Beeker’s Words

I have come a long way in regards to my taste in music, film, and books. The first album I bought was Michael Jackson’s Thriller in 1982. This was a solid start I think. Unfortunately, I had no impulse to purchase another album until 1987 and I broke my musical drought by purchasing the Glass [...]

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Sometimes I get these odd flashbacks to the 80’s and I think of things I learned, saw or fell in love with. I was 12 when I first saw the film The Labyrinth with David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly. I wasn’t sure what to think. I just knew that I loved it. I thought that [...]

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Recorded for about $6000, this is the Ramones first album. They released it in 1976 and the rest is history. My favorite track is Judy is a Punk.
Ramones

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I was listening to Franz Ferdinand’s song “Do You Want To” and it reminded me how much I loved the anime Paradise Kiss. The writer, Ai Yazawa, originally published the manga in the magazine Zipper. It was then adapted into a 12 series anime. There is fashion, love, transgenderism, and suspense. It does not get [...]

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Born Edith Giovanna Gasson in 1915, Edith Piaf is France’s greatest gift to the world of popular music. La Môme Piaf (The Little Sparrow) was the nickname that Louis Leplee gave Edith, when he discovered her in 1935 and invited her to perform at his Paris nightclub. The rest they say is history. Her life [...]

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