHS tapes ... and other things ( Read more... )

My top 10 list hasn't changed.... a couple songs have been added to some in the top 10 (since I last did a ranking in March 2019) but it hasn't had any effect on my rankings. Here's the Top Ten list (based on numerous factors ( Read more... )

A bit over three years ago, I listed the albums that had the most songs I've picked for my Song Hall of Fame....  and and here's an update on that:

At that time (Dec 2015), I had 439 songs on the list......   Now I have 623.

Here are the albums (compilations excluded) with 5 or more songs on my HoF list:

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I currently have 622 songs in the Song Hall of Fame... which I think I've been adding to since 2005ish about 14 years (adding on average a bit less than 50 per year ( Read more... )