During my Junior High / Senior High years in Marquette, the frats and sororities at Northern Michigan University would have an annual spring bash called Greek Week.  I can’t say ho…

       A lot of folks say they became fans of Steppenwolf after hearing Born To Be Wild in the movie Easy Rider.  The movie was released in the United States in July of 1969.  By then, I h…

     When Canadian actor James Doohan auditioned for the original Star Trek TV series, he was already a gifted mimic when it came to accents.  He tried several different ones during his Star Tre…

Ken & Mike, WNMU TV 13 Studio – taking publicity shots for Sledgehammer      I just found out that my old bass playing electronic wizard buddy Mike Kesti passed away at his home in Orov…

       Flo & Eddie are actually four different people who co-existed in two different bands.  There is an entire tail twisting story behind the name so I am going to do my best to unrav…

     When I saw the posting from the Calumet area on Friday, March 13, 2026, it reminded me that we were, indeed, having an old fashioned winter.  The sign being held by a man next to a very lar…