Cool History
Okay. So Boston’s “More than a Feeling” is an incredible song. No doubt about it. But this little piece of history about it and the rest of the songs on… Read more »
Tag: History
Finding that Happy Medium
I’m a big fan of the show “American Pickers” on the History Channel. If I ever get a chance to watch, I will. The thing about it is that it… Read more »
Looking from the other side
Lee Alexis died on July 14th. I doubt that any of you knew him. I myself didn’t know him well. But there are just certain people who are associated with… Read more »
Once in a Lifetime
While I love to take the opportunity to introduce interesting music as a means of exploring history and culture, this post isn’t really about The Talking Heads masterpiece, “Once in… Read more »
It’s About Time…
It still amazes me that I was alive for some pretty interesting events in the 20th century (and even got to see a few of them fairly closely). I believe… Read more »
Tom Petty and the Apocalypse II: Coal, Computers, and the Big One
In Part I, by looking at Tom Petty’s video for the song “You Got Lucky” (go back and take a look if you didn’t read it already), I took the… Read more »
Gotta Love Suwon…
I just love the city of Suwon. It was one of the first cities I explored with a friend in 1984 (we wandered around looking for the wall before finally… Read more »
Tom Petty and the Apocalypse: Part I
Way back in 1982, MTV was pretty new, and as the joke goes, “it still showed music videos.” That year was big for me because I spent its entirety in… Read more »
A Bit of a Milestone…
Some years back, I took up biking. I had on occasion wandered the countryside, and even once did a century ride (legit 100 miles back in 2000). I could even… Read more »