I had three free CDs coming from the music club I joined when I was like 9 years old to get free Tiffany tapes. So I figured why not use them to uncover some lost nostalgia. I bought:
L.L. Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out," Run D.M.C's "Raising Hell" and Public Enemy's "Apocalypse '91... The Enemy Strikes Black."
I've have a particular fondness for the Public Enemy CD at the moment -- maybe it's because Flavor Flav is a reality TV star now? I don't know. But I really don't understand how or why I was so enamored with this music when I was a kid. I mean, how did I get away with listening to "Raising Hell" when I was 9 and like in the 3rd grade of Catholic school? And the L.L. Cool J CD has way more hidden sexual meaning than I ever understood in the 8th grade. But the Public Enemy disc... man! How did I, at age 13, living in whitey Connecticut suburbia get into black power rap? I remember I even had a poster of that CD cover in my bedroom.
Maybe I didn't join the music club to buy Tiffany and New Kids on the Block CDs afterall.
Fight the power!

p.s. We'll be on the plane to Vegas in two weeks from right now!