Navy Vet, Sudden death survivor. (Get your heart checked people!) Been around and around but back in Chicago. Thankfully Married. Do dabble in songwriting on occasion. https://fliplemons.bandcamp.com/https://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mucszfmfpk2zFeatured this record not too long ago but here it is again. Had it first on cassette. A walkman and listening to music trying to fall asleep creates powerful lasting impressions. You might just wake up one day sounding a bit like an Englishman. #vinyl #music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lkuLg2N4obtNBCDrA0Fv0vlis1t19J8CE&si=ViaPZ_LmPpPaEHnf30 Aug 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucszfmfpk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3muaflfsbp22tTook a little while to find it, sorry so late for the tribute party. Went to my first Rocky Horror show back in the 80's without any forewarning just happened to be out and about at midnight. Left quite an impression. Thanks Tim and the gang. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6lUpFR4B5qyRn9LTzuuKaupniz2-nwXU&si=L4M3YdeJ1uS4Pjd129 Aug 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaflfsbp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mu5qq3galc2tLate summer reminds me of slow drone #Blues. Thick and beading sweat under a shitty fan that grinds around in a circular fashion. There is good news, it sounds fantastic with an ice cold beer in a thick ass returnable longneck bottle. Yes please #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQx5x5lgCA6DF4mTqD0kSE7kUyxnDQu-I&si=r9eQE0cs_BHiYA_C28 Aug 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5qq3galc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mu2zuj23sk2tKeep it simple this morning with The Ventures. Actually lots of little parts going on but wow they make it sound so simple and exotic and breezy so....let's keep it simple, yet seem exotic while floating on a cool breeze. Got it. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lsuhgJ_dc9TzFU5PPOXcAnLdcw_MXZ4I4&si=eAIrDexP9HS6LcA627 Aug 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2zuj23sk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mtyjwzkkyk2tWrite what is considered one of the greatest songs of all-time and you are granted the financial freedom to let your freak flag fly. "Gentle on My Mind" was his liberation day tune and what a tune it was. Now enjoy some hippie-ass bluegrass. ✌️ #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mLnveIkucRSy0qPdC7CBoHxqNmaN-yCr8&si=eCWd90onZUdDEvRE26 Aug 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyjwzkkyk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mttkcvcyv22mFeel the need to live in a fantasy world starting off my week but, who knows, depending on what gets thrown at us, maybe I'll just stay there. Not a bad place to be. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mB-tHSxBPnWyBU-ajFCTmwAeDtQk4-Z9Y&si=jorULK6Ny2lnSbXB24 Aug 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttkcvcyv22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mtrjnipxac2mRIP Frank Beard. My mother was still in charge of my comings and goings when I was given a free ticket to see the Top back in the early 80's. Not going to happen kid. Ended up being my best chance to see them live. Great "First Album". #vinyl #music #ZZTop https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4WaQkoMAKVu8FP8wFKYN-VKuqCFi2Ols&si=7JdJyBXI8vjmP-AU23 Aug 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrjnipxac2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mtm2cfykcs2mPocket change price so no excuse not to have at least one Merle record in your collection. Sang about the plight of the common folk from which he came. Okie from Muskogee got a bit twisted and should be a lesson of the risks of dabbling in sarcasm. #vinyl #music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kY51gfLLoA-FXks10FPLDm1vlsthM7Jek&si=ACWTBQSK3zWMJvwe21 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm2cfykcs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mtjlfoomkk2m#Willie has always been consistent in his dislike of cowboy boots and this album cover proves it. Lesson here, protecting your feet promotes longevity. Nashville had no idea what to do with him so he drifted back to TX and we're all better for it. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lR-UQUlHQQxSHfTKXXUf-kO4uKP8D1mpU&si=ANjiRua4Deymj2iR20 Aug 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjlfoomkk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mth3ucfmp22mFor reasons purely financial I never owned the #Bowie Pinups record. Years ago I thought records could never be expensive again and this rocking fun record would remain in budget. Sadly I was wrong but fortunes have changed and here it is. Nice! #vinyl #music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mIRgNFNykcCC8gumxHIwbMuPPmxVuxx28&si=XjDbMf0DImJtl0rJ19 Aug 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth3ucfmp22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mteekiavuk2mTime again for another mental algorithm reset. This usually throws my brain off a little plus annoys the neighbors. Actually, I don't annoy my neighbors anymore, they are just so dang nice. The young man middle-aged blues is not what I envisioned. