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
Rather than pump out an overnight reactionary post on how unreservedly dreadful the Buffalo Bills were last night, I decided to sleep on it before jotting anything down. I tend to be an overly emotional knee-jerk reactor as it is and didn’t want to be too low on the Bills over one game, the same … Read More
At least one Buffalo pro sports team picked up a road victory Thursday night. The Buffalo Sabres, fresh off five days of rest put a beating on Arizona over 52 minutes before holding on for dear life over the last eight to defeat the Coyotes, 5-4. Both teams stunk in the first period before Oliver … Read More
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
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
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
The Buffalo Bills sent shockwaves through Western New York if not the entire NFL Tuesday afternoon by sending third and seventh round draft picks to the Carolina Panthers for wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin. Alrighty then. I have some thoughts… ♦ Before getting to Benjamin joining the Bills specifically, I have a pair of nuggets to … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1981 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Here I Am”, “The One That You Love”, “Sweet Dreams” ALBUM MVP: “Here I Am” WHY I LOVED IT: I’m not sure I ever figured out which one between Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock is Air and which is Supply, but I digress. Also, I continue to forget “Here I … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1989 NOTABLE TRACKS: “Another Day in Paradise”, “I Wish It Would Rain Down”, “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven”, “Do You Remember”, “Hang In Long Enough” ALBUM MVP: “Another Day in Paradise” WHY I LOVED IT: This was Collins’ fourth studio solo album after leaving Genesis and you can make a strong … Read More
It’s not possible to be more wrong about the Buffalo Bills than I’ve been this season and particularly this morning. I was too lazy to compose a prediction post for this blog but allow me to share the complete nonsense I wrote for buddies on Facebook: “My Unpopular Prediction That May Bite Me in 4 … Read More
