StoryTime

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A roadie lied about taking us to meet MC Hammer, but his bodyguard rescued us from a potentially sad situation.

The host starts on a Friday night, with Blue Hill Avenue on Ebony TV on Prime and 65 mostly clear degrees down in the panhandle. That quiet frame opens into a memory run through concerts, record stores, malls, and the places that held them. The first concert remembered is New Edition. The host recalls parents going to Camelot Music in the Panama City Mall, buying music there, saving allowance for cassettes and 45s, and getting tickets for the Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center show with Shirelle and the Force MDs opening. Camelot keeps returning as part of the routine, not just a store but a stop tied to the whole night out. Public Enemy comes up too. So does Slave at Governor Square, where the host remembers nearly bumping into the singer and then getting startled by the clock nearby. There is a lot of stage-side memory here. The host remembers waving at artists, getting shouted out during a concert, and standing there with friends who were too embarrassed to go up and speak. Silk gets its own sharp turn. At Camelot Music, a bodyguard talks harshly about a photo, the host takes it anyway, and the moment lands as both embarrassing and revealing. H-Town and Naughty by Nature show up next. Club LaVilla, spring break, and the old local scene give the story its Florida snap. The host also remembers a bar singer doing Tracy Chapman and tearing it up. Anthony Hamilton and Fantasia arrive near the end, with the host saying Fantasia has said her next studio album may be her last while Anthony Hamilton could keep going for the long haul. The host closes by calling it a walk down memory lane and says news will be back the next day.

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A local concert-memory tour that ties mall record runs, club nights, and stage moments into one clear recollection.

Steffi Storytime moves through concert memory with easy momentum, from New Edition at the Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center to Public Enemy, Silk, H-Town, and Naughty by Nature.

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For when your Friday needs a memory-lane set list and a little mall-record-store nostalgia.

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