Sadly, Melisa with one S was musically stunted as a small child by the presence of too much television. Listening to music was not something she did for fun but rather out of necessity, riding in the back of her parents' VW Bug in the early- to mid-1970's singing along to songs like "Delta Dawn", "(You're) Having My Baby" and "Afternoon Delight" (not necessarily in that order). She was given a Sony Walkman in December 1981, along with the Olivia Newton John "Physical" cassette, and no other tapes to speak of. It is for this very reason that she still knows the lyrics to all ten songs, especially her favorite track, "Silvery Rain". In the early 1980's she spent many afternoons listening to 8-track tapes with her younger sister, especially Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and the "Fiddler on the Roof" Broadway soundtrack. (No, seriously.) Then Michael Jackson dropped "Billie Jean", MTV exploded, and her 80's music obsession began. Every waking, non-school moment was spent watching MTV, waiting for her favorite Duran Duran, Berlin, and INXS videos to be played. She experienced one of the most emotional days of her life in 1985 when her father's co-worker invited her at the last minute to take an extra seat she had for Prince's "Purple Rain" tour as it passed through a town that was three hours away that night, and then, later as she was putting the finishing touches on her outfit, was devastated to find out that the co-worker realized there wasn't room for her in the car. She does not blame Prince for this tragedy in any way and, 25 years later, has mostly recovered from the extreme devastation of missing one of the greatest concert tours of all time. As Melisa grew older, the '80s never strayed far from her heart but she expanded her musical preferences to include current pop, rock, alternative, electronica, techno, trance, house, world, dance, hip-hop, and especially 32-count workout mixes. On certain days, she wants to be Lady Gaga. You can find Melisa at her personal blog, Suburban Scrawl, on Twitter, and livestreaming a funny little show called "Suburban WoW" every other Friday with her good friend Weaselmomma.