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Dan Pal's avatar

Love your responses to Andy's questions! The B-52s are right up there for me too. I've seen them several times and they never fail to be fun and entertaining.

I think of you so much as the "dance music" writer that I never thought I see you mention a classical album! Good for you!

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The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)'s avatar

Thanks Dan ❤️🙏👍

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Andres's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind words! I was soooo hoping you would accept the challenge and was bummed when I thought you weren't going to! I so wanted to read your responses. You are WAY too much fun, Pe, and I'm here for it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I loved reading about your childhood, your music discoveries and how they intertwine with your life and life wisdom. I hope you have a great weekend! Thanks again!

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The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)'s avatar

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, and I’ve fallen a bit behind on my reading here, so I had to push it to the weekend. I’d never let something like this slip 😁 Too much fun. Thanks for reading, Andy — and have a great weekend!

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Andres's avatar

I hear you! Makes it even more special. Thank you!!!! Means a lot ♥️

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Santoro's avatar

My first record player was a toy called close and play, took 2 out of my neighbors trash. I agree with this guy about writing, or playing what YOU want, not what others wanted. That’s a very important box that needs to be checked. Ask Dimitri From Paris about remixing for Chic.

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The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)'s avatar

Fully agree Donald! Thanks for reading and wishing you a great start of the week!

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Mark Nash's avatar

This was great, I enjoyed getting to know you a little more! That “cardinals hat” looks divine! I’ll have to try one someday!!

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The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)'s avatar

Thanks for reading Mark!

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Brad Kyle's avatar

Nice, Pe......love your first record player! Cool shout-out to "Popcorn"! At the time, I could never figure out which was the title and which was the band! The DJ would say, "Hot Butter and Popcorn, right here on Houston's KILT-AM!" Or, he might say, "Popcorn with Hot Butter," and I wasn't sure if he was ordering a snack, and again, who the heck was which!

I also enjoyed how you related your struggles with English and how you landed on writing, and with such a varied musical palette! That cardinal's hat looks positively scrumptious! Fun stuff!

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The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)'s avatar

It took me a while to find a photo of that record player 😁 Your point about the Popcorn/Hot Butter mix-up made me laugh. As non-native speakers, that joke never really landed here, and I’m not even sure the version I had was the Hot Butter one. There were plenty of knock-offs around.

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Brad Kyle's avatar

Ha! And, the fact that the band was not a known commodity....it was just suddenly song and artist, each with names that usually go together....over here, anyway! Great point about that language divide!

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Joe Ivory Mattingly's avatar

Love the B52s!

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The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)'s avatar

Same here 😁 Thanks for reading & reacting Joe. Enjoy your weekend!

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Tamara Casey's avatar

Pe, love this! The Frenchie snoring was a particularly nice touch. Thank you for sharing these insights with us.

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The Twelve Inch (Disco/80s)'s avatar

Haha… It’s a pity there’s no “odorama” feature, or I could’ve added the other thing they’re truly specialised in.

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Tamara Casey's avatar

I have friends with Frenchies. I am aware. I will pass thanks. My two GSPs are bad enough 🤣

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