In my brother's room

there were a million albums, and that is where the basis

of my musical preference was cemented. I had, from birth, been immersed in mostly classical and lite pop like the Carpenters, the 5th Dimension, Ferrante and Teicher--and the like. Now Rob, even though he didn't like me very much, did help to educate me on some of the finer genres, like KISS!!!!!!! I loved KISS. I recently came across one of those do-it-yourself books, and chronicled according to my 5 y.o. self, my two favorite songs--this is 1976--were "Beth" and Rock n Roll All Nite."

Yes, Rob and even Sue introduced me to the greatest all-time bands like Kansas, Rush, Devo, Bread (sappy), Boston. When my brother was in high school, he was friends with a boy names Ross Harvey, and I had the biggest crush on him. He, of course, didn't notice me at all, but loaned Rob some great albums: Thomas Dolby, Men Without Hats, and...... durm roll paleeze

........Taco. To this very day, there are certain songs I hear that yank me back to the early 80s, and the fantasies of Ross Harvey. Hard to believe the asshats I had crushes on.
I wish I had a digital camera so I can take a picture of my beautiful cherry tree in bloom. "If I had a million dollars, I'd build a treefort in the yard...."

Lyric of the Day:
"If I had a million dollars, I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a mon-KEY?!" ~Barenaked Ladies, "If I had $1,000,000"