http://memoriesandmusic.com What memories does music make you recall? Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:40:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The birth of rap/hip hop was an ugly thing. Can you believe some of these lyrics? If you're not a square from Delaware And you've got on clean underwear And your Momma ain't on welfare.... Oops.... I just threw up in my mouth a little. Nevertheless, there was never a shortage of shaking asses on the ... http://memoriesandmusic.com/2008/07/07/the-roof-is-on-fire/ Man, I hated this song... still do. I was a senior in high school when this came out. It was all over the radio. It made me cringe. My friends and I had our own words: I'd like to hit you! B-A-T With a bat! I'd like to shoot you! G-U-N With a gun! [audio:pretty-young-thing.mp3] Pretty Young Thing, by ... http://memoriesandmusic.com/2008/06/23/pretty-young-thing/ My wife and I really enjoyed Moulin Rouge. If was quite fun to see many of the songs we knew re-rendered. Plus my wife had a woman-crush on Nicole Kidman at the time. I bought her the DVD and the CD soundtrack when they were released. It was November 2001 and ... http://memoriesandmusic.com/2008/06/18/because-we-can/ As I mentioned before, I started college in the winter semester after taking some time off after high school. I've already written about my first roommate, Chris. Our room was on the second floor. Right above me was a guy named Kenny, who also grew up in Calvert County, although ... http://memoriesandmusic.com/2008/05/23/owner-of-a-lonely-heart/ From August 1991 - August 1994, I was stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, which is northwest of Tokyo. My wife and I married in January, and eight months later I drag her off to Japan! Friday nights we usually went to the Officer's Club. Stateside, most of the on-base clubs ... http://memoriesandmusic.com/2008/05/16/monsters-and-angels/