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This was, of course, the big album that changed everything for Queen. Bolstered by the success of Sheer Heart Attack, but frustrated with the lack of monetary compensation (the band was broke) Queen successfully negotiated their way into new management, a new contract, then headed into the studio to make the best album they could….
Here are some pictures from the rest of May closing out the month. During the spring concert Xavier and a couple of his classmates performed Irish dance. Here’s Tevye enjoying the whole show. While I was in D.C. Laura decided it would be a good idea to have Grace out of the stroller, so now…
After Queen II was released the band went on tour again, and unfortunately their trip was cut short as Brian May fell ill. That afforded Queen the opportunity to write songs and get back into the studio. Sheer Heart Attack, Queen’s third album, was the band’s second release of 1974. Much of the album has…
Last week I was part of the group chaperoning the 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. which was my 2nd time doing so, and my 4th time overall to our nation’s capitol. As a result, all of the pictures are going to be from this trip. Actually, almost all of these pictures are going to…
My kids annoy the hell out of me sometimes. Right now Tevye and Grace are sitting at the dining room table,”eating” lunch, and roaring at each other. I would take a picture but they are in constant motion. I tried, actually, but one or the other is blurry and to be honest, a picture just…
Here are some pictures from the first half of May. It has been very busy around here, not starting with, but certainly including Xavier’s first communion. Marianne flew out for the event, and here she is walking kids to school. The obligatory “cleans up nice” shot… and the obligatory shot of the moment… The next…
It is May, but these pictures are all from April. Yes, I am still behind and getting caught up. Buckle up because this is going to be it for April, and it’s not a small update. I was able to make it to one of August’s track meets, getting there literally just in time for…
This is the last of my entries from the solicitation for ideas of what to blog about, since I needed some ideas and Facebook reciprocated. I have had four kids so far go through the Flat Stanley school project, and there have been some great trips. Rather than detail where each of them have gone,…
This post falls in the recent category of my solicitation via Facebook regarding ideas of what to post about. The question “Whatever happened to…” sort of morphed into “What 80″s tv shows you want back and why, were they good , would they hold up to time?” So here I am – what do I…
Songs from the bands early days, pre-Queen even, were constantly being worked on and when it came time to work on the band’s sophomore album some of those found their way into the recording studio. Certain ones, such as “Seven Seas Of Rhye” were completely redone from the first album, or perhaps, finished, for this…