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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: records
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.
Posted in Music
Tagged #cdcollection, #cdcollector, #recordcollector, CD collection, Music, record album, records, retirement ain't easy, vinyl, vinylcollection, vinylcommunity, youtube
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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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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
Posted in Album of the month, Music
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.
Birthday Month Top 5 – Hobbies
My Hobbies (or things that work gets in the way of)
Posted in Life in General, Music, Toy Photography, writing
Tagged Comic Book, guitar, led zeppelin, photography, recording, records, songwriting, Toy Photography, vinyl
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Are you a hobby hopper?
I must confess. I am a hobby hopper. What’s that? It’s a person who has many hobbies that focuses on one for a period of time and then loses interest and moves on to another of his/her hobbies. The reason … Continue reading
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Tagged batman, Comic Book, guitar, gun, KISS, Lego, photography, recording studio, records, vinyl
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Adventures with Music
I’ve gotten back into buying vinyl. A bit more expensive these days than when i was a teen. Unfortunately I made the mistake of selling and/or giving away a lot of my albums. ALL my Led Zeppelin (crying emoji) were … Continue reading
Retirement Ain't Easy 