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  • Jeff Rowland Continuum 250, Part 6

    15 years ago, the movie Last Action Hero was the bust of the year. True, it was a lousy flick. But it had the misfortune of competing against the equally shitty, but slicker, Jurassic Park. LAH may have sucked, but it…

  • The duo of Naked Eyes consisted of singer Pete Byrne and keyboardist Rob Fisher. After Naked Eyes broke up in the mid-80s, Fisher teamed up with Simon Climie to form Climie Fisher. And in early 1988, Climie Fisher had …

  • In spring 1983, while waiting for sixth grade English and Social Studies to start, I noticed a few classmates busting out with Styx's "Mr. Roboto." We had no idea what that song was about, but it sure was cool! Now tha…

  • 15 years ago, as I was preparing to graduate from college, Janet Jackson was a breath of fresh air, compared to Michael. "That's The Way Love Goes" immediately jumped to #1. It was warm and sunny in Santa Cruz, and as …

  • At one time, San Leandro had a bunch of cherry farms. In honor of this, the city has an annual cherry festival. Furthermore, there's even a development called Cherrywood. Even more telling, some of the street signs ha…

  • 15 years ago, as I was about to graduate from UC Santa Cruz, grunge had come and gone, but left the musical scene devastated and in disarray. Instead of doing traditional heavy metal or grunge, Dream Theater decided to …

  • 20 years ago, when Tracy Chapman made her debut, my classmates and I did not know if Chapman were a boy or girl. Little did we know that Chapman would light the spark and pave the way for the female singer-songwriter of…

  • Sweet. Aiden eats ice cream. But alas, he's still allergic to the nuts, so we gotta be careful. Sweet. 25 years ago, when I used to take the 2-Clement home from Presidio, it'd often slow down when it got to Arguello…

  • "What's new?" asks Aiden. Well, for starters, Whitesnake have a new album, Good To Be Bad. The songs are in that old blues-rock vein which David Coverdale has mined for years. But the guitars sound modern, so the mus…

  • After a little rut in 1985-6, pop music rebounded, and was, arguably, the best ever in the late 80s. Especially after artists nailed down the use of synthesizers, there was just so much variety. There was something for…

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