I’m at that age where some friends of mine are becoming new parents, and other friends of mine are becoming grandparents. Your late 30s are weird.
Lawd. I got in so much trouble over that “club” because I would forget to send the postcard back to tell them I did not want that month’s selection.
I got in trouble with my mom when I was 9 because I sent off for one of those Columbia deals for a penny, and didn't realize that they would arrive every month after that and cost significantly more. @harpua - yup, in a nutshell.
You've heard Switched on Bach? Walter Carlos was a genius. I think I liked The Well-Tempered Synthesizer even better.
My father was an odd techie guy. He was obsessed by the album. And yeah, once in a while it's a good background soundtrack while I work. When I'm feeling all Clockwork Orange.
My 27-year-old coworker went to a Metallica concert over the weekend, and as she was showing us pictures today and talking about it, I realized that I was listening to Metalica before she was even born.
When a plot point on an episode of SVU centers on a crime being 25-years old from '96, and I'm thinking, goddamn it, I remember that year well; turned 10 that year.