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Rice County and Faribault Historical Photographs
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The Magic of Christmas
The 1980s were a pretty unique time to be a kid. It was a period where electronic games and gadgets were on the rise, but they hadn’t fully consumed our childhoods. Perhaps it was an era of simpler pleasures, but GI-Joes, Transformers, He-Man, Legos, and even marbles were things I played with in my youth.…
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Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need, roads.
The Minnesota Orchestra knocked it out of the park last night! Sunday afternoon had Bethany and I making a trip to Orchestra Hall to watch the Minnesota Orchestra perform the motion picture score to the movie “Back to the Future”, and it was incredible. The actual movie was played on a projection screen, while the…
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Sail Away
Yacht Rock [yot rok]; late 70s to early 80s somewhat corny soft rock music, usually with high production value, jazz and R&B influences, use of an electric piano, and lyrics about heartbroken or foolish men. Think: “What a Fool Believes” by the Doobie Brothers, “Sailing” by Christopher Cross, “Deacon Blues” by Steely Dan, “She’s Gone”…