Indy Essay
Right behind the fence coming out of turn two An essay written for a college creative writing class about what is among my favorite and most talked about memories My annual trips to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first week of qualifying still remain special...
I was arrested at Nemeth’s Lounge
Here’s a good day-after-April-Fools-Day story. From 1986 through 1988, I worked for the local radio station I grew up listening to, 1460 AM in Painesville. It was WPVL in the 1970s when I would listen to hear if snow had cancelled school and on those Sunday morning...
I was present for an important REO inspiration
(something from 30 years ago this month…) From January 1990 to July 1991, I was the afternoon drive DJ at an Erie, PA rock station. I got lucky because I was able to interview plenty of headlining acts while I was there. On one such occasion, I interviewed Kevin...
There was a bomb threat on campus
February 16, 2007 was an interesting day. At the time, I was the Public Relations Director for the Ashtabula regional campus of Kent State University. That meant I handled media communications. And if the dean wasn’t available, I was the face and voice of the campus....
The Y2K bug hit our new years eve party
As most of humanity was looking forward to New Year’s day 2021, there was a completely opposite anticipation for New Year’s day 2000. If you were born before 1985, you probably remember that time well. It was the dreaded Y2K. Y2K is the shorthand term for “the...
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."
