Brian the Blogger!

A few days ago, my girls and I sat together in the living room and watched It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown .  I have seen this charming special countless times over the years and have enjoyed it immensely.  There was something special about this viewing that I wanted to talk about in this blog. Peanuts was the brainchild of Charles Schultz, who had first created Peanuts as a comic strip in 1950 and it ran daily until 2000.  Schultz was contacted about making his Peanuts Gang into several holiday specials through the years.  It's The Great Pumpkin , A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving , and A Charlie Brown Christmas are Hoff Family favorites. Anyone who knows me knows immediately knows that I connect to music.  (see my last two blogs)  In the recent years, I have paid more attention to the music in background.  Scored, crafted, and performed by Vince Guaraldi.  He is the one who wrote the Peanuts Theme entitled Linus and Lucy and that ...

                            Sometimes, people play with love, falling in love is just a game..... Picture this:  1984.  Girl bands and groups on the radio were nothing new.  Madonna, The Pointer Sisters, the Bangles, and Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam were just a smattering of female artists that ruled the airwaves with their unique hits.  However, 1984 was the year that introduced a new style of music called Freestyle (a singable chorus, drum machines, and keyboard solos),  and it was performed by a group of three ladies calling themselves Expose'.  This hot new female band consisted of an eclectic mix of women:  Ann Curless, Gioia Bruno (pronounced Joy-a) and Jeanette Jurado.  These women went on to define an era of dance music and set records in the music industry that are tough to beat even today.  This blog will focus on the singles released from their smash, Lat...