Living with Lewy Body Dementia
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease
ALBUM: Can’t Buy a Thrill (1975); Gold (1982) MVC RATING: 4.5/$$$$,$; 4.5/$$$$ NOTE: Turns out I did have another Steely Dan lurking in my growing: Gold, a very nice, concise best of compilation. Could it be possible I only have one album of this band? This is their debut album and certainly one of the …
Since graduating in journalism from Auburn University in 1982, I have left a trail of news stories and features along the way. Sometimes these articles are saved in the archives so I can go back and look at my work. Sometime there are big gaps in data to be found online. Of the thousands of …
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Don’t worry, I’m still going to finish. I just believe I need to step it up. My Vinyl Countdown, or myvinylcountdown.com, is still rolling, but needs some maintenance as I’ve piled on about 500 posts in less than three years. Read About Me for a detailed explanation but in general, I’m counting down the 678 …
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Well as I reported yesterday, the world is ending. But we made it through Friday the 13th. I often talk about my fatal disease Lewy body dementia. Eventually after some conversation one of us will say ‘Hey we are all going to die.’ Death rate of those on earth is still 100 percent. But me, …
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ALBUM: John Prine 1971 MVC Rating: 4.5/$$$$ (First pressings and promo albums can be expensive.) John Prine wrote some classic songs. Socially conscious, witty and biting, he upon further review should go down as one of America’s finest songwriters. ‘Angel from Montgomery,’ ‘Sam Stone,’ ‘Illegal Smile,’ ‘Hello in there,’ and ‘Donald and Lydia’ are major …
Note: This published Monday Jan. 6 on AL.com. Here’s the top of the story and a link to the full length version: This is an opinion column by Mike Oliver who writes about living with Lewy body dementia. Come on in. Welcome. Welcome to my brain. The brain is the big boss. This is where …
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My favorite newly rediscovered Kinks song: I hope every body saw my underrated lists. They are on this website broken into three or four parts. They are altogether one story on AL.com A colleague is singing the praises of Highwomen. Will check it out. Guess a lot of people are — it debuted at No. …
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ALBUMS: Live at Kelvin Hall (1968); Lola versus Powerman (1970); Kinks on Pye (1970); Everybody is in Showbiz (1972); Preservation Act 1 (1973); The Kinks Present a Soap Opera (1975); Sleepwalker (1977); Misfits (1978); One for the Road (1980); The Kinks, A Compleat Collection (1984). MVC Ratings: Kelvin 3.5/$$$$; Lola 5.0/$$$$$; Kinks on Pye $$$’: …
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Big Chief Ellis, a blues piano player of the highest talent, died in Birmingham on this date — Dec. 20, 1977. He was 63. Not many folks know today his the anniversary of his death. He was a self-taught piano player, professional gambler and ‘rolling stone.’ As he sings in the attached recording: “I do …
Ever wonder what are those numbers near the title of each My Vinyl Countdown blog item. It is there at the top next to the singer’s name. Some know that’s the number of records left to go before having done them all. So for example, Broken Homes is 624 and that means 623 were lef to …
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