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This is a blog about recreational hobbies that I am interested in (music, TV, movies, books). I also talk about what's on my mind or things that happen in life around me. Please feel free to post comments; I want this to be an interactive dialogue. If you like what you read, please share it with your friends. Thanks.

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Book Review: The Vinyl Detective - Low Action

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This is the fifth and latest book in the Vinyl Detective mystery series. In this one, our record aficionado protagonist and his girlfrien...
Monday, October 14, 2019

Book Review: Bread Bags and Bullies

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Everyone who knows me and knows this blog understands how big of an influence the 1980's were in my life. For a bulk of this decade, I...
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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Rest In Peace, Aretha Franklin

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Rest in peace to the Queen of Soul - Aretha Franklin. Born March 25th, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, Aretha Louise Franklin got her start sin...
Monday, January 1, 2018

The Stranglers - Feline (35th anniversary)

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Today (January 1st) back in 1983, the English rock band the Stranglers released Feline , its seventh studio album. The record charted at nu...
Saturday, June 24, 2017

Purple Rain (Deluxe)(Expanded Edition)

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This week saw the release of a deluxe, expanded edition of Purple Rain , Prince's 1984 super-smash soundtrack album for the film of the ...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Book Review: Ashes

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Middle-aged brothers Jason and Tom Prendergast thought they were completely done with each other. Perceived betrayal had burned the bridge ...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind (35th anniversary)

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Today (February 28th) marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Always On My Mind by Willie Nelson. The 1982 album spent ninety-nine weeks on ...
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Martin Maenza
Macomb, Michigan, United States
Previously I was a software developer in the retail industry. Late in life, I got my master's degree in library science and became an adult services librarian at my local public library.
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