Category: My Musings

In case you did not know, The Dark Side of the Moon is an LP by the English band Pink Floyd.  Also, in case you didn’t know, it has been certified 14-X platinum and has spent 950 weeks on Billboard charts.  This popularity is easily explained by the album’s show-stopper themes such as greed, time,… Continue reading #2 Dark Side of the Moon –  released March, 1973

I distinctly remember the release of this album because our chorus teacher at PS 11, Mr. Czina, was a huge Elton John fan and at the ripe old age of 11 years old,  we sang Harmony and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.  I am sure my PS11 facebook friends will back me up on this. There… Continue reading #3 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

“…Set in London and Brighton in 1965, the story follows a young mod named Jimmy and his search for self-worth and importance”.    This was a Christmas present which Santa left for me at my grandparent’s (from the Sicilian side) house in Brooklyn.  My brother got Let it Be and I got Quadrophenia…Santa was both… Continue reading #4 The Who: Quadrophenia

This album in all its English quirkiness, is the album Charles Dickens would write if he were a prog rocker. I got introduced to this album about 4 years after its release.  This is not top 40 Genesis, but prog rock Genesis, virtuoso Genesis,  moody and meandering Genesis…and the Genesis that got me through my… Continue reading #5 Genesis: Selling England By the Pound

This record should be strapped into a capsule and shot into space for those big-eyed, oval-headed aliens to pick up and party to. For me, this is the best album by rock’s third part of the holy trinity.  This double album never grows old and in fact, keeps getting better.  Such a shame I never… Continue reading #6 Led Zeppelin– Physical Graffiti

This is what a Rolling Stones album would sound like with just a bit of womanly touch.  For me, this is Fleetwood Mac’s finest batch of songs and is the soundtrack to my fifteenth summer. Highly publicized in cable television documentaries are the infidelities and legendary drug use by the band during the writing and… Continue reading #7 Fleetwood Mac:Rumours 

Upon its release in August of 1986, I immediately purchased the album and listened to it from start to finish three times on that day.  I was so ready for a new direction that would enable me to musically escape the mindset of mope rock, alternative rock, and REM which up until then defined my… Continue reading #8 Paul Simon: Graceland

Another uncommercial selection for my top 10 list.  Whereas I wore out the needle with the others,  I wore out the laser on my CD player with this one.  If you find yourself in a rut these days, give this a listen for free on Youtube. Released in a year that saw releases from  Soundgarden,… Continue reading #9 Guided By Voices: Bee Thousand

I remember purchasing the CD in a record store on Berwick Street in London’s Soho.  Berwick street is/was London’s equivalent to St Mark’s Place regarding the music and bohemian scene (Londoner’s will tell you it’s the other way around).  In both instances, most, if not all, of the CD shops are now gone. When I… Continue reading #10 The Flaming Lips:  The Soft Bulletin

When:  August 19, 2021 Where :  Ybor City Why:  Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ Susan and I took a little road trip to the Tampa/St Pete area as another installment of our “Explore our new home state” series.  At the risk of offending some of you, St Petersburg was simply not our cup of tea.  Despite… Continue reading The Berardi’s Visit Ybor City