Introduction

Hello, my name is Justin, I am 22 years old and have a strong passion for music. I have the most caring and loving girlfriend in the entire universe, Lyn, who also shares the same taste in music as myself. Together we could rule the world if we could only get the parts. This blog is dedicated to the life happenings, childhood memories and obscure taste I have in music. I am very nostalgic which leads me to become sentimental to many things. Some say I was born too late, I was born right on time. I was fortunate enough to grow up and live in the last great decade which was the "90's," though some would disagree I guess you just needed to be there.

I am a big fan of old, old as in good that is. I love cartoons, movies, television shows, and vintage toys all associating with my youth as well as prior since anything in the last 10 years is very hit or miss, much like album Seven And The Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran.

Though I didn't live through the 80's, this blog is also associated with my love for the music that came out in that decade. I will share with you my favorite albums and singles as well as interviews I have held over the years with the artists themselves. My obsession for music started at a young age. I went through many phases, the first being instrumental music. What I mean by that is not necessarily classic classical music but more of an updated rock platform. Artists such as Apollo 100, Hot Butter, and The Blue Hawaiians took me thru those days, mixed with the occasional highlights of Mike Batt and The Wombles & They Might Be Giants.

I also listened to what was on the radio at the time as well, as I am sure most pre-teens did. My Dad managed his own record store at the time and I can distinctly remember always hearing music in our household. On Halloween he would put together a Halloween theme mixed for the Trick or Treaters and when we put up the Christmas Tree every year you would always hear those "Z" classics as I call them now.

As time went on and the early 2000's hit my music taste broadened and it all began. My favorite television show of all time is Full House. I owe that show a lot and it's mainly to the fact that in one particular episode a group of 3 little old ladies that called themselves R.E.M. performed "Whip It" at the ever so popular Smash Club. When my Dad came home from work I told him how much I loved that song, not knowing at the time who or what R.E.M. really was. Shortly after I realized it was Devo who originally recorded the song and from that point on the rest is history.

So much for an introduction post... huh? Anyway, as I mentioned above this blog is all about what I find interesting and the legacy that goes along with it. I tend to ramble on, my girlfriend can vouch for that. I often say I am like Danny Tanner in that aspect, though I share more with Joey Gladstone in personality. I hope you all enjoy what I have to share and comments and remarks are always appreciated. I will say this now, no one ever said I had good taste.

Justin