Favorite bands/singers of the 1980's

[RobertB]

     While spending hours rearranging C= goods in the house, I listened to a lot of music -- many Pet Benatar CDs, some Sheena Easton, and soundtracks, like Rambo: First Blood II composed and conducted by the great Jerry Goldsmith.  In the old days, I had always thought of those 100-CD Sony players.  I should check out the going price on them.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
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[Paul]

I now find myself listening to absolute80s.com. Love it when modern technology meets retro goodness!

[RobertB]

     I'm signed up at absolute80s.com.
    By the way, this morning I found out Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo were hosting the Sirius 80's channel (channel eight) for the 4th of July.  So, I woke up at 5 a.m. PT (8 a.m. ET) to hear them.  Well, they would come on every 20 minutes to talk a bit, but then it was back to the 80's music.  After 1 hour, 20 minutes, I had to go back to sleep.  

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[RobertB]

     Though Mick Jones is the only original band member still left, classic band Foreigner is playing at the Fresno Fair tomorrow night.  Unfortunately, I have parent conferences tomorrow night, too.  Fortunately, AXS t.v. has Foreigner in concert and is playing it tonight and tomorrow morning.  I'm recording it!

          The new lead singer is pretty good,
          Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

...classic band Foreigner is playing at the Fresno Fair tomorrow night.

Hey, it was a good thing I didn't go to the open-air Foreigner concert.  It was cold and off-and-on rainy that night.

          The first good soaking for California for the season,
          Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

According to the Aladdin's Theatre description of Quarterflash, the group is working on a new CD.

It's been almost a year and no news on any new CD.  However, I did win a Quarterflash - Take Another Picture camera on eBay!  It should arrive here just before Christmas.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

I did win a Quarterflash - Take Another Picture camera on eBay!  It should arrive here just before Christmas.

The camera arrived... and I am underwhelmed.    Typical souvenir quality plastic... plastic body, lens, and viewfinder.  One shutter speed, fixed aperture.  No provision for flash.  But hey... it says Quarteflash and Take Another Picture (one of their songs) on the cameraback.    It also had two red windows on the cameraback in order to view the picture numbers on the film... but two?  Now I knew that old 120 film cameras had one red window.  However, when I measured a 120 film roll with that of the inner film compartment of the camera, the 120 roll was way too long for the camera.  It definitely did not fit a 35mm cartridge.  I did some research on the Net, remeasured the inner compartment, and have determined that it is supposed to hold a 127 film roll (46 mm. long).  Interesting... according to what I found out, 127 cameras faded away in the 1960s, but here was this camera from the early 1980's, possibly given away at concerts or to disc jockeys.
     I looked for a source of fresh 127 film, found a few names, and checked eBay.  eBay lists 127 film at more than $30 a roll!  But I will buy at least one... so I can try it out and see the prints.

          Perhaps to take pictures at the next Quarterflash concert!
          Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

     This Labor Day Monday at the Los Angeles County Fair, a huge event is happening.  The Bangles will be in concert with Berlin and The Motels.  80's heaven!  However, try as I might, I couldn't crunch the numbers.  Gasoline would be about $120, the concert ticket would be about $45 for a good seat (not including admittance to the fair), and staying overnight would be another $50 to $80.  The real deal-killer is that the concert is at 7:30 at night... no way I can make it back to my area in any kind of rested state if I have work at 8 the next morning (the drive back is 4 hours). 
     I don't know if the stars will ever align like this again.

         Truly,
         Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

     Just found out that I missed a Firefall concert in California.  Firefall, a Colorado band popular in the late 70's/early 80's has a Facebook page, and that's how I rediscovered the band.  Now I'll have to wait until they hopefully come back to California next year.

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
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[RobertB]

     Foreigner in concert on Nov. 8!  In Turlock, California (which is about 2 hours, 15 minutes from me).  I think I'll be going to it.

          Just one band member is still the original,
          Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

     Ack!  Instead of heading north to the Foreigner concert, I will be heading south to the Los Angeles area for a visit to Computer Station (storefront which sells C= software and hardware), the SC3 Arcade Party, and a SCCAN meeting.

          Oh, well, Foreigner another time,
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[RobertB]

     Last night on the Audience channel, I watched a one-hour special on the band, Berlin.  Back in the 1980's, I collected their albums (and the CD's that came after), and I had never seen them in concert.  So, it was quite a treat to see the band in a concert from 2016 and to listen to lead singer, Terri Nunn, relate the history of the band and how their classic new wave pop music was created.  In fact, she said that they are working on 25 new songs!  When those songs are released, I'll be sure to get them!

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

     On the AXS channel the other night, I watched a recent concert by Stevie Nicks and then a concert by Blondie.  Wow, I'll have to check to make sure that my CD collection is up-to-date with Nicks and Blondie (especially since Debbie Harry of Blondie was singing new songs).

          Writing from Salem, Oregon,
          Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

     As mentioned in one of my messages a few years ago, one of my favorite bands is Berlin with its lead singer, Terri Nunn.  One of my favorite television shows is T.J. Hooker.  Little did I know was that Terri Nunn appeared on T.J. Hooker!  After all these decades of watching reruns of T.J. Hooker, I never realized that she had been on that show.  It was only pointed out to me when I started listening to the podcast at

http://tjhookerpodcast.blogspot.com

I believe she starred in T.J. Hooker before hitting it big with Berlin.
     In the episode entitled, "The Connection", she plays the girlfriend of a street drug dealer, and she does a creditable job of acting.
     Now every time I listen to Berlin or see them in concert on the AXS tv network, I'll be thinking of T.J. Hooker!

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
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[RobertB]

As mentioned in one of my messages a few years ago, one of my favorite bands is Berlin with its lead singer, Terri Nunn.  One of my favorite television shows is T.J. Hooker.  Little did I know was that Terri Nunn appeared on T.J. Hooker!

Another Terri Nunn sighting!  This time on the t.v. show, Barnaby Jones!  In the 1978 episode, "Academy of Evil", she plays a psycho schoolgirl in a meaty role.  What a surprise when I saw it!

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
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