1980s

On the Sceneroller team, we use the term "tasting the carne asada" to denote the emotional pull that certain sense memories hold.

And now for something completely different in the spirit of displaying music history graphically: Sonos.com has cooked up a diagram that illustrates the stipulations of

Google Maps' Street View offers all kinds of fun for imaginative types who want immersive experiences. Those Google vans have been busy photographing our streets, and the result is a powerful virtual world for those of us who want to pace off our own history or others'.

The Sceneroller team loves venues with a past. Physical spaces -- whether small clubs, big arenas, practice or recording studios, music stores, or other gathering spots -- are a gold mine for the music history we want to capture here.

Thanks to a friend of Sceneroller for turning me on to A World of Nirvana, a "Google Maps and YouTube mashup" that traces the band's performance chronology from its very first party at a home in Raymond, Wash., in March 1987, to its final gig in Munich almost exactly seven years later.

A constant inspiration to Sceneroller: the variety of sites dedicated to documenting comprehensively a topic of musical interest, from bands to shows to individual musicians to venues. In the latter camp is this site dedicated to the history of the Bottom Line.

Not everyone would consider Boise, Idaho, a nexus of musical activity ... But for Jacey Brain, Tabatha Butler and Sarah Phillips, the town's music venues tell a story worth sharing in the form of the Boise Historic Music Tour.

In honor of the late Clarence Clemons, Sceneroller presents a loving look at the Asbury Park, N.J., scene of the late '60s through early '80s, brought to us by John Stoneman of Stoneman Guitars.

At Sceneroller, we're dedicated to the proposition that acting locally in music scenes can have global implications, especially in the era of social media.

Fans of second-wave ska and mod of the early '80s should check out Marco on the Bass' blog. Marco himself is founder of New Jersey's Bigger Thomas, based in New Jersey; in this post, however, he cites an essay by the Untouchables' Kevin Long about Los Angeles' O.N.