Tag Archives: Music

Skydog

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Terry Taylor

If you are too young to remember what Duane Allman could do to a guitar, forgive me for saying that you are not a complete human being. Rolling Stone ranks Duane as the number two best guitarist ever, behind Jimi … Continue reading →

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The Big Bam Show and My Small Bam Date

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Terry Taylor

It was about 1970, maybe 1971. I was in the eighth grade and the Big Bam Show was my first live concert and my first official date with a female human. The show was great. The date was not – … Continue reading →

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Three Things

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Selling Out, Up, Down & Dirty Worm poop is hip. Just ask TerraCycle, Inc magazine’s 2006 “The Coolest Little Start Up In America.” Started by a Princeton dropout (who found that worm droppings helped “certain” kind of plants to grow … Continue reading →

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Album Slinging

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Terry Taylor

If you are old enough to have listened to an album, then you may have participated in this form of entertainment: Album Slinging. I’ve done my share; more than my share. My friends and I had it down to an … Continue reading →

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Joost Me Back to the Future

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Terry Taylor

From the guys who brought us Kazaa (one of the first music sharing networks) and Skype (the first large-scale Internet phone service) now comes Joost. If you think YouTube is big, you’re five minutes late.

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AM In The Dark

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Terry Taylor

I can still feel the cold, damp, February air shoving hard against the windshield of Lewis’s blue Gremlin as we drive around Andalusia for the thirtieth time in the dark. We see some of our friends cars go past up … Continue reading →

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Selling to Mmmy Gggeneration.

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Terry Taylor

I am not yet 50, but I got the letter already – the solicitation from AARP. Tossed it as fast as I could. But now I’m finding out just what being a member of the Biggest Generation really means. It … Continue reading →

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My Chemical Romance at Starbucks

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If my graying friends are listening to a band from New Jersey, Springsteen’s probably hunched front and center, screaming the everyday lyrics of a tortured life. Some may even admit to an affection for Bon Jovi. So why am I … Continue reading →

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Corn, Corn

Posted on August 16, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If anyone reading this went to Andalusia High School in south Alabama for any period of time, this won’t be news. But for those of you who are unfamiliar with Southern contradiction, read on. My high school fight song was … Continue reading →

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“It’s a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford. Not exactly.”

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Terry Taylor

It all started for real in 1972. It took that long for 1968 to reach South Alabama. “Long-haired hippie freaks!” “Hey girl! You sure got a purty mouth!” Ah, rednecks, white socks and Blue Ribbon Beer. The summer of love … Continue reading →

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