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Nordost Valhalla PC
Can you believe it's been 10 years since the Vengaboys were the dance rage? Those were the dotcom days, rents were skyrocketing, and Ultimate Sound's David Tam told me that his landlord was selling the entire building. … -
Nordost Valhalla Bi-Wire Jumpers, Part 4
One of the gifts I got for Christmas 1988 was Kiss' greatest hits album, Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. It included two new songs, "(You Make Me) Rock Hard," and "Let's Put The X In Sex." Also interesting is that many o… -
Nordost Valhalla Bi-Wire Jumpers, Part 3
In early 1984, the New Wave movement gave us Wang Chung. My classmates and I frowned, and said, "Who?" In the early 90s, I was at San Francisco's Ultimate Sound, which was then located in the basement of the Sherman Cl… -
Nordost Valhalla Bi-Wire Jumpers, Part 2
15 years ago, Keali'i Reichel's Kawaipunahele was a major factor in making contemporary Hawaiian music popular. By the summer of 1994, this CD was even available at Costco. Also at this time, I was going full bore into… -
Nordost Valhalla Bi-Wire Jumpers, Part 1
We kicked off 1984 with, well, Van Halen's 1984. The album cover actually spells it in Roman numerals, MCMLXXXIV. Once we heard and saw the video for "Jump," I guess there was no turning back. Songs like this fueled p… -
Nordost Odin Powercord, Part 4
San Francisco has several small, out-of-plain-sight alleys. When you go to the Theater District, there's an easy-to-miss alley connecting Geary & Post, parallel with Jones and Taylor. It's called Shannon. Now, w… -
Nordost Odin Powercord, Part 3
Normally, an album has regular-length songs. If you want extended remixes, you seek out the singles. However, on 1988's Introspective, the Pet Shop Boys decided to make up an album consisting of full-length mixes. It … -
Nordost Odin Powercord, Part 2
I'm not sure if December 16, 1988 was the last day of school before winter break. But I'm pretty sure that that was the day I got Aerosmith's Gems as a present from a friend. This was a greatest hits album, and finally… -
Nordost Odin Powercord, Part 1
In 1993, I didn't know what the hell to do, so I kept busy by playing sports and getting into high-end audio. Bowling was a lot of fun. I was a Japantown Bowl junior all-star, and we got to travel to other alleys arou… -
Nordost Quantum, Part 1
In the late 80s, guitar virtuosos Jason Becker and Marty Friedman were living in the Bay Area. They formed Cacophony, which was not really a band, but a vehicle for them to show off their guitar histrionics. After the…
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