I got pushed off stage
Early in the summer of 1991, I was working for a rock station in Erie. We were sponsoring a concert that featured several national recording artists. Each air personality was to pick the name of one of the bands out of a hat and introduce that band when it came time...
Dawn of the Internet
Shoe by Jeff MacNelly Published March 16, 1997 It was supposed to replace newspapers they said. But you could still get more from a newspaper than you could on the internet when this was published. Look at the world, newspapers, and what fifty cents will get you...
What are records?
Foxtrot by Bill Amend Published April 30, 1998 This was only 1998? CDs had definitely taken over. Bill didn’t see vinyl coming back though.
I was an extra on Cheers
My girlfriend, Samantha, and I decided to vacation in Los Angeles one March. I called one of my best friends from high school to arrange dinner with him and his new bride. Dan was one of the executive producers of a popular sitcom on NBC. He realized that the last...
Dagwood on Women
Cartoonists Young & Lebrun Published November 6, 2000 This one speaks for itself…or it doesn’t.
Crankshaft on Veterans
Crankshaft by Batiuk & Ayers Published May 29, 2005 I have long said the peace sign is the most supportive symbol for our troops. It means we don’t want them fighting any more. Crankshaft came at this same idea from a different perspective in this...
I was arrested while on the air
It started out as a normal day at WBKC. I did many different air shifts there over the years and this particular day, I was handling the mid-day air shift. (10A-3P) I had just cracked the mic for a break when the station manager and two cops walked into the air...
They Abbreviated It
9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney Published 1/2/1999 I’m sure many of you remember the whole Y2K phenomenon and what was supposed to happen. Is it ultimately because of our laziness?
Trick Question
Sally Forth by Greg Howard Published 9/14/1997 Did you ever get asked a question you just didn’t know how to answer? That was often the way with my ex-wife.
Quotes
Alex Harvey
, Sensational Alex Harvey Band
“Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, thank you. We hope you enjoyed the show.”
Hawkeye Pierce
, M*A*S*H 4077
“What do you expect? I come from the land of the free and the home of depraved.”
Pete Townsend
, The Who
“Rock and roll will always, always, always overcome eventually.”
