End of Winter Mix Tape (Part 2) |
Here are the last 10 tracks for my "End of Winter" mix tape.
10. A Pair of Brown Eyes The Pogues (Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash)
"One summer evening drunk to hell, I sat there nearly lifeless"
S...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:47:00 PST |
End of Winter Mix Tape (Part 1) |
Winter can be a dark time. So, I've made a mix to celebrate the end of a dark time. My "End of Winter" mix tape is 19 tracks. To mark the final two days of winter, I'll post th...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:27:00 PST |
Guns 'n' Bleepin' Roses |
October 31, 1992:
I arrived at the radio station just a few minutes late, and already my two friends were freaking out.
"What's the matter?"
"We just played 'Mamma Kin' over the air and forgot to blee...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:17:00 PST |
The Static Ecstatic (Part 2): Top 10 Countdown and Dad's Record Collection |
"Well she was just seventeen/ You know what I mean..." I was transfixed. 14 years old, standing in front of my stereo, and I had just heard the Beatles for the first time. Prior to this mo...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:42:00 PST |
The Static Ecstatic (Part 1): Muppets and Mix Tapes |
I was a freshman in high school when my parents bought me my first stereo. Up until that point I hadn't heard or thought about music very much. I was born in 1977 and I spent most of my fi...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:55:00 PST |
Who Are the Beautiful Dreamers? |
Some men see things as they are and say "why?" I dream things that never were and say "why not?" - George Bernard Shaw
One of my favorite songs that I've written is called Beaut...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:39:00 PST |
Girl on the Bus |
I was just looking through some old writings, and I found a story that I wrote as a sophomore at Syracuse University (1996-7). Before I post the story I want to set it up a bit first, so he...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:01:00 PST |
300 Mondays (Bye and Bye) |
This past Wednesday, I had my greatest playing out experience to date. I went to New Haven to this place called Firehouse 12 to see the premiere of "300 Mondays", the movie that was made about t...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:08:00 PST |
The Monks of Metal Machine Music |
I had a friend in college named Alex who was on a quest to find a copy of the cult 1975 Lou Reed album "Metal Machine Music." "Metal Machine Music" is one of the most notorious albums of all tim...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:13:00 PST |
Greetings from Norwalk, CT |
Hello! My name is Rob Troccolo and I just signed up at MySpace about two hours ago, so I'm still getting the hang of things. I don't have any pictures up yet, but stay tuned. I playe...
Posted by Rob Troccolo on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:37:00 PST |
