When I first heard… “Stakes is High”… I was…

broderic on July 2, 2026

It’s 30 years since they released this album. It is my favorite De La. While I don’t remember where I was hearing “Stakes is High” for the first time, I know that I listened to it all that summer. It was the summer before turning 25 — my popular time. It was the time when I had my green Jetta and a ten disc CD changer in the trunk. It was also the time when I was a drunk, fun loving person.

I think the most vivid memory for me from listening to the album at the time is when Lacy invited me to meet up with her friends in Little Italy for a late, late dinner. We had just closed Ruby Tuesday. She said let’s go. While not really into her except for her being female, I went. Driving into Baltimore and it was “Itsowezee” bumping on the radio after midnight. Who the fuck were her friends but just other servers just like us…

Why Screaming Blue Messiahs?

broderic on June 27, 2025

Is this my favorite band ever? Maybe…

It is said that your choice of music solidifies in your teens. That may be anecdotal, but I definitely still listen to the Messiahs now and then forty years later. Three albums, a few B-sides and EPs, and then done. For a decade from the early 1980s to the 1990s, they were often in my tape deck. They very much a part of me growing up. So lately, I hope to find some smidge of information about them and find my younger self as well.

Music Genres from Last Decade

broderic on May 10, 2024

I watched this video to figure out music. You see I am an old man who doesn’t follow what any of the kids listen to these days. I am no longer cool. So I feel like learning about the music from the last decade. All I learned was “hauntology.”

“He’s so good. Hard to believe he was fired from 37 different stations.” “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” “Are you saying he was a gay Marine?”

broderic on September 24, 2021

Link of the Day [9.24.21]

Was it really thirty years ago that these albums came out? Yes. Supposedly this was the best release days ever. Others can make the claim. I don’t know. All I know is that I remember the day well.

I was still in university at the U. I was especially waiting for the new Tribe album. I went to a music store called Coconuts. On the radio was playing “Smells like Teen Spirit.” I could not find the Tribe album. It was all sold out. I would get it sometime later, but not that day.

Since this was so long ago, I may be misremembering it all and this happened on a different day.

https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/9/24/22691047/biggest-album-release-dates-in-history-nirvana-tribe-rhcp

That’s Not A Skateboard

broderic on May 24, 2019

Was this really released in 1983? Sheez. I’ve got the skateboard blues!

There’s a lot of classic lines from here… “You guys got a dime?” “The Swedes down in Venice Beach. Now shove off!”

Gosh. I’m really young at the time of this videos release. Skateboarding has come a long way from this.

Link of the Day [1.13.19]

broderic on January 13, 2019

Another year, another year of “Link of the Day!” Perhaps I will find something better with my time. Maybe…

There are a set of films that I believe have described my life. “Office Space” is one of them. Both when I was a server at some shlock place like Tchotkes or working at IniTech, this film speaks to me.

I remember catching it with the Shore Studios crew. We did not laugh one bit during the show. It took video and us maturing to see how funny it was.

I really miss the Shore Studios crew.

https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/11/office-space-oral-history/

[7] On the Way Home

broderic on December 24, 2018

Seven days left with Nanase in Nogizaka46…

Let’s start with the beginning. Maiyan ropes me into checking out this group called Nogizaka46. On the wiki pages, I peruse though the members. They are all pretty. I get to Nanase’s page and know that there are many members as pretty or more than Maiyan, in particular Nanase. To me, she’s always been more beautiful than Maiyan. And I find Maiyan the most beautiful of idols. Somehow, both are true.

Anyhow seven days, at the beginning we begin again.