1. Heavyweight Champion of the World - Reverend & The Makers (week 2) 2. Open Your Window - Reverend & The Makers (2) 3. Por Que Te Vas? - Los Super Elegantes (7) 4.
On November 4, 1984, I typed up, on my family TI-99 home computer, my first Top Twenty. Number One that first week was Culture Club's "The War Song". Some other songs that appeared on the chart that first week were Madonna's "Like A Virgin", Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" and the Thompson Twins' "Lies". Ever since then, I have been compiling a list of my favorite songs. It's now weekly. Perhaps I'm crazy. But this is how I've always listened to music.
I was born in Denver, and have spent most of my life in cities, until the year I turned 40, when chances moved me to rural Illinois, with the opportunity to try my hand at gardening on a larger scale. This blog is my chronicle of this transition.