Old Enough to Forget

Up to today, my knowledge of The Vapors pretty much started and ended with their seminal hit "Turning Japanese," a song that has more than stood the test of time. In 1980, a lot of bands were riding the first wave of new wave, and the raw energy of those heady days was pretty awesome. I always liked the song, but back then my purchasing power was pretty limited and there was an awful lot of music I would have liked to have ... but it was the age-old balancing of needs and wants. I wanted a lot of stuff that I honestly didn't need. Well, that and I had no money. This was always a band I was curious about, and figured one day I'd pick up the album. As fate would have it, I found a copy that had seen better days - the cover was worse for wear, but the vinyl inside was immaculate. I could live with that. I'm managing to scratch a lot of things off my old "want" list ... and it seems with every item I cross off, I find something else to add in its place. I do...