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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.
Tag Archives: record album
50 Years since the release of KISS ALIVE!
Today, September 10, 2025, celebrates 50 years since the release of KISS ALIVE! I’ve been a fan since Dressed To Kill but this was the album that kicked things to the next level for KISS. Celebrate this day!
Vinyl Challenge – Bands & Colors
This video is in response to @ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed Vinyl Community Thread “Bands & Colors” for Easter 2025. In this video I’ve pulled 5 vinyl albums and 5 CDs that meet the criteria of Bands with a color in their names.
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Tagged #cdcollection, #cdcollector, #recordcollector, CD collection, Music, record album, records, retirement ain't easy, vinyl, vinylcollection, vinylcommunity, youtube
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2025 New Year Resolutions
Once again it’s time to put forth my resolutions or goals for 2025. I’m a bit late this year but better late than never. As a former Project Manager, I find that setting goals is essential for my self worth … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, book reading, books, goodreads, memoir, Music, music equipment, novel writing, record album, recording, retirement, retirement ain't easy, toy collecting, toys, weightloss, writing
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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
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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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Album of the Month – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
Growing up, I wasn’t a fan of Punk Rock. I had read about a number of Punk bands in CREEM magazine. CREEM seemed to cover more punk than mainstream bands at the time, and so I knew who the Sex … Continue reading
Album of the Month – A Farewell to Kings by Rush
In the Spring of 1981, my post high school band Second Chance played my high school alma mater Ellison High School (EHS). At that point in Second Chance’s history we were doing a lot of Rush songs. Our set at … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, a farewell to kings, Album, Album of the month, cassette tape, ehs, Ellison high school, live music, Music, record album, rush, second chance, xanadu
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Album of the Month – Josie and the Pussycats Soundtrack
Why is the soundtrack from the motion picture Josie and the Pussycats the Album of the Month? What’s the story? No story, I just love this soundtrack and the movie. I LOVE this movie, I can, and have, watched into … Continue reading
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Tagged Album of the month, CD, here and now, josie and the pussycats, kay hanley, letters to cleo, movie, movies, Music, Rachael Leigh cook, record album, records, Soundtrack, vinyl
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Music Memory – Renaissance Records
Wow, I found an old picture of the record store, Renaissance Records, in Killeen Texas I would go and get records from when the Post Exchange (PX) on Fort Hood didn’t have any good stuff. A used record store. I … Continue reading
Vinyl of the Month – Wind and Wuthering by Genesis
Wind and Wuthering by Genesis was featured 4 years ago here but I had since rediscussed this album for my YouTube channel. Go check it out. Subscribe for more stuff.
2024 New Years Resolutions
Now that I am retired from the daily soul crushing commute and job, I hope completing my New Years Resolutions in 2024 will come easier. So here are my 5 New Years Resolutions that I plan on …. Resolving? Resolution … Continue reading
Retirement Ain't Easy 