Teen thugs appear in the landscape in neighborhoods and throughout all generations. In the 50s and 60s they were immortalized in film. James Dean and Marlon Brando. It was cool to be like those macho dudes. In reality, James Dean was a sad little gay man who slept with motion picture producers that might have helped [...]
When your in a 5th grade class with 6 and 7th graders around, you’re in for a lot. Not only that, you can get in so many fights with other 5th graders if you’re not careful. The last thing us kids need to worry about is huffing candy. There have been some kids at my school Drum Intermediate [...]
When it comes to taking interest in things that my kids like, I try to get involved and enjoy what they enjoy… I mean I really try. Sometimes I feel like my parents probably did when I wanted to go to the store and buy a record by The Beatles or The Monkees. I remember [...]
Reports of high-pitched, siren-like sounds and flashing lights accompanied a vision seen by many in our University Place neighborhoods Friday night. Around 7:15, this reporter heard strange noises coming from an easterly direction, toward Bridgeport Way. Over a thirty-minute period, these sounds came closer and with them, flashing colorful lights. It was a sight I have not [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
