Musical ramblings from the manager
Having recently read You Can Run But You Can’t Hide (by Duane “Dog” Chapman with Laura Morton – 2007 Hyperion), I couldn’t help but notice the things that Dog Chapman and I have in common. We are both male and were born in 1953. That is it. When his Dog the Bounty Hunter show […]
On the eve of the 50th Anniversary of the first manned Moon landing, last week’s FTV looked at some of the political wranglings that were taking place leading up to President Kennedy’s deadline to land men on the Moon and return them by the end of the 1960s. The United States had only fifteen […]
On Sunday July 13, 1969, the Russian space program launched a robotic craft toward the Moon called Luna 15. It was not a coincidence that this craft would be in orbit two days ahead of NASA’s first attempt at a manned lunar landing with the Apollo 11 mission. Clearly, the Russians were going to attempt […]
When we last heard from Jack Spann, he had just released his second album Beautiful Man from Mars (2017 – Big Boo Music – ASCAP), we noted his penchant for writing story songs propelled by piano hooks. Fans and new listeners alike will find his new CD, Propaganda Man another step forward for Spann […]
We always heard bass player Mike arrive at our Sledgehammer rehearsals before we saw him. Our basement on Summit Street was exposed on the east side of our one story home making that side of our house two stories. The driveway dipped down from the street to the garage on the lower level that […]
Are there unexplained things in the Universe? The short answer to this question would no doubt be, “Ummm, yeah!” and judging by the number of “Unexplained this” and “Paranormal that” programs that dot the airwaves, the unknown is doing a healthy business. Toss in books, magazines, movies, and a zillion web pages devoted to […]
When WOAS-FM 88.5 celebrated being on the air for 30 years back in 2009, we asked current and former staffers to send us stories and recollections about their time volunteering at the station. We got more than we had anticipated, so we published a few highlights and posted the rest on a bulletin board for […]
WOAS-FM Celebrates 40 Years on the air – UPDATE How does one serve cake and ice cream to 300? Easy – find five willing volunteers who jump in feet first and get it done – THANK YOU so much to (l-r) Paige Weisinger, Caden Cleland, Kati Dombraski, Dominique Hamm, and Ailee Graff for making our […]
We last checked in with Little Steven (Van Zandt) back in early 2018 (FTV: 2-7-18) when we reviewed his second album with his ‘other band’, The Disciples of Soul. We say ‘other band’ because Van Zandt’s name has been more closely associated with his previous work with both Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes […]
“Tom who? Tom Hambridge you say? Never heard of him.” That was the sum of my knowledge about the drummer/vocalist/songwriter/producer a few years ago. These days, I would update my summation to: “Yeah, we have HEARD music with his fingerprints all over it, we just didn’t know it was him.” Now thanks to an […]