Just Chuck
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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
Category Archives: Music
2024 New Year’s Resolutions Report Card
Its time to review my 2024 New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve been doing this for a number of years now. I always set some goals for myself that have to do with my personal creative side. These goals are self improvements … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Life in General, Music, retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, blogging, Distrokid, memoir, Music, new music, new years resolution, overweight, recording, resolution, retirement, retirement ain't easy, spotify, streaming music, vlog, weight loss, youtube
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Album of the Month – Commodores Live! by The Commodores
If you had asked me before the summer of 1979 if I was a Commodore fan I would’ve adamantly declared “Hell No! I only listen to rock”. I have since expanded my horizons and enjoy all types of music, rap, … Continue reading
Posted in Album of the month, Music
Tagged Album of the month, brick house, commodores live!, easy, funk, mo ranch, Mo-Ranch, Music, record album, retirement ain't easy, the commodores, vinyl
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2025 CD Tag
As a 5th grader (1971) I started buying 45s, you know, the singles, which I still have. As a teen I started buying vinyl (record clubs anyone?) and cassettes. Cassettes I mainly listened to in my car. I had installed … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025 CD Tag, cassette, CD, CD collection, compact disc, Music, records, retirement ain't easy, vinyl
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2025 Vinyl Soundtrack Tag for 2025
Another Vinyl Tag that lists 13 questions you answer using your vinyl record collection. Here is my response.
2025 Vinyl Tag
It’s time for the 2025 Vinyl Tag, a little early. This video answers 20 questions put forth to the Vinyl Community with regards to their vinyl collection. Enjoy.
10 Records or Songs That Changed My Life
Pretty bold statement that 10 records (12 inch or 7 inch) or songs could change a persons life. So I wouldn’t say changed…. maybe influenced is a better term. These are in somewhat of a chronological order: 1 Gimme Dat … Continue reading
Posted in Album of the month, Life in General, Music
Tagged ...and then there were three..., Album, Album of the month, album-reviews, Alive!, american pie, andrew lloyd webber, Deep Purple, don mcclean, Genesis, gimme dat ding, hard-rock, I Think I Love You, ian gillan, jesus christ superstar, KISS, led zeppelin, Music, partridge family, rock, stranglehold, ted nugent, the pipkins, tim rice, vinyl, Wind and Wuthering
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Album of the Month – Alive! by KISS
I remember buying KISS Alive! while living in Puerto Rico. It was my second KISS album purchased, Dressed to Kill being the first. After listening to Dressed to Kill, I was hooked. I was a KISS fan, and I sought … Continue reading
Posted in Album of the month, Music
Tagged ace frehley, Album of the month, Alive!, Creem, Dressed to Kill, hotter than hell, KISS, kiss inserts, Music, paul stanley, puerto rico, vinyl
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I Can See Clearly Now – Retirement Day
I took the chords and melody from Johnny Nash and made my own little Retirement Diddy. Sing Along.
Posted in Music, retirement
Tagged I can see clearly now, Music, retirement, retirement ain't easy, retirement day, sing along, ukulele, youtube
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Album of the Month – Second Helping by Lynyrd Skynyrd
I spent 4 years in Puerto Rico. I was 10 years old when we arrived in the summer of 1972 and 14 years old when we left in the summer of 1976. During that time, my brothers and I were … Continue reading
Album of the Month – Damned, Damned, Damned by The Damned
As I’ve said before, there were only two punk bands that I listened back in the Jurassic Era (1979-1982 for you kids). The Sex Pistols and The Damned. Damned, Damned, Damned was The Damned‘s first album, released in 1977 during … Continue reading
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Tagged Album of the month, Alice cooper, Biloxi Bunch, Biloxi circle, cassette player, cassette tape, chevy, damned damned damned, feel the pain, fort hood, Monza, Music, neat neat neat, Nick Lowe, punk, punk rock, rock, stab your back, texas, the damned, vinyl
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Retirement Ain't Easy 