Category: Music Stuff

1992-1993 Concert Ticket Stubs & Thrust Music Magazine – Tampa Bay Area Live Music Scene

August 14, 2025

If 1989 was the beginning of the end of the greatest three decades of rock music, 1992-1993 was pretty much the dead end of the long-winding oh-so-fun yet crazy and bumpy road. It was also the end of the great run that was Thrust Music Magazine, as we only published three issues in 1992 and … More 1992-1993 Concert Ticket Stubs & Thrust Music Magazine – Tampa Bay Area Live Music Scene

1991 Concert Ticket Stubs & Thrust Music Magazine – Tampa Bay Area Live Music Scene

February 23, 2025

1991 was another great albeit changing year in the Tampa Bay area rock and metal scene. Looking back, it seemed like the party was starting to wind down, at least for some of us. I was 26 years old in 1991, a junior in college, and the mother of a two-year old boy. Thanks to … More 1991 Concert Ticket Stubs & Thrust Music Magazine – Tampa Bay Area Live Music Scene

1990 Concert Ticket Stubs & Thrust Music Magazine – Tampa Bay Area Live Music Scene

May 4, 2024

Photo: Collage of stuff you will find in the post below. So 1990. The year that officially ended the Decade of Decadence. But it was only the beginning of the end of rock music’s glam or ‘hair band’ era (uncomfortable terminology to some but I won’t go there now). Good time rock-n-roll debauchery was still … More 1990 Concert Ticket Stubs & Thrust Music Magazine – Tampa Bay Area Live Music Scene

Riki & Taime’s World Famous Cathouse Hollywood – 1986 and Beyond

October 28, 2023

Photo: Some of the flyers and memorabilia posted in more detail below, for size reference. It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly four decades since my gal pals and I drove from our North Hollywood apartment to the opening night of Riki & Taime’s World Famous Cathouse Hollywood back in 1986, and made it a … More Riki & Taime’s World Famous Cathouse Hollywood – 1986 and Beyond

1989 Concert Ticket Stubs & Thrust Music Magazine – Tampa Bay Area Live Music

September 5, 2022

These are all of my concert ticket stubs from 1980-2015 that I managed to hang on to and decided to inventory by year(s). Enjoy the trip back in time to 1989 below… Oh, 1989. The beginning of the end of the infamously fun-filled ’80s. It was an era I am forever grateful to have experienced … More 1989 Concert Ticket Stubs & Thrust Music Magazine – Tampa Bay Area Live Music

Books – Van Halen Rising 2015 and Runnin’ With the Devil 2017

March 13, 2022

My apologies for starting this post like a cooking blog that delves into long, drawn-out aromatic memories before getting to the dang recipe. But in my first book review, while I’m stirring up two good reads into one pot, I have to throw in a dash of my usual self-chat. I am one of those … More Books – Van Halen Rising 2015 and Runnin’ With the Devil 2017

1984-1989 Los Angeles Sunset Strip Band Flyers

December 6, 2019

Band flyers and local music magazine ads were the social media tools of the 1980s – so unlike the intangible, fleeting images of today’s band sites and events. Back then band flyers and local rags were simply good advertising – you grabbed them and took them home and they were like Facebook Event Notices sitting on … More 1984-1989 Los Angeles Sunset Strip Band Flyers

The Rolling Stones – 2019 in Jacksonville and 1981 in Orlando

July 27, 2019

I’m not sure why it took me 38 years to see the Rolling Stones for a second time, but I’m so happy we made the four-hour road trip over to Jacksonville to see them on their No Filter Tour. Great show, great energy, great crowds – just one of those delightful concert experiences.  I guess … More The Rolling Stones – 2019 in Jacksonville and 1981 in Orlando