Duran Duran-The Singles 1981-1985

 I bought this box set at least 15 years ago in Barnes & Noble. I think that I paid $40.00 for it. I had seen their Singles 1986-1995 but passed on it, thinking that it wasn't really a priority at the time and that maybe in the future I would get it. Well, I never did which now I am kind of regretting, especially now that I have seen the cost of used versions of it on amazon- $91.00- and eBay- from $85.00- $185.00. No way would I pay that much for this.

Music

 I haven't  really been listening to my music much lately. I am trying to get back into it though. I still have both cassettes and CDs. My Walkman no longer works so I can't listen to those anymore. My CD player still works but sometimes it gives me problems so I can't totally enjoy listening to them.

    I really need to start looking into finding a stereo to play these on which I know will be hard to do. I might be able to still find one that plays CDs but not cassettes. Ideally, it would be cool if I could get one that plays both these and also records, which we also have some of- not as many as we used to though.

   A thrift shop or maybe eBay or another site might be the place to do my search for stereos and/or a Walkman and portable disc player. I did look into the Walkman on eBay but the price of them were high. The CD player in my car has been broken for years so I can't even enjoy my CDs when driving.

My former boom box- it broke down about 12 years ago

Last week, my Dionne Warwick CD was the first one that I listened to in a few months. I only did disc 1 though. I did listen to a couple that my brother has on the computer too- Elton John's Greatest Hits and Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits. I don't have the most current way of getting my music- can't afford a smart phone- so I will have to stick with the old fashioned forms.

I have been proffering listening to mainly retro-soft rock/mellow music; it makes me feel happy. I don't even care if some people think that this stuff is lame. I used to be embarrassed about it though. I have really been in the mood for those tunes of the 1960s- early 1980s.

Dreamtime-October 19, 2015- Time Travel

I had the ability to travel through time and space by just using my thoughts. My appearance had been made younger, early 20s- for this storyline. I teleported to NYC in 1984.

 I was in a music store when I saw Simon Le Bon and John Taylor. I overheard them talking about dogs. Simon was asking John a question about a certain breed but he didn’t know the answer. I was brave enough to go over to them to reply to this. Part of me was worried that they would be annoyed at me, however.

   They didn’t seem bothered by this. In fact, I was even showing them photos of my dog. I accidentally touched Simon’s hand then. Suddenly, we were in his future- 2008. That had been the year on the calendar in the last photo that we had been looking at.

   We were in the same store. It was different now, obviously. There were mostly CDs and a smaller section that still had albums. Simon wasn’t even freaked out about this. We just happened to be in the section where the Duran Duran CDs were. He saw the Astronaut one there.

   Before we had a chance to look around, we were transported to a different location. I was definitely not responsible for this. We were near the woods that are close to my current apartment.

  I was assuming that my past self and family would not be there as we walked to it. Simon commented on some of the automobiles along that way.

   When we went inside my apartment, Buffy was there enthusiastically greeting me. I was so happy to see her. She got a little skittish when she saw Simon but was calmer after I told her that he was harmless.

   Simon liked my brother’s computer. I didn’t tell him about how advanced that these machines presently were though. He was checking out some of the other electronics in my living room too.

   After having lunch, Simon asked me if I could take him back to his own time which I did. When we arrived there, it was as if no time had passed. John had this look of disbelief on his face when Simon told him that he had been to the future.

   He finally convinced John that this was true and asked him if he would like to go there too. John was totally uninterested in doing so though. I didn’t get a chance to hear the rest of what he was saying because my time in this holodeck program was over then.

 

Note- The photo of Simon and John is from the internet

September 6+13- Duran Duran Stuff-

September 6

There is another DD event coming up on Thursday, September 17^th. They will be a part of the “Today Show” concert series then. I did enter the contest to try to win a fan pass but it is highly doubtful that I will get this because they already gave me one this summer for Alan Jackson that I wasn’t even able to use.

   It says that you should contact them if unable to show up for the event but I didn’t; maybe they hold this against you. I didn’t know that I would be so tired after that Chris Young concert the night before that I couldn’t go there for this.

   I looked at the train schedule and noticed that there is a 1:56 a.m. one. Would I be crazy enough to take this so I could get to the Plaza by 3:00 with hopes of getting a good spot for this concert? I really don’t know if I will feel up to doing that, although part of me really, really would like to try.

   I feel like I have some sort of sickness when it comes to Duran Duran these days. I will be so happy if I am able to be close to the stage at that private show, and for the mini-concert as well. I am not getting my hopes up about this though. I just pray that nothing bad will happen that prevents me from attending both events.

 

September 13

 I got Duran Duran’s new album in the mail yesterday. I haven’t listened to it yet and don’t plan on doing so until probably Tuesday. Mike thought that the package was his David Gilmour CD.

   I am still debating about what to do regarding Thursday’s DD event. Should I really go into the city the night before and hang out there? Part of me wants to get away from this negative environment then. I don’t want to tire myself out though. But I probably would have trouble sleeping anyhow because of the excitement. And knowing that I would be getting up at 12:50 a.m. to get the 1:56 train.

   I still can’t believe that I won the fan pass for that. When I saw this in my email I was beyond happy. A little later, I did the Snoopy dance of joy in the basement. How embarrassing.

   I don’t want to get too excited about either event, however, because something bad might happen to prevent me from being at one or both of them.

   I hope that they bring Wrangler outside on the Plaza so I get to see that cute doggie. That would make my day even more special.

   DD is doing an album signing in the city on October 7 but it is for the lucky ones who were the first 400 who bought this at the store that it is being held at. They got a wristband for it. The event hadn’t even been posted on Facebook until a day after this started. I am thinking that maybe the VIP fan club members got an advanced email about it.

   One of their fans who I follow on FB was lucky enough to be one of the first 300 who will get the privilege of meeting them at the signing in CA.  I’m happy for her.

   I forgot that they were on “CBS Sunday Morning” today. I saw my DVR taping this morning then remembered that this was on. I didn’t put it on to watch then though. I was in the mood for catching up on the “Perry Mason” episodes that I had taped the past 2 weeks. I have just 2 more now.

   I found out today that the new Chris Young album will be released on November 13^th. I can’t wait to get that. The title song from this was #1 on the countdown on GAC. I just happened to put this on when the girl said that an announcement for Chris Young fans was coming up after the commercial break.

   I will have to buy the Luke Bryan CD with the 3 bonus songs on it when I go to Target after Walmart on Saturday. When my DD one from that store arrived in the mail, I told my brother that it was Luke Bryan one so that he wouldn’t get annoyed that I have 2 versions of the same DD album.

   He had wondered why I got another Rio one; I told him that this has alternate versions of songs on it. I am sure that he was thinking that I am obsessed with them, more so now than he ever has before. I get so mad when he tells me that I am. It makes me feel as if I am doing something wrong for liking them a lot.