Let us start this month’s AstroCal with a lesser known object visible in the evening sky one hour after sunset. The constellation it is found in is an easily recognized Sign of the Zodiac, Pisces, the Fish. Pisces forms a rather large ‘V’ shape that is tilted somewhat to the right. At the end […]
When I read the front page article in what was to prove to be the last daily issue of the Ironwood Globe (August 31, 2022), it hit me like a line-drive to the forehead. The sudden turn of events took what their publisher described as a ‘thriving, profitable business’ and changed their business model […]
If you are old enough to remember Johnny Carson’s ‘Carnac the Magnificent’, you can skip the explanation. Carson, decked out with his cape and oversized headgear as Carnac, would hold a sealed envelope to his forehead and predict the answer to the question posed on a slip of paper inside. For example, Carnac would […]
A while back, we chronicled the life of Jimi Hendrix from his childhood in Seattle, Washington to the first meeting with his future manager and producer, Chas Chandler in New York City in 1966 (FTV: Johnny Allen Hendrix 5-25-22 and Johnny Allen Hendrix – Part 2 6-1-22). While musicians in the United States were just […]
AstroCal – September 2022 Before we get too deep into the fall observing highlights, let us give two thumbs up and a generous pat on the back to all of the intrepid photographers who have been posting auroral displays this summer. There have been some spectacular displays of northern lights and we need to […]
The name might not be familiar, but I will lay odds that if you have seen any number of videos made by bands like Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, and Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Ozz in the 1980s, you have seen his face. Having seen many of the aforementioned videos, I knew who Rudy Sarzo was […]
Author Tony Horwitz got the idea to write about the history of the New World when he visited Plymouth, Massachusetts in the early ‘00s. He ended up in Plymouth more by chance than by any deliberate plan. He was taking a road trip and decided to pull off at that particular exit when the […]
Our friend and mentor at the Ontonagon Herald graciously provided us with the following account of Al Jacquez’s recent show at the Ontonagon Theater of Performing Arts. Thank you to HSR for his kind words about WOAS being involved in bring musical talent of Al’s caliber to the people (and especially the kids!) in Ontonagon. […]
There is no doubt that guitarist Eric Clapton is a complex soul. As a long time admirer of the band Cream, my mental image of that band was colored by what they did on record and on stage. I was a 14 year-old drummer in training when Sunshine of Your Love (from their second album […]
Browsing the books on sale at the local St. Vinnie’s, I came upon an interesting title. I never added it to my retirement book reading list because I couldn’t finish it. It was a collection of stories about the ways people remove themselves from the human race and are thus prevented from contributing their […]