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April showers bring May flowers, according to Bugs Bunny (really, where else have you heard this?), but what does April snow bring? Grumbling, resentment, a desire to move to warmer climes? We’ve had a mild winter, but I figured that our spring would get interrupted by snow – it’s pretty inevitable. The snow we got…

I’m currently reading a book called “Every Song Ever” by New York Times columnist Ben Ratliff. I’d read an article with him about the changes in music and how people are now streaming music as opposed to purchasing the music via LP, CD and downloads. I thought that the book would be a continuation of…

I like all kinds of music. This morning I was listening to a Northern Soul compilation, and recently I’ve been playing a lot of jazz. Jazz seems to have a small, loyal audience. I’m not sure why it isn’t more popular – there are many different types of jazz that people could find a style…

Let me tell you about my dream last night: I was in a post-apocalyptic world, and …wait, where are you going? I haven’t told you that Bernie Sanders was driving the jeep. I don’t like to hear about people’s dreams. They’re not that interesting, nor are they as “weird” as most people seem to think.…

Where were you in 1966? Were you in 1966? I was, and I am remembering it more and more since I began this podcast. I was in Madawaska, Maine that year, and lots of things happened, including the beginning of visits to the principal’s office (what a good 1st grader I was!). Music took a…

I forgot – this morning we sprang forward (springed? – we’ve been changing verb tenses at a rapid pace. This old-timer remembers the irregular tenses). It was talked about enough, but that doesn’t mean that it remained in my memory. My mind isn’t springing forward the way it used to. I suppose that it’s a…

Well, it’s that time of year – caucuses and primaries. Perhaps your state has already voiced its choice. If so, I hope that you participated. If not, go out and vote (or caucus, or whatever). I think that it’s important, in this republic, to exercise your right. I voted in my primary. The primaries may…

It’s a lazy Sunday today. Oh, sure, there’s laundry to be done, marinade to be made, and vegetables to be chopped, but other than that my chores are done. In this post-NFL world there are no games on today to watch (and my NBA team played yesterday and won’t play again until Monday), so I…

I was thinking about telephones the other day, and the history of the telephone in my lifetime. When we moved to Farmington Falls in 1967 one of the features of the old farmhouse we moved into that my mother really liked was the old-fashioned crank telephone. What she soon learned was that antique was less…

When I think of 1986, I think of the Iran-Contra affair (look it up, kids). Another despicable move by the U.S. Government