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsvso2hRQ1rZDDfs8sIOjKoxy9ELRFGSo&si=77iKaDyxcRsUHfgN18 Aug 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteekiavuk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mt7jyk52e22mSince honesty among perfect strangers is sometimes a gift I must admit I knew nothing of this guy when this album came out in 86. Way too much chaos in my life for this to break through but from my understanding it was welcome air to many. #newage #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kUg0BlQRqOLn4EwGa6B8UEoqXmYrY8CQY&si=CKoMb0pQ_4QZV2i716 Aug 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7jyk52e22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mt2ikqad3s2mSolid early 80's production on this one. Todd seems to be popping up on the youtube lately doing interviews. Feels like a good time to nerd out on a few always cheap Utopia records. Feet don't fail me now and Hammer in my Heart. I dig it. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4JcOPhFCPg8AiISxtxio_3HT7wEnWZg0&si=HF8cGmYqI2PstwVa14 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2ikqad3s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3msxpwjdbys2mNo talking in bootcamp chow hall so you could really hone in on the hits of the day played over the PA while standing in line or eating in silence. Oh 80's ZZ Top your target audience seemed a million miles away and I so wanted to be there. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kQDTosvXUaAbu4fxXkkfWx_rOsNg6iR9E&si=y--sgIfuV-_2XrQw13 Aug 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxpwjdbys2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3msvdwxfgvs2mRead they were voted best and worst band of 1973. In pure rock and roll terms that would be considered a good start. A little before my time but made a Rolling Stone greatest album list and went for it. Raunchy raw guitar riffs. Thank you. 👍 #vinyl #music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lPcQ2RALXlWEBnnE8g4HfIV_XsW27CDUU&si=hNixGJWhrUwDsNt812 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvdwxfgvs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3msoezhyfz222Mighty fine Sunday record. Enjoy. #vinyl #music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUWGs6dn6u4Riem3LcGjVgT3N1UNQJ-3A&si=4LKvONUc-mtpAIAq09 Aug 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoezhyfz222https://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3msirj46ojc2pCan't say she didn't warn you. A classic country record as country gets. Lot's of saying goodbye on this but you know, it happens, so might as well sing about it. Cleaned a lot of tears and cigarettes out of these record grooves. Sounds like it. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lryDTNVe8MK9CtYyHgwV6DQyPRH9kfQa0&si=xQ6m6U3SjSjbqIVr07 Aug 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3msirj46ojc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mse24qaois2pSeems I've been stuck in the 70's lately. Was a decade where I chose very little cause I didn't know anything. Exciting times now that I think of it. #Supertramp just kind of wandered into my brain and chose me. Thanks guys. #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mwKfefFnDU_FNA6QFDnmts4GuCDFfulVM&si=nb-pmvF4T1M4UDC105 Aug 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse24qaois2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3msb5smnf6c2pA greatest hits comp that punches way above it's bargain bin price. If you sadly don't like horns at least stay for Terry Kath on track one. Guy was a guitar monster. #music #vinyl #chicago https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ke-w8tNXSdq-mLTTEkDVsGqabmA-xiGcA&si=sOGpbkQR9wWfIhYJ04 Aug 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb5smnf6c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3ms73bhg7cc2pHad a small reunion of old shipmates in town this weekend. This album was definitely a part of the musical background of our time on that boat. Not sure a million listens is realistic but it felt like I did when this came out. #vinyl #music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n8-Gpb3cHqibYUL9330ZXe6x4wdURsQ8M&si=t-JfStJicFhp9URD03 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms73bhg7cc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mrunwwujsc2pPosted a Dylan album yesterday and happened to grab an album