Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#75) Run DMC – Raising Hell

November 6, 2017By Patrick Moran

YEAR RELEASED: 1986 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Walk With This”, “My Adidas”, “You Be Illin”, “It’s Tricky”, “Proud to be Black”, “Peter Piper” ALBUM MVP: “Walk This Way” WHY I LOVED IT:  Simply put, “Raising Hell” changed the rap game for good. Younger fans of hip hop may think I’m embellishing the significance of this album but … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#76) Billy Ocean – Suddenly

November 3, 2017By Patrick Moran

YEAR RELEASED: 1984 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Caribbean Queen”, “Suddenly”, “Loverboy”, “Mystery Lady” ALBUM MVP: “Caribbean Queen” WHY I LOVED IT:  There’s a handful of songs from the 80’s I love so much you could literally have the same track on an album a dozen times, call it an album and I’d sit here lauding it.  If … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#77) Duran Duran – Rio

November 2, 2017By Patrick Moran

YEAR RELEASED: 1982 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Rio”, “Hungry Like The Wolf”, “Save a Prayer”, “My Own Way” ALBUM MVP: “Hungry Like The Wolf” WHY I LOVED IT:   Duran Duran became huge during in the infancy of the MTV video era, in no small part due to their good looks which made the group teen pop magazine … Read More

Buffalo Bills Player Power Rankings – Week Nine (Hello, Matt)

November 1, 2017By Patrick Moran

Each Wednesday during the NFL season I’m compiling power rankings of the best Buffalo Bills players for 2017.  The rankings are cumulative and not based solely off their last game. Here’s my rankings after Week eight; a 34-14 victory over the Oakland Raiders to improve to 5-2 on the season. (last week’s rankings in parenthesis): … Read More

Favorite 100 Albums of the 80s: (#78) J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame

November 1, 2017By Patrick Moran

YEAR RELEASED: 1981 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Freeze Frame”, “Centerfold”, “Angel In Blue”, “Flamethrower” ALBUM MVP: “Centerfold” WHY I LOVED IT:  Unbeknownst to me at the time the J. Geils Band has been around many years before this came out—shame on my 10-year old self for not having a more expanded musical faculty by then. Regardless, the … Read More