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SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE KIX
by Sue Hodges Grant Forty years ago, KIX performed at a glorious rock ‘n’ roll dive in Essex, Md., called The Seagull Inn. As a journalism major at Loyola College with the burning desire to become a music journalist, I invited a few preppy classmates along to force them out from under their lite rock boulders. One Izod-clad friend blathered on about Bryan Adams most of the evening during the forgettable opening acts until I broke down when KIX blasted onto the stage: “STOP ALREADY ABOUT BRYAN ADAMS! Listen to this band! This is what rock ‘n’ roll is about. This is down ‘n’ dirty, in-your-face rock and KIX is…
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I drive, therefore I travel.
This is my first post, and I have already driven over 3,000 miles to get to Graceland. No kidding! 3,000 Miles to Graceland! Good name for a movie!! I own a 2017 Prius with 190k miles on it and as long as it has life in it, it will get another 190k road miles on the odometer! I think my DNA possesses a need to drive as my father drove trucks in the military. I just drive to live. I drive, therefore I travel. I think Descartes might consider that a good turn of phrase! Join me on this journey. I am old, so I like the old stuff! Look…