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Couldn’t Stand the Weather 26 Aug 2013 | 10:20 pm
(Another post from the archives, written during my tenure as a contributor to the now-defunct WNEW.com) On Tuesday, August 28, 1990, in Texas, the Galveston Daily News headlined the release of 52 Ame...
Games With Phrases 23 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
I notice that two posts I wrote in 2010 about the Iola People’s Fair, a 1970 Wisconsin rock festival that turned into a riot, have scored an unusual number of hits in the past week or so. It wasn’t th...
Going Back 21 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
Winnebago County is in the northernmost tier of Illinois counties. Last week was the Winnebago County Fair. In 1980, the last thing I did at my summer job as the night jock on WXXQ in Freeport, Illino...
“The Most Hated Band of All Time” 19 Aug 2013 | 10:04 pm
If I asked you to name the most-hated rock band of all time, who would it be? Or, to put a finer point on it, how many bands would you have to list before you got to Rush? In a piece from a forthcomi...
It Came From Out of the Sky 16 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
Edited a bit from something in my WNEW.com archives, this is the story of an event I’ve mentioned at this blog before without going into this much detail. Thirty-five years ago tonight, just days bef...
Make It Together 15 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
For people of a certain age, the names of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé call up a kind of showbiz that doesn’t exist anymore, an era of TV variety and Las Vegas showrooms, tuxedos and evening gowns a...
You’re Out of My Life 13 Aug 2013 | 10:25 pm
(Slight edit since first posted). We don’t like to examine our long-held beliefs, to look at them with new eyes, to try and make sure that what we think is true really is true. But we should. If some...
A Brief Announcement 12 Aug 2013 | 10:44 pm
Effective today, I am no longer the regular afternoon guy on Magic 98. Through Friday of this week I’m filling in on the morning show. But once this week is over, I will be returning to my former posi...
Chart 5: An Empty House 9 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
In the summer of 1977, several of my high-school classmates, my girlfriend among them, went to Europe for a month. I didn’t. I can’t remember why. I suppose it was some combination of the expense of t...
Rock ‘n’ Roll Zelig 7 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
Since the Woody Allen movie came out 30 years ago, the name Zelig has become shorthand for someone who is seemingly able to fit in everywhere, frequently in the orbit of the famous. In the world of 70...
