That spring Ian Hunter released You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic. We loved that record! Still do. We'd wait in line for an hour or so to get gas, boom box blasting (I don't believe there was a cassette player in her parents car) and sing along to Just Another Night, Cleveland Rocks and Wild East. It's nice to look back on a time of crisis with such fond memories. Just proves what's been said a million times, good music can get you through any situation.
Friday, November 09, 2012
Great Memories of a Gas Shortage
We're back to gas rationing in NYC and Long Island today. This leads to my second post this week involving Ian Hunter. In the summer of 1979 before I went to college, there was odd/even gas rationing. My friend Annemarie and I would take her parents car, the boom box (which ran on batteries) and wait in line at the gas station in East Rockaway to fill up their tank.
That spring Ian Hunter released You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic. We loved that record! Still do. We'd wait in line for an hour or so to get gas, boom box blasting (I don't believe there was a cassette player in her parents car) and sing along to Just Another Night, Cleveland Rocks and Wild East. It's nice to look back on a time of crisis with such fond memories. Just proves what's been said a million times, good music can get you through any situation.
That spring Ian Hunter released You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic. We loved that record! Still do. We'd wait in line for an hour or so to get gas, boom box blasting (I don't believe there was a cassette player in her parents car) and sing along to Just Another Night, Cleveland Rocks and Wild East. It's nice to look back on a time of crisis with such fond memories. Just proves what's been said a million times, good music can get you through any situation.
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