{"id":156,"date":"2008-05-20T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T06:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/20\/its-a-kind-of-magic\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T22:42:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T09:42:47","slug":"its-a-kind-of-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/its-a-kind-of-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Kind of Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of a surprise visit by Stevo<\/a> and his Queen<\/a> concert DVDs a few weeks back, I’ve been listening to them quite a bit lately. Even The Goddess – an ardent Queen fan from way back – is beginning to tire of Freddie and friends on the stereo.<\/p>\n

It’s just…<\/p>\n

I’m remembering being plunged into the cockpit of an F16 with Jason Gedrick<\/a> the moment he hits ‘Play’ on his discman and One Vision<\/i> fills his headphones in Iron Eagle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m flashing on Christopher Lambert<\/a> and Mr Mercury crossing katana-and-mic-stand as a Queen chorus announces “Here we are” in the music-video\/trailer for Highlander<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m not so much being inspired as remembering why I do this. It feels good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Courtesy of a surprise visit by Stevo and his Queen concert DVDs a few weeks back, I’ve been listening to them quite a bit lately. Even The Goddess – an ardent Queen fan from way back – is beginning to tire of Freddie and friends on the stereo. It’s just… I’m remembering being plunged into … <\/p>\n

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