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  • XLO Signature 4.1

    At my high school, if you had mods 14,15 free, you could volunteer for school committees and student government. I had it free, and that made me eligible to become, among other things, a homeroom rep. Every year, I hat…

  • XLO LE-4

    25 years ago, Scandal's "The Warrior" cracked the Top 40. The Golden State Warriors also cracked the NBA's Top 40. Alas, there were only 23 teams. After "The Warrior," Scandal broke up. After David Lee Roth left/was …

  • XLO LE-4b

    In early 1989, the Bay Area's Exodus got a boost, when MTV selected them to open for Anthrax, on the so-called Headbangers' Ball Tour. During that tour, drummer Tom Hunting fell ill. That caused him to stop touring, th…

  • XLO R2-10

    15 years ago, in 1993, Cyndi Lauper went deep into adult contemporary, by launching the critically-acclaimed Hat Full Of Stars. On this album, she tackles subjects such as domestic violence, racism, and abortion. As I…

  • XLO LE-5, Part 3

    At my parents' place, there are 6 units to each building, 2 on each of the three floors. We're on the second floor. In 1980 or so, we got new neighbors on the ground floor. The couple had a son, Tomo, who was the same…

  • XLO LE-5, Part 2

    Though Metallica's Kill 'Em All was released in summer 1983 (25 years ago!), I didn't hear about it until the 84/85 school year. I can't recall which classmates had it, but they were thrilled that a no-bullshit rock ban…

  • XLO LE-5, Part 1

    In the late 80s, a new genre of music evolved: guitar shredding. The Bay Area had the band Cacophony, featuring guitar virtuosos Jason Becker and Marty Friedman. In 1988, Becker and Friedman each came out with solo alb…

  • XLO LE-2

    In the mid-90s, XLO kept promising a super-expensive lineup, called Limited Edition. My local XLO dealer was Ultimate Sound. Owner David Tam periodically kept in touch with XLO, and he didn't receive a price sheet unti…

  • XLO LE-1, Part 2

    Although Tears For Fears' Everybody Loves A Happy Ending was ready by 2003, I don't think it was released in the U.S. until the Fall of 2004. And that's when my wife and I moved back into our renovated home. For some o…

  • XLO Signature 2-2.2

    Just as I graduated from college in 1993, A-Ha released the awful, awful, awful Memorial Beach. Everyone was used to A-Ha being one of the best synth pop acts. So when they used Memorial Beach to be a dark, poor man's …

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