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HBO 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

I went home tonite after the University Place Tree Lighting and I watched HBO’s 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  The show was in New York.  It was awesome!  There was a laundry list of inductees that performed; Jerry Lee Lewis started off the show with “Great Balls of Fire.  Crosby, Stills [...]

Do The Mouse!

50s/60s kiddie show host and former WNBC radio DJ, Soupy Sales, died Thursday. He was 83. He might hold the pie-throwing record, beating the Three Stooges by a couple thousand pies at least. He had a hit record with a dance tune, Do The Mouse. Not a great tune by any means. But, he was [...]

Woodstock Ultimate Collectors Edition DVD Set-Not A Bad Deal!

40 years ago this weekend, Sullivan County New York was invaded by enough people match the current metropolitan population of Seattle. Yeah, it was Woodstock.
I find it strange that not that many people are making a buzz about it this weekend. Sure, some people thought it was nothing more than a sea of mud soaked [...]

500 Channels & Nothing To Watch

It is that time, just before the “new Fall Season” of TV. 500 channels of entertainment in HD, and there is nothing to see. We didn’t have all these options years ago. “Back in the old days”, in Seattle-Tacoma, we had 7 channels,  if you counted KTPS Channel 62, which was totally in black and white and [...]

A Look Back: Woodstock Faces-Where Are They Now

If I asked you to name the seventh performer on the first day of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in August of 1969, you’d probably have to look it up on the internet. If I asked you on a different occasion who Melanie Safka is, you’d probably have to look it up on the internet. [...]

Let’s Debunk Another Ridiculous Story Of Yore…

After years of reading and writing news stories for the airwaves and print, I’m just not sure how to start this oddity..
Ok, so have you ever heard of the Maury Island UFO incident? Heck, let’s dig into the story just for fun.
In the summer of 1947, a story hit the press about a couple of [...]