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After reading Mark Volman’s biography (Happy Forever … as chronicled in two parts – FTV: The Turtles 3-4-26 and Flo & Eddie 4-1-26 (it wasn’t a typical autobiography as 90 percent of it was contributed by his colleagues, friends, and family)), I was inspired to take a ‘wayback machine’ trip to examine my encounters […]
When Guitar World Editor-in-Chief Damian Fanelli got an email inquiring if his magazine would be interested in doing an interview with legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, he wasn’t about to say ‘no’. In his Woodshed column from GW Vol 47, NO. 5. (May 2026), he noted how many times Keef’s name and/or image […]
When the March 2026 Equinox edition of The Planetary Report (Vol. 46, No. 01) landed in my mail box, the cover image of Comet 67P/Churyumov – Gerasimenko didn’t give a hint as to the major announcement that was waiting on page 4. The image was taken by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft in […]
First the disclaimer: my wife and I are not mountain climbers but we have hiked up many slopes near our home turf in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Even though they are called ‘mountains’ (ie: The Porcupine Mountains, The Huron Mountains), they are mere foothills when compared to the mountain ranges found in the western states. […]
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 how long this went on or if it continues to this day, but I remember it mostly for the festival’s finale that was held […]
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 had already been playing their eponymous debut album for a year (and thus Born To Be Wild) as […]
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 Trek audition. The show runners liked the Scotch accent he used the best. Doohan recalled in a 1991 interview that when he was […]
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 Oroville, CA on April 1, 2026. My condolences to his family – I attached the included photo of us from 1975 to […]
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 unravel it for you. Two of the people known as Flo & Eddie are actually Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan from […]
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 large snowbank noted the Keweenaw Peninsula had been averaging 7.2 inches of snow per day. As of that […]