Hello, Howie.

On 04 Apr 04 at 17:20, Howie Coombe wrote to Sean Dennis:

 HC> Ripper, :}.

Yep.  I mean, I paid nearly $50 for all of the CDs, so I don't think that
was illegal.  Still, it's nice having all of those CDs on a single CD...

 HC> As any fan of timeless rock and roll would.

I have a wide variety in tastes, but I was allowed (I was raised in a
fairly strict household) to listen to Billy Joel, Huey Lewis and the News,
et al., when I was growing up, so the music also has special meaning.

For example, "This Is The Time" has more of a bittersweet taste
to it for me. At the time, my girlfriend and I had broken up and I was
heartbroken.  My parents took me and my sisters to visit our grandparents
who lived in Pacific City, Oregon-a very, very tiny town of 100 people
(really!) that is on the northern coast of Oregon.

The northern coast is very rocky, desolate... that evening when we arrived,
I walked alone to the beach (across the street) and up this huge hill to
the top where I was nestled in between the wind-swept trees.  I watched the
sunset, listening to a local radio station and that song came on, reminding
me of the lost love.

I sat there, listening, thinking about her.  It's something that is forever
etched in my memory and that's one of the reasons I bought the whole
collection.  But that song was really the reason why I got it.

 HC> And besides that he is one of the few timeless rockers that is still
 HC> going.

Yep.  Bruce Springsteen is a favorite of mine too.

Later,
Sean

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