Beanbag Chronicles

Ahhhhh! Another week done! Time for the weekend!

It's been a very interesting week...that is for certain!

I don't know about you, but I'm ready to kick back and relax, have a glass of wine...or 2 or 3, listen to some music and chill.

Which reminds me:

Time for another selection from the soundtrack of my life when I was in the 7th grade.

Yes blog peeps...time for another edition of the Beanbag Chronicles.

I was going through the old albums gathering dust here in my basement and trying to find the perfect selection for this week.

Let's see...we've already heard from: Helen Reddy, Jim Croce, Bread, The Carpenters, the Captain and Tennille...oh...there are plenty more.

Just by what I've posted already...you can see I lean more toward the teenie bopper pop stuff.

Every once in a while though...there would be an artist of unparalleled talent that would just make my little 12 year old self get all tingly inside.

An artist so wonderful, so phenomenal...I just knew he was destined for great things in his life.

And technically...I wasn't wrong....but....

Well, you'll see in a minute.

I just remember when this album came out...I just had to have it.

I was staying up at my Aunt and Uncle's house for a week during the summer. I had saved up my allowance for like 3 weeks to buy it. My cousin J, who I thought was just sooooo totally cool actually took me to the store to get it. She was about 18, very pretty, very smart, fun, crafty...just like...everything I wanted to be when I grew up.

The fact that she took me to the record store to buy this...sealed the deal on her coolness.

She even let me play it on HER stereo.

I mean...how cool is that?

At the time...the artist was really starting to peak in his career. Most folks from my generation will remember his as Vinnie Barbarino from Welcome Back Kotter.

He's the guy sitting on the lower left corner!

Recognize him?

Yup...John Travolta!

Did you know he had an album?

Yeah...he did.

This was BEFORE Saturday Night Fever and Grease.



It was pretty bad.

I think I played it about 5 times. and then never played it again.

I did look at his picture a lot though - he was kind of dreamy back then!

Look at those blue eyes and cute little dimple on his chin.

:::sigh:::

So...it wasn't one of my better purchases, but I think I can retain the bragging rights to say that I was one of the 10 people in the United States that actually bought this album.

I just wish I still had it...it's a collectors item now for sure!

So...happy Friday all - try not to cringe too much with this one...I know it's bad but give me a break..I WAS 12!!!