this morning with a "Song for Bob Dylan". If it's a sign I'm rolling with it. The rest of the day all songs shall be dedicated to Bob whether he likes it or not. Probably not. #vinyl #music #bowie #dylan https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nfEz-DQaaOPToux-c7m96jM3pTztb0R-k&si=ltv37Zcnv_J_XZsM30 Jul 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrunwwujsc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mrs6mculos2pWow, Glen Hansard passed. Was lucky to see him live in April and consider it one of the best concerts I have ever seen. Just gave his debut record to a friend last week for a Bday gift. Dylan seems appropriate for the moment. RIP man. #vinyl #music #hansard https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nIDvA68GQU6dFSErUt5wnrNRt0d0jnMVk&si=LjuVM955gKdo0KXL29 Jul 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs6mculos2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mrne3pfqtk2pStill grateful for the Norfolk music scene in the 80's to help make it through being stuck in a navy shipyard for a couple of years. Tried to catch the Waxing Poetics whenever I could. Maybe they didn't make it big but they were big to me. #vinyl #music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCElairaVQRICAi6PPwAPRlTYMe9Srs3I&si=mKszQ3DEJN4bS1tg27 Jul 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrne3pfqtk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mrkoxecjgc2pTwo different covers for this debut record, the down under version and this, the other, a US version. Songs in different order as well but you'll get the point. I was a kamikaze pilot has got Lee Marvin chasin' after you. Nice. #australia #music #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kZFMsSzM-LR-3GTerA5TC5L2X_vN2hm6w&si=6GNOTpsdzwAfsCo126 Jul 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkoxecjgc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mrfre72f4s2pFeel like this album has been playing hide and seek in my collection since 1999. I got you and just in time for the weekend. Years ago, but still a memory, Little Red Corvette sounded great blaring in my pinto station wagon "squire". #vinyl #prince #music https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lguFPkmP1bxxgSInS827JFq-54s-4VHUY&si=aZ3aO7Wu23c17u2624 Jul 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfre72f4s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mrd4vg6njc2pIn this time of retelling mythologies like the #odyssey, might I submit the epic story of #GracelandToo. Been there for tours multiple times, never before midnight but proof the story of #Elvis endures, kind of. #music #vinyl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland_Too https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BZwuX0MbUA8&si=JhRaZ9zI2JzTSf6W23 Jul 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrd4vg6njc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mrait4vbxs2pThe 17th! album from Willie Recorded in 1974 in two days! As raggedy around the edges as he looks to some people the guy is actually a model of efficiency. Concept record literally takes sides in divorce. A side Hers, B side His. #music #vinyl #willie https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mZoIfsyoICrL6_wCYcnTKhp2vaZRRh7-g&si=pPnmeGqWcdeXXAbE22 Jul 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrait4vbxs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mr3inc5m522pMoving beyond how terrible this album cover is, inside this collection on Verve you will hear the fantastic saxophone tone of Ben Webster with string arrangements. His records get a little pricy and I already own many on CD but found this double album on #vinyl at the right price. #music #jazz20 Jul 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3inc5m522phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mqx7q4lcns2pCool Italian collection compiled in 1986. Immediately noticed an early take on remastering. From my understanding it was not authorized but I kind of like it, especially the Hombres-Let it All Hang out. Grab a copy and hear for yourself. https://www.discogs.com/shop/item/1694609311 #vinyl #music #psychrock18 Jul 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx7q4lcns2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fliplemons.bsky.social/post/3mqu6fpiqek2pWas not familiar with Merle's blues side but this is a tip of the hat to some of his earliest influences by african american musicians. Wow, letting it all hang out on this one. Cocaine, sexual innuendo, oh and cocaine. Open 12 string blues #music #blues #vinyl https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l3PJ1s3YR04afq8Aai_YjrfvtRgSh7cZM&si=1idlVZ98GeEDLEP217 Jul 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:35fp2y7uvzct3rfknm75fd23/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu6fpiqek2p