Sep 22, 20228 min read
When Saturn Came Back
One Door Opens and Another Closes - My Adventures in Underscore, part 12 You can sample a short playlist on Apple Music or Spotify...
Sep 2, 20228 min read
A New Source for Sound
The dawn of CDs and the return of Mr. Bates—My Adventures in Underscore, part 11. To sample the songs discussed, try the blog playlist...
Aug 12, 20228 min read
Dark Days Are Made of This
MTV, Nuclear Winter, and a New Hope — My Adventures in Underscore, part 10 You can sample a short playlist on Apple Music or Spotify...
Jul 28, 20228 min read
It Was the Best of Times, It Was blah, blah, blah…
Stumbling into fatherhood in the early ’80s - My Adventures in Underscore, part 9 You can hear a selected playlist for this story on...
Jul 15, 202210 min read
A Long Time Ago, In a City Far, by the Bay
When SF turned Sci-Fi - My Adventures in Underscore part 8 In March of 1977, I was sitting in a New Jersey theater with a few college...
Jun 30, 20227 min read
I Found It At The Movies
My Adventures In Underscore Pt. 7 - Exploring sex and soundtracks in the mid-Seventies You can listen to a short playlist on Apple Music...
Jun 18, 20226 min read
Learning the Classics, Easy as R-C-A
My Adventures in Underscore, part 6 New summer hits, old chestnuts, and Camera Three. In 1975, the whole world was humming a movie...
Jun 10, 20227 min read
Monster-Kid Melodies
How to be a music supervisor in the Fotomat era — My Adventures in Underscore, part 5. You can hear a selected playlist for this story at...
Jun 4, 20226 min read
”Strangers in Paradise,” or Collecting on a Budget
My Adventures in Underscore, part 4 - Trials and tribulations of a nacent LP collector. Check out a playlist for this story on Apple...
May 29, 20227 min read
Switching On Soundtracks
A magical new sound tickles my fancy—My Adventures in Underscore, part 3 You wouldn’t expect a couple of eighth graders to come to blows...
