During the two years I played in Knockdown, we only played for one frat party.  We had our regular monthly three nighter at the NCO club (guitar player Ray was a Sergeant in accounting, so we h…

   There are many categories of band gigs:  teen dances, wedding receptions, private parties, and bar gigs make up the normal mix for most bands.  To my personal list, I could add playing in a te…

           “Let Trees and Children Grow Together” was emblazoned on the sign in a photo attached to an article sent to me from the MTU archives.  The article recounted the dedicatio…

      Having recently finished reading Woody Woodmansey book Spider from Mars – My Life with Bowie (St. Martin’s Press 2016), it seemed appropriate to update his story a bit.  We had…

      A quick quiz:  How many different types of mines have there been in Upper Michigan?  This is a question I ask my sixth grade Geography – Earth Science students at the beginning …

    Don’t go running for your old Latin textbook.  The quasi-Latin phrase Vincebus Eruptum is supposed to mean “We control chaos” and if San Francisco psychedelic rockers Blue Cheer had any…