Month: May 2018

Happy Decoration Day! That’s how Memorial Day started – people used to go to cemeteries and spruce up the graves of military veterans who died in combat. My wikipedia page says it started before the Civil War, but really it was the Civil War that popularized the practice, especially in the South. African-Americans claimed that…

I am completely out of touch with what’s going on culturally. Never thought that I wouldn’t at least know basic stuff (what’s being watched on TV, who’s topping the music charts?). I always thought when I was a kid that I couldn’t understand how my parents couldn’t at least identify what I felt was very…

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers. Hope your day goes well. Enjoy some Mother’s Day with music,. How about this podcast, which today features Felt, Medium, Medium, Brazilian Girls, John Lennon, Marshall Crenshaw, Robbie Robertson, Tommy Keene, Pet Shop Boys, Bananarama, Sade, Chaka Khan, Brian Eno, John Cale, and Robert Wyatt. This podcast is, as…

I have a bad left knee. It’s “classic” osteoarthritis says my Doctor. Great, another classic. I’ve had a couple of cortisone shots for it, and while I’ve complained that they weren’t effective, they did relieve some of the symptoms. Problem was, my knee was getting worse – walking up and down stairs got to be…