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Posted April 24, 2020 victorlovisa.com

Fixing The Mess That Is American Politics

For those who have ever read my blog, you know I rarely if ever touch politics. It’s toxic. It’s dividing. It’s as we say….polarizing. It’s certainly a problem. It’s much … Continue Reading Fixing The Mess That Is American Politics

Posted January 9, 2020 victorlovisa.com

Cutting the Cord

“To Sling or not to Sling……?” That is the question I’d been pondering for awhile. Actually, the real question was if I’d had enough of high-cost monthly bills from my … Continue Reading Cutting the Cord

Posted January 7, 2020 victorlovisa.com

Catching Up On Entertainment Offerings

Being a teacher, the end of the year brings the end of the semester. This of course means a little time off before the new year and semester two. Having … Continue Reading Catching Up On Entertainment Offerings

Posted July 20, 2019 victorlovisa.com

NBA’s Wild Off-Season

This year marked one of the craziest off-seasons of star player movement I can ever recall in the NBA. Now that all the major pieces have settled into place we … Continue Reading NBA’s Wild Off-Season

Posted April 12, 2019 victorlovisa.com

Life vs. Art

Note: First time in a while since I chimed in on the ol’ blog. When I started this two-plus years ago I envisioned blogging on a regular basis. Turns out … Continue Reading Life vs. Art

From My Collection

Eagle-Eye Cherry – Desireless: (1999)

Eagle-Eye Cherry. A name you either haven’t heard of for a very long time, or a name you’ve never heard of at all. In 1989 his older sister Neneh Cherry had a hit with the song, “Buffalo Stance.” Ten years later in ’99, little brother came along with his debut album, “Desireless.”

The opening track, “Save Tonight,” saw some play on what was left of MTV by ’99, as well as some turns on the radio.

Not exactly sure why I ever bought this CD. I liked the aforementioned single, but not enough to buy the album. Perhaps that was in the days of BMG mail-in CD service, where you could snare like 10 CDs for the price of one.

Whatever the reason, “Desireless” turned into a pleasant surprise. Nearly all of the 12 tracks are not only listenable, but actually good. Eagle-Eye’s versatile talents were clearly on display here. The album did reasonably well, selling platinum once over in the US.

He popped up a few years later, performing a track on Santana’s legendary “Supernatural” album. Then the world never heard from him again. He’s still around, continuing to work, but nothing caught my attention following his very solid debut.