Anthony

Reboot

When I started this blog life was very different. July 2019. My father was alive, my father and mother-in-law were alive. My brother-in-law was alive. My job, while not the greatest corporate culture, was tolerable and I felt respected, the job itself, getting easier and allowing me more time. July 2019. I was 53, aboutContinue reading “Reboot”

Music Matters

It’s been some time since I posted my latest mix (YouTube) Albums. I do these mostly for myself, for long drives and when I’m in the workshop, but I do have friends that tell me they enjoy them. When I was a younger man, music was my affiliation: I was a British New Waver fromContinue reading “Music Matters”

Merry Christmas

Music has always been a place of refuge for me. A passion of mine when I was younger was to make “mix tapes”, cassette tapes filled with songs that I would give to my friends. I always considered them windows into my world and nothing excited me more than years later learning that some bandContinue reading “Merry Christmas”

Satori Mix Tape

My latest Satori Blog mix tape (and they will always be mix tapes and not playlists to me!) is released and can be found here. Music inspires and brings joy to me. I show my age but the music I gravitate to is the music and the bands of my youth. They were the onesContinue reading “Satori Mix Tape”

YouTube Mix Tapes-2020

An essential part of my youth was music. It set my mood, gave me affiliation, opened my mind to the world and possibilities. The mix tape was an expression of my love of music that I shared with friends and acquaintances. Like an apostle traveling the Mediterranean in the time of Paul or a MormonContinue reading “YouTube Mix Tapes-2020”

The Albums that Shaped Me Microblog (Continued)

Tears for Fears: The Hurting- Purchased 1984 The Albums that Shaped Me Microblog continues with the debut album by Tears for Fears, The Hurting, released in March 1983. While Songs for the Big Chair, released two days before I joined the Navy, on 25 February 1985, may be the more commercially accessible album, The HurtingContinue reading “The Albums that Shaped Me Microblog (Continued)”

Satori- Sudden Awakening

Was it sudden or did I finally listen to the voice in my head? Life crystallized for me over the past few months with the death of my father and father in law. My son turned 20 on Valentine’s Day. The following day my father in law was brought to the hospital, aged 89, unableContinue reading “Satori- Sudden Awakening”

Microblog: The Albums that Shaped Me.

The Cars: The Cars. Purchased July 1984. In this latest installment of the Albums that Shaped Me Microblog, the debut album by The Cars, released in 1978. The band began playing in Boston nightclubs in 1976 and was an iteration of bands started by principal song writer Ric Ocasek that included bassist and co-lead vocalistContinue reading “Microblog: The Albums that Shaped Me.”