WOAS news and history
The Christmas Cards sent out this year included the usual ‘Season’s Greetings’ but an added sentiment there are no emojis for: ‘Here is to a brighter 2021.’ Peggy James seems to have an uncanny knack for writing music to fit my feelings – think ‘musical emoji on demand’. Gary Tanin at Daystorm Music sent […]
Try to remember the first time you saw The Rolling Stones on TV or an album cover. While reading Paul Trynka’s book Brian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones (Viking Press, 2014) I went back and found a YouTube video of their debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show from October of 1964. […]
The human body is a remarkable machine. Our built-in self-repair mechanisms are tested throughout one’s life and looking back, I can only wonder why humans are so determined to thoroughly test the limits of these systems. My father and mother both smoked when I was growing up. Thankfully, my mother quit cold turkey when […]
When searching for ideas for these written ramblings called ‘FTV’, I periodically feel the cosmic wheels spinning when inspiration pops an idea into my brain. The way my mind works, a tune, a fragment of a memory, a photograph, or a bit of stray conversation can plant the seed of a topic for consideration. […]
In the fall of 2020, my buddy John Fischer asked me to Google “Great Lakes water diversions” and let him know what I thought of the first article that popped up. It told the tale of a project (started in Ontario, Canada in 1925) to dam rivers just north of the Lake Superior / Hudson […]
No need to tell me that I spelled his name wrong in the title. When his first record came out on the small Princess label, Ronnie Milsaps was thrilled. Then he ‘read’ a review in the Atlanta newspaper. They said nice things about the record, but had dropped the last ‘s’ from his name. […]
The following snippet of information was printed in the “CHEERS and JEERS” section of the AARP Bulletin back in March of 2016 and was recently unearthed from my pile of clippings: “CHEERS . . . to the new SAT test that will focus less on obscure vocabulary.” The press release said: “The abstruse vocabulary words […]
Back in the fall of 2019, the last round of touring by Creedence Clearwater Revisited (or CCR2 as we referred to them) was chronicled in this space (FTV: CCR 10-16-19). The article included the following description of their interview with the original CCR and CCR2 rhythm section: “When CCR’s Complete Studio Albums Deluxe Box Set […]
Saturday 12-12-20 Update – turns out the problem isn’t so serious with the audio – the last power failure reset the new server to the ‘default’ which is the webcam camera – thanks to Lee’s sharp eared brother for pointing out he could hear us talking in the studio even though the board audio was […]
Many years ago, Ontonagon Area Schools business teacher Diane Hardes and I were sent to a workshop held at the Holiday Inn in Marquette. The day’s theme was “integrating computers into your school” and on the way home, we agreed that beyond the lunch we were served, it was a big waste of time (we […]