Author: Joe Salazar
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Newdrivehome Blog # 27 (888 – Decades) I’ve been friends with Danny…and Danny from 888 since they played in the crazy Drop Dead, Gorgeous days til now and I’ve always been impressed in every project they’ve been apart of. Cooper’s drum skills are terrifyingly good. (See, “Worse than a Fairy Tale”). And Stillman has always…
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“Newdrivehome Blog # 26 (The Early November – The Mountain Range In my Living Room) I will first say that the The Early November’s album, “The Rooms Too Cold” is one of my favorite albums of all time. From the first song “Ever So Sweet” from this album and til the end…it’s flows together seamlessly,…
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Newdrivehome Blog #25 (Hidden in Plain View – Twenty Below) The year was 2003, before streaming…growing up in Nebraska, we were pretty sheltered to the outside music scenes (delayed essentially). Luckily, I had a pretty rad group of friends that introduced me to this music, emo, the scene, everything I ended up loving til this…
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To say I was obsessed with this song when it was first released in the fall of 2018, would be an understatement. I was a fan of Joji since back in the “Filthy Frank & Pink Guy” days (See: Harlem Shake…if you know you know). When I first heard the synth and melody, I was…
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Newdrivehome Blog #23 (3OH!3 – Still Around) I’m know what I felt when I first heard this song. I’ve known 3OH!3 since I first came out to Denver/Boulder in 2006. This isn’t their most popular song but the lyrics and vibe of the song…connected to me when I was going thru my divorce…and all my…
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Newdrivehome Blog #22 (Lana Del Rey – Young and Beautiful) Honestly, I usually plan my posts and what I had to say. I watched “The Great Gatsby” tonight and this song reminded me how much I LOVE Lana Del Rey. When I first discovered her music and…her, my life goal was to marry a woman…
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Newdrivehome Blog #21 (Wham! – Last Christmas “trap remix”) Sorry everyone, I’m not too early…it’s November, it’s officially Christmas season now. I wish I could write about a deeper meaning for todays blog…but honestly it just reminds me of this whole season and how much I love it. It just puts me in a good…
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Newdrivehome Blog #20 (John Carpenter- Halloween) Spookyseason Blog #7 Michael Myers. Enough said…Michael Myers to Halloween is like Santa Claus to Christmas. To this day every time Halloween is mentioned I can hear the piano of this song start to play. Just about everyone hearing this theme play during the Halloween season year after year…
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Newdrivehome Blog #19 (Gerard McMann – Cry Little Sister) Spooky Season Blog #6 I’ve been saving these last few spooky season posts for tonight. I don’t want the next posts to seem spammy, but I love this holiday. Currently watching these spooky movies to enjoy this Halloween evening. I grew up watching “The Lost Boys”,…
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Newdrivehome Blog #18 (Goo Goo Dolls – Iris) When it comes to life changing songs that I’ll NEVER get tired of hearing; “Iris” sets itself apart from so many songs in my mind jukebox. I remember my teenage years hearing this song on the radio and how it moved me in a way that acted…
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Newdrivehome Blog #17 (Newcleus – Jam On It) I…in a good way, blame my parents for my love of rhythm, hip-hop, and music in general. I remember long drives as a kid (probably to get me fall asleep). But I feel it helped me understand the rhythm in music and songs like this made me…
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Newdrivehome Blog #15 (Ryan Adams – Come Pick Me Up) Here’s a late night entry to the blog. A short break from the spooky season posts. Although I’ve posted about Ryan Adams before…this song has hit me in a different way recently. For me, it’s a lonely song about a yearn for a toxic past…
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Newdrivehome Blog #15 (Echo & the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon) For #spookyseason #5, all I will say is….The movie “Donnie Darko” changed my life. The way it made me feel, paralleled certain things I felt at the time when I first got obsessed discovering this movie. Conrad Bravo, I’m sure, can relate to the…
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