Late Night Confidential #5

In this episode: some songs from my childhood, I bitch about my encounter with the Magnum Force cops, I bitch about a guy from eBay who sold me PJ Harvey tix in 2001 and then bailed on me. I think I complained about something else, too. Anyways, artists include the aforementioned PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Ministry, The Temptations, Thin Lizzy and Tom Jones. Probably not in that order.

Late Night Confidential #5 by Robot_Hero on Mixcloud

Robot Cast #2

Robot Cast #2 by Robot_Hero on Mixcloud

Robot Hero radio is back! Click on to check the tracklist, then press play to hear some sweet songs and sad stories. 

Looking back, it seems so strange

I was having lunch, yesterday, in this place across the street from where I work. I like going in there late because it's usually empty and they usually have some anonymous classic rock radio station going. The cool thing about the music is it's not always the usual suspects that come to mind when you hear the phrase, "classic rock". Sometimes they're deeper cuts, and perhaps bands that you might have to go out of your way to find. I think you know what I mean.

So I'm sitting there and they bust out with Thin Lizzy's Cowboy Song, which I haven't heard in ages. It totally took me back to when I was a kid and I walked over to The Wherehouse (does anybody remember that chain of record stores?) to buy Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are Back In Town b/w Jailbreak on 7". I played that 45 to death, and I eventually picked up that Jailbreak album, which I loved. And those three tracks; The Boys Are Back In Town, Jailbreak and Cowboy Song were probably my favorites. I was slow to recognize the song at first, but I think I got a little emotional when I realized I was listening to Cowboy Song. Good thing the joint was empty.

Thin Lizzy > Cowboy Song