Night Owl Cards

If your memory is still strong and you are musically inclined, then you know how important the music of the day was to you when you were 12, 13, 14 years old. I have a daughter of that age to help me remember. But even if I didn't, I would still get nostalgic when a song released from 1978-80 emerged from my subconscious. The early teen years are the years of sudden realization of and devotion to popular music. For me, I would not enter my bedroom without first turning on the radio or the stereo. For my daughter, whatever contraption she has that plays music clicks on as soon as the homework's finished. Don't ask me the titles of the songs she likes. I try to stay current just to stay aware, but it's not as easy as it was when I was her age. When I was a young teen, two things dominated the airwaves -- arena rock and disco. I was not old enough to adopt the stereotypical young, white, heterosexual male viewpoint -- rock "good"; disco "bad" -...