Countdown to Paper Gods–SIX!!!

6 DAYS!! That’s it!  That is all we have left to wait to get to hear this album that so many have been waiting for!  By now, I wouldn’t be surprised if the restless energy has increased to almost an unbearable level! What to do with this anxiousness?!  We have the answer for you!  Our… Continue reading Countdown to Paper Gods–SIX!!!

Countdown to Paper Gods – SEVEN!!!

One week, people!! ONE Week or SEVEN Days!!!!!!! One week from today, people will get their copies of the latest Duran “art school” project.  Discussions will be flowing!  Reactions will be heard from all around the world!  It will be a sight to behold! While I’m certain that social media will be filled with Duran… Continue reading Countdown to Paper Gods – SEVEN!!!

Countdown to Paper Gods – EIGHT!!!

Wow…after today we’ll only have a week left. I can’t even believe it, and more importantly – I have NO idea what I’ll complain about next…I mean, without album Durantime… (that’s a joke, everyone) The band released a trailer for Paper Gods today that makes it all the more real!  Check it out! I especially… Continue reading Countdown to Paper Gods – EIGHT!!!

Countdown to Paper Gods – NINE!!!

Nine days! I am not even completely sure what day of the week it is, but I know I’ve got nine days to go until Paper Gods can be held and loved by all…. We won’t discuss my priorities, but can we talk lyrics today?!? Rest assured, I am not going to post lyrics to… Continue reading Countdown to Paper Gods – NINE!!!

Countdown to Paper Gods – Ten!!!

TEN DAYS (and I mean it this time!) We are really and truly almost to the glorious end of this seemingly never-ending wait, people!!!  In ten days, we will all be clamoring around our respective CD players, computers, phones, car stereos, etc and listening to an entire album filled with brand new Duran Duran music.… Continue reading Countdown to Paper Gods – Ten!!!

Ways to survive until Paper Gods: 11 days and counting!

Eleven days to go! Now that we’re down to mere days before Paper Gods drops and we celebrate, I can’t believe we’re finally here. (Just imagine how the band must feel!) There were moments during the past three years that I would secretly (or not so) share my worries with Amanda.  “Do you really think they’re… Continue reading Ways to survive until Paper Gods: 11 days and counting!

Ways to Survive Until Paper Gods: 12 Days to Go!

Yesterday, in this blog here, I described the need that many/most/all of us might be experiencing as we move closer and closer to the release of Duran’s latest.  That need, of course, is a way to settle the restlessness and to make it until September 11th!  The way I mentioned yesterday to help all fans… Continue reading Ways to Survive Until Paper Gods: 12 Days to Go!

Ways to Survive Until Paper Gods: 13 Days to Go!

Have you ever taken a long road trip?  I used to routinely drive about 8 hours from my home in Madison to my parents’ house outside of Detroit.  I developed a pretty good system with toll money at the ready, tunes in the car, specific places to stop and more.  I was always rather content… Continue reading Ways to Survive Until Paper Gods: 13 Days to Go!

We Can’t Stop Believing

It has been a banner morning thus far!  I’ve been on Twitter and Facebook, contributed to a “delightful” conversation on gun control, and defended Duran Duran’s right to make music that challenges our comfort zone(s). Yesterday, I wrote about how this album is a struggle for me. I’m trying to bond with it, and I’m… Continue reading We Can’t Stop Believing

Bonding with Paper Gods

Lately I have come to the realization that there are remarkably few songs that I fall in love with immediately….”love at first listen”, so to speak. I don’t know if it has always been that way and I’m just now noticing; or if it is that my tastes have changed, my condition more stringent, and it… Continue reading Bonding with Paper Gods