The Edge of Fifteen — Elton John, the Grass Roots, and Nixon Leaving
It was sweet having a summer job because it meant money to buy music. And so, my spree continued with two new cassettes, Elton John’s Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player and the Grass Roots, Their 16 Greatest…
September 1990, Berlin
The Berlin Wall has now been down longer than it was up. Walls are meant to come down.
IT WAS A RECORD TIME
I guess I can move now. My local record store has closed. The store, AKA Records, closed suddenly a few months ago, and with it, one of the few remaining sources for one of my great pleasures bit the dust:…