#tbt Star Wars

This Polaroid picture was taken in 1977 or 1978, so I would’ve been around 11 or 12. Yeah, the original Star Wars (not the special editions) was ground breaking. And Han shooting first didn’t scar me..   GeorgeI’m an author living in northern Virginia with a wife and a cat. In the late ’80s, I … Read more

#tbt Metal Shop

I made this in Metal Shop in 7th or 8th grade. As I recall, I created the mold in some sort of sand, poured the aluminum, and painted it. GeorgeI’m an author living in northern Virginia with a wife and a cat. In the late ’80s, I worked on the International Space Station project. I … Read more

The Who 1989

On July, 7 1989, I went to RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. to see The Who on their 25th Anniversary Tour. The concert was incredible. I was high up on the opposite end of the stadium from the stage and still left with buzzing in my ears.

I bought this t-shirt at the concert:

 

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1987/88 Pink Floyd Tour #TBT

In an earlier post, I mentioned that I found my T-shirt from the tour but couldn’t find my ticket stub. I was bummed out that I’d lost the stub.

I collect the stubs of events I attend, including concerts and sporting events. It’s a reminder of a good time. For all of my other concerts, I put the ticket stubs in the CD the tour promoted. On the rare chance that I didn’t buy the CD but still went to the concert, I put it in the closest CD. An example of the latter case was the Boston concert earlier this year. I didn’t buy their latest CD (I didn’t know they had one out.), but I went to the concert–it was a bucket list concert.

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Pink Floyd Concert #TBT

In 1987, Pink Floyd, minus Roger Waters, release a new album entitled A Momentary Lapse of Reason. To say I was excited was an understatement. I picked up the CD as soon as it was released. I listened to it. And listened to it. Over and over. Then the tour was announced… And I couldn’t … Read more