AstroCal – November 2023 November will be a great month for those of you who like to see that bright gem of a planet Venus in the early morning hours. On the morning of November 9, it will be particularly interesting as our ‘twin planet’ will have a very close encounter with the Last […]
There are bands that simply play music. While some engage with their audiences, others are what are referred to as ‘shoegazers’. ‘SGs’ are bands that don’t make eye contact or go out of their way to make small talk with their fans – they just play. Rick Wakeman is a peg that does not […]
On June 3, 1964, The Beatles had a full schedule ahead of them. They were to spend the morning posing for a photographer from The Saturday Evening Post before they did an afternoon and evening recording session at EMI Studios. The next day, they would fly off to begin their first ever world tour […]
When I was a wee lad of maybe four, we visited my cousin Wally and his wife somewhere in Wisconsin or Minnesota. Being on the young side and a few years ahead of developing my fixation on maps and geography, the details are a bit fuzzy. The one thing that comes to mind with […]
Back in May of 2023, we covered the origins of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band (5-3-23) a month before I had the opportunity to see the current version of the band in Eugene, Oregon. This FTV article explained how a thirty-year old promoter named David Fishof proposed an idea to Ringo. In 1989, Fishof asked […]