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What Do You Call Someone Who Hangs Around Musicians?

The real answer is Mike. The eighties answer to this – (the one that everyone knew) was a drummer. Everybody knew that drummers were on the way out in the eighties. Drum machines were the oft pointed at pieces of … Continue reading

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Do Hunters Belong in the Eighties?

If the eighties were about nothing else, they were about big money and the pursuit of such. Hunters will also pursue doe. Well that is when a nice stag isn’t available. And also this is supposed to help cull the … Continue reading

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Foiled by a Simple Law

“I figured out how to shut the library computers down!” said my friend in a whisper though I could hear the exclamation mark. I was an easily distracted York University student in the late 1980’s so I simply said “Wha?” … Continue reading

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