Music I Love: 1984
Careless Whisper– Wham!/George Michael George Michael made the list a bunch of times. I love this song. Wake Me Up– Wham!/George Michael This was the first time
Careless Whisper– Wham!/George Michael George Michael made the list a bunch of times. I love this song. Wake Me Up– Wham!/George Michael This was the first time
Time after Time– Cyndi Lauper This one quickly became a kind of standard… for a good reason. It’s a great song. Every Breath You Take– the
Sweet Dreams– The Eurythmics I liked the Eurythmics, and they had a bunch of songs that I really liked. No More I Love You’s from
Don’t Stop Believing– Journey Yes, yes, it was overplayed, but it was one of the two best songs on the Escape album and in my opinion,
I graduated from high school in 1980. Three months later turned 18, and started college. I don’t think any of these songs were personal favorites
I’ve been off the cancer meds for 20 days now. My hope, beyond of course the leukemia not coming back, is that the swelling in
If It Makes You Happy– Sheryl Crow Ok, so this one is gonna take some setup. Back at the time I was working at ‘the studio’ which
I Can’t Make You Love Me– Bonnie Raitt It was the summer of 1991. My wife and I had been married for almost 8 years.
Forgive me for this, I know I’ve weighed in on the subject a few times, but I’m interested in some of the dynamics of these
We all have some songs that, as soon as we hear them, they kick us back to a certain time/place. Through some connection, we come
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.“
This website was formerly “the TL;DR place” on tumblr. But I occasionally posted things that I wanted others to see, and they were unable to access the content without tumblr accounts. I called the blog the TL;DR place because the writing I do here is essentially a place for me to process through my thoughts. Most of my friend group isn’t all that interested in the same things, so I write rather than talk through it.
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.