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Livermore, CA My Best Friend
We met in P.E. As always the case in high school, we bonded over music. Our first conversation was about Metallica, one or the both happened to be wearing a Metallica shirt that...
Read Memory Saratoga Springs, NY A mix tape with meaning
I lived for the movie Almost Famous when it first came out. The second time I saw it in the theater I got the chills when Stillwater was taking the stage for one of their...
Read Memory Atlanta, GA MAGIC
Magic is the name of this album.It could only have been called this. On the night of April the 25th, just a few weeks ago, I saw Bruce Springsteen play for the first time. My...
Read Memory Houston, TX Caught In The Act
Well...this memory is kind of embarrassing but im sure im not the only one it's happened to...Me and my then boyfriend sometimes snuck a little quickie at work on my break or...
Read Memory Old Forge, PA "Bury the rag deep in your...
I recently had the honor of seeing Bobby D. in Albany, NY. It was a double treat for me beause the opening act was Elvis Costello, so I had two of my all-time favorites in one...
Read Memory Livermore, CA Sam's Resting Easy Tonight
What a night, what a night. After watching Barack Obama's goose-bump inducing speech tonight as he officially became the Democratic nominee, it was hard not to reflect on how...
Read Memory Livermore, CA The Wedding March
One of my favorite memories of getting married was putting together our ceremony. In my mind I'd always pictured Canon in D major playing as my dad walked me down the aisle....
Read Memory Canada Last day with roommates
We lived in a house with 8 guys. We had one last bash before everyone moved out. THis song must have played 50 times during that night and ended up being the last song we all...
Read Memory Columbus, GA Piss Call Center
Piss Factory Patti Smith This song is so I hate my job. And yes friends I’ve had a job or two that I didn’t like. The job that I was at the longest was also the one gave...
Read Memory Bowie, MD The Makings of You
I have always liked this song. Many people have remade it but this is my favorite version. The lyrics are simple and poetic and it just makes sense if you are in love. My ex was...
Read Memory Memphis, TN Gabba Gabba Hey
I tend to throw this phrase around a lot when writing about music, I suppose, but this one is the real deal. This is where nothing was ever the same again.I used to babysit a...
Read Memory Masturbation
I fondly remember as a young lad masturbating to this video everytime it was shown. Unfortunately, I sometimes had to use the mute button to drown out the boner-breaking vocals...
Read Memory Houston, TX Rebel Without A Drivers License
My cousin and me were cruising around the streets of Newark, because he was cool enough to let me drive with my newly granted drivers learners permit. I was 16, and he was 21....
Read Memory Texass Captain Shrimp
The Dry Tortugas are a group of small islands about 70 miles west of the Florida Keys. I camped on its beaches with some friends in February of 1996. It was a nice place to get...
Read Memory Atlanta, GA A Formational Turn
When my taste for Carman began to wane, and I realized that Weird Al Yankovic’s Bad Hair Day is not very funny the second time, or the third, I was uncertain where to...
Read Memory Cincinnati, OH Buddy
I actually have memories about this entire album. In 1989, I was attending the School for Creative and Performing Arts and discovering De La Soul. When I first heard 3 Feet...
Read Memory Butler, PA Freedom?? Yeah! Right!!
There's a live video of Rage Against the Machine(hereafter referred to as RATM) on stage, in Europe, I think, playing "Freedom." The stage looks like it's the size of...
Read Memory Atlanta Youtube + Girls that can't dance...
So one day I had a lot of time on my hands and decided to see if therewas anything on Youtube that looked interested to watch. I was just surfing aroundand I saw a video that...
Read Memory Houston, TX The Downfall of Intellect
The year was '99. Y2K was on the verge of destroying civilization (kinda like man-made global warming is now) while one band fearlessly took pride in making young people dumber,...
Read Memory East Lansing, MI (Line) Dancing the Night Away
Although I grew up in quite the rural area I stayed as far away from country music as possible. I thought it was twangy, whiny and useless. And then my friend introduced me to...
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