Sonic Youth
Dirty Boots, 1990.

I saw Sonic Youth on the “Goo” tour, at the original Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill. Unfortunately, the boy from the video (I coveted him at the time) was not there.

The Rubinoos
If I Had You Back, 1984.

This song should have been a big hit. That’s all I’m going to say.

The Babys
Every Time I Think of You, 1979.

Yes, that is the very same John Waite who grew up to record “Missing You” in the 1980s.

Seems Hillary Clinton is going to be just a couple of blocks from my house on Thursday afternoon. Probably just as I’m trying to drive home from work.

Blur
There’s No Other Way, 1991.

Still one of the best pop songs ever, not to mention one of the more definitive examples of the soundtrack of my life during my first year or two in San Francisco. I miss the early 1990s. In many ways.