Songs for the IROC-Z

A musical journey back to 1986

This is exactly the vehicle my mid-life crisis needs.

If you’re caught up with this week’s episode of Time Capsule, then you know that 1986 wasn’t a great year for The Silver Chain. However, it was — in my opinion — a fantastic year for music. I can’t be certain that these were the tunes Tammy played in her new IROC-Z, the one with the vanity plates that said “MINE,” but had I been old enough to drive a sports car, this would be my playlist. On cassette, of course.

Okay, New Obsession…

Listening to this playlist had me suddenly craving a New York Seltzer, so I of course went down a rabbit hole to learn about the beverage’s history.

The hair of Jon Bon Jovi, the mind of Steve Jobs, and the animal prowess of Tiger King.

How is it that I was so busy in sixth grade agonizing over my receding hairline that I missed out on the fabulosity that is Randy Miller, the co-founder of New York Seltzer?

A calendar that Randy may or may not have self-published that I must have.

In a March 1988 issue of USA Today, Randy is featured in an article titled Miller Rises to the Top with Fizz, Felines: “Who needs a marketing campaign when he company president is 23 and a millionaire, has an 80-acre Southern California compound where he breeds exotic cats such as tigers and cougars — and has jumped off a 10-story hotel for his own TV ads.”

And plenty of babes to boot, it appears…

I totally wouldn’t fit in, but I want to attend this party.

How does this showman not have a residency in Las Vegas? I am hooked. But first, how can I get a raspberry New York Seltzer ASAP? XO, Paul

How I think I look when opening a New York Seltzer.