Free As A Bird

I was a pre-teen and teenager in the dark days of the mid-to-late 80s. For a kid that wanted his music loud, fast, and marginally offensive the powers that be wanted to make it as hard as possible for a 14-year old to get his slab of expletive-strewn metal. When I first started buying music […]

Hot Licks ’90 or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Hammer-on

A long time ago there was this thing called “the 80s”. It was a time of wondrous things, readers. It was a glorious decade when network television perfected the sitcom. It was a time when things like “parachute pants”, “acid-washed jeans”, and “spandex” were fashions worn by young and old. “Where’s the beef”, “Whatchu talkin’ […]