My first LP was Creedence Clearwater Revival's Green River which I bought with my babysitting money in my early teens. I would play it on my parent's Zenith console stereo which, like most 1960's turntables, was pretty crappy. It's a short LP as few of CCR's songs were longer than 3:30 (except those really long ones like Suzie Q). All nine songs ( Read more... )

Probably the most impressive thing I've done is rewire the house my first partner and I bought back in 1989. The home dated from the 1920's and still had the old knob-and-tube wiring. We had our neighbor, at the time an apprentice electrician, swap the ancient fuse box for a circuit breaker panel. Over the next year I replaced every bit of wire in ( Read more... )

 Not really sure. Different concerts have meant so much at different times. In chronological order: Emerson, Lake & Palmer in 1977 with a full orchestra; Moody Blues on their reunion Octave tour 1978; Heart and Blue Öyster Cult in Aloha Stadium Labor Day 1981; Gary Numan in the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983; Weird Al at the Brown County Fair circa 1986 ( Read more... )