For The Record- 05. August. 2023

A newsletter that won't make your head feel three feet thick.

Welcome to another edition of For The Record, a semi-regular good ol’ fashioned link drop, and benefit for paid supporters of On Repeat. The music world is many things, but “boring” is never one of them.

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This week, we’re discussing the folly of gatekeeping, the passing of time, and the questionable fashion choices of my childhood.

All of that and a lot more! Let’s get right into it.

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Any time there is an On This Day post or a record hitting a specific milestone, I puff my cheeks a little, exhale, and am reminded of how fast time is screaming by.

Huey Lewis and The News’ Sports! is turning 40, and as much as I wanted to work in a quote here from American Psycho (a movie itself almost old enough to rent a car), I couldn’t decide on one.

The truth is I have a weird relationship with this record. My first ever concert was seeing the band with Bruce Hornsby & The Range opening. My dad surprised me with tickets, and we joined a couple of his coworkers. This was 1986; they were all computer programmers—and I wanted to be one.

That should tell you all you need to know about how we looked.