This album was given to me by a friend in Seattle. I enjoyed the title track, as well as "Floral Dance", which made me imagine a medieval festival. My favourite track was "Ete D'Amour", which I believe means "summer of love". A sad, haunting piece, it somehow always reminded me of the girl I fell in love with in junior high. The other tunes are similarly pleasant, wistful, and somewhat melancholy.

This is the very first mainstream (i.e.; non-classical) album I ever bought. While some took it for a quasi-classical album, it was more like an expansion of Walter Murphy's 1976 hit, "A Fifth of Beethoven". The format of stringing passages of classical music together in a medley tied by a steady beat made classical music purists gag, while the "rock" beat made my conservative parents turn pale.

This was a major part of the soundtrack to my freshman year in college. The Cars created some of the best new wave pop music of the decade. Unfortunately, The Cars were already nearing the end of the road. After this came a Greatest Hits, with a single new song, "Tonight She Comes", and then their final album which featured their last great song as a group, "You Are the Girl".

Early U2 captured in some very powerful, live performances. This was my first foray into hard rock. Before 1983 I was more of a Classical Music kinda guy. This was also my first exposure to the realities of contemporary Ireland. Even though I knew virtually nothing of their conflicts, the album seemed to capture a certain energy, rage and passion of Irish youth.

Though I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit it, I actually bought this album when it originally came out. Still, I think it has one or two very catchy, upbeat tunes which are ok in (very) small doses.

I actually bought this, the second book in the series, first. I partially credit Bloom County with getting me interested in politics and current affairs.

I bought this on a very long stopover in Spokane whilst traveling to Canada by Greyhound. It's the only Bloom County book that I still have.

The original "Boot to the Head" skit nearly had me on the floor when I heard it on the Dr. Demento show. Great stuff from a wacky Canadian comedy group!

The quintessential 80's teen flick. I had 2 main reasons for wanting to see it, and they both belonged to Phoebe Cates.

Made just at the dawn of the home PC revolution, when it seemed that computers might be capable of anything. And what guy watching this didn't fall in love with the almost unbelievably gorgeous Virginia Madsen? A great, bittersweet little movie, I wish the studio would get on the ball and release this on DVD. Also features a terrific soundtrack by Giorgio Moroder.

I didn't watch a lot of TV in the 80's, since my parents sold our TV set in 1978, but I managed to catch a few shows every so often. This became one of my favourite shows of the 80's. It played like a sillier version of Barney Miller and had some great guest stars, like Mel Torme and John Astin, and had some very poignant moments as well.

The pinnacle of the Star Trek movie franchise featuring all of the main cast from the original series. This was one of those rare instances where the plot actually works better in execution than it sounds in description, and it captures perfectly the spirit of the original show. I was also fortunate enough to meet James Doohan when he was on a promotional tour for the film.