“Whenever You’re On My Mind”

This is not a new song but it’s a new favorite of mine. I only recently started to listen to the music of Marshall Crenshaw. Thanks to Spotify I happened to find his albums and immediately I wondered how I never heard of his music back in the 1980′s when I was a much more frequent listener and always looked for new music.

“Thundering Hearts”

(Source: Spotify!)

For many years in the 1980′s and 1990′s, I used to play this song when summer was on the way or already here. It was my summer anthem, along with some other songs.

“Some Come Running”

Very happy to be able to share my favorite Jim Capaldi song with the readers of my blog.

Ever since I first bought the album back in the late 1980′s, the song Some Come Running has been among my favorite songs.  At that time I had no idea at all about who Jim Capaldi was, I bought the album because Steve Winwood was participating on some of the songs. Later I learned from my brother – the chef/drummer – that Jim Capaldi was a drummer and had a long career both as a band member and as a solo artist. Even later I started looking for more of  Jim Capaldi’s work but found it wasn’t easy to find until the arrival of the Internet and sources such as YouTube and in recent years, Spotify.

“Ring Them Bells”

(Source: Spotify)

One of my favorite Bob Dylan songs, from the album Oh Mercy .

Trying out a new feature

I really like being able to embed songs from Spotify in my blog posts. Makes sharing and discussing music much easier. No longer have to look for YouTube links in order to share my favorite songs.

Sonny Landreth has been a favorite ever since I first heard him play on some records by Beausoleil back in the late 1980′s. Then I picked up his album Outward Bound and happened to see him perform live as the opening act for Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at a small club  in Stockholm 1992.

Shoes

Used to wear these a few times in the mid-1980s.

Looking back

A song by Joe Grushecky is playing in my headphones as I write this. The title of the song is Everything’s Going To Work Out Right which is exactly what I hope things will in the end. However, sometimes I doubt it. Sometimes with reason and mostly without reason. I start to worry and my thoughts run away with me against all reason. Not that I haven’t got things to worry about but those I can’t do much about anyway. I tend to worry about things I only imagine have happened or could happen and then I have a hard time to stop worrying. Anyway, I wasn’t going to write about this right now. I was about to write about what I thought about this morning when I was sitting on the commuter train going to the office.

Through the window I saw the road leading to the place where I once worked. Where I had my first real job. It’s so long ago now. More than 20 years ago. It was during the 1980′s and finding work was easy. I had finished school two weeks before I got that job and I felt very proud to finally be working and earning my own money.

I remembered the feeling of riding a bus to work in those days and sitting  behind the cash register in that small store in the early mornings when there were only a few customers and actually wishing there’d be more of them so I would be really busy. How quickly that feeling faded. Soon I started to wish for there being less busy times at work but that’s another story. I liked my job. I’ve liked all the jobs I’ve had. Didn’t always enjoy every moment of being at work but I always liked having a job and making a living. Also liked having colleagues and enjoyed working with all of them. Some more than others but I got along with all of them.

As I passed by on the train I wondered what became of my colleagues at that store. Most of them I only knew by first name so I haven’t even tried to google them or search on Facebook. I’m only curious to know what they’re doing today and I wonder if they are all still alive. Of course I also wonder if they remember me at all. I hope they do.

 

Old times

Found my first video game on the shelf and decided to dust it off and take a picture. Got it in the early 1980′s and played it until my fingers bled. Almost. Never managed to reach the ultimate high score though.

Here’s some words

Evening,

Have no idea what happened to this week. I’ve been busy trying to find out what to do. And I’ve watched some movies, some TV, listened to music through Spotify, eaten and slept.

The days are short, or rather the hours of daylight are few. The days are the same length as always. There’s no snow.  There are reports that there might not be much snow around here this Winter. No snow is ok, but it makes my world very dark. A little snow on the ground would make the world a little brighter. However after the last two very snowy and cold winters I’m happy if this one will be a “green” one. Not much fun for fans of winter sports or for the kids who like to play in the snow but they are mostly playing with video games these days anyway.

I’ve watched a part of William Friedkin‘s Cruising ,but each time I watch it I find it too scary to finish in one sitting. Switched to Loverboy for some nostalgic laughs. That movie still makes me laugh each time I watch it and yet I guess its kind of cheesy even for a 1980′s comedy. Have also watched a bunch of other movies. Home for the Holidays, Carrie, 300, The Accused, Serpico and Road House. All good movies that I have watched more than once but still return to watch again. After studying cinema I’ve learned that watching a movie only once is not enough if you want to claim to really have seen it. Each time I return to watch a movie again I notice things I didn’t see or think of the last time.

Today I got up at around 9:30 and had a nice morning eating breakfast and reading the morning paper. Later my uncle came around to visit. After that I drove my mother to the church to light a candle at my father’s grave. Then we went to the grocery store and after shopping stopped by the local pizza place to order take out pizza for dinner.

After getting back home, I’ve spent the evening relaxing, reading news and looking at Twitter and Tumblr. Maybe I’ll watch another movie or do some more writing after this update is done.

Peace.

“Revenge of the Nerds”

Cover via Amazon

A few weeks ago I watched a movie as part of the Movie Monday. I never got around to posting a review so I’ll be doing it now.

The movie is Revenge Of The Nerds (1984).

A typical 1980′s comedy. I remember renting and watching some of these often rather cheesy movies on home video in the late 1980′s.

Revenge of the Nerds I at first  didn’t remember watching before when I watched it recently. However, after being done watching I did remember having watched most of it before on TV at my brother’s home in California in the 1990′s.

The movie tells the story of two nerdy brothers going to college and the problems they face when they realize they are nerds and not very popular among the other students, except among the other nerds. They battle against discriminating  jocks and cheerleaders.

I found the movie entertaining and fun at times. As I am  sort of a nerd I could easily identify with the problems the nerds faced in the movie and the way they went about  dealing with them.

As a movie it’s not much out of the ordinary and the acting and directing is average.

I might watch it again in a few years when I have forgotten about it again.