This Is Me--2024 A to Z Theme

My A to Z Themes in the past have covered a range of topics and for 2024 the theme is a personal retrospective that I call "I Coulda Been" which is in reference to my job and career arc over my lifetime. I'll be looking at all sorts of occupations that I have done or could have done. Maybe you've done some of these too!

Friday, November 8, 2024

Time for Dreams ( #BOTB Results )

       The voting has decided!  Read on to get my perspectives on why I voted as I did and what the final results amounted to.  Did you vote?  Whether or not you did vote, you can still read about what I'm talking about...


Battle of the Bands Results




Fun and Folly in Lee's Basement

      Back in the first years of the seventies, I was in college as well as working summers.  During this time my friends and I began discovering psychedelics and other mind-altering substances. Add to that a frequent abundance of alcohol and it was party time whenever or wherever we gathered.

      Music was such a huge part of any event as well as in our times of solitude.  My range of musical interest was very eclectic as it is today so any visitor to my basement might be exposed to some very different music than they normally listened to.  When one's mind is "expanded" that can be a good thing.

      My recent Battle matched a group of those times, Autosalvage, against a more sunshiny pop song by the group Wichita Fall.  This was a tough choice for me since I love the sounds of both groups and both albums.  I listened to both often back in those days and still enjoy hearing the albums. So what to pick in this Battle?

      When my basement was my escape, my domain, and place to entertain friends, I would be more apt to put on the Autosalvage album.  It rocked more and probably would have been better received by a bunch of partying guys.  This was an interesting album to be in party mode with.  

      After everyone had gone home and I was still coming down from wherever I had gone, that was the time that I'd usually put on my Wichita Fall album.  It was a calming aural experience for me.  I also enjoyed listening to this album on quiet afternoons when I was alone.  Wichita Fall's Life Is But  A Dream is a delightful extravaganza of pretty decent songs with dazzling orchestration and harmonies reminiscent of groups like The Association, another of my favorite groups.

       That being said, for this Battle my vote goes to Autosalvage and their song "Land of Their Dreams".  Love the crazy sound of that group and love that song.

       But just for the pleasure of listening to music these days I'd still likely gravitate more to the Wichita Fall album.  


Final Vote Tally

Autosalvage      7 votes

Wichita Fall       3 votes


Another Battle on November 15th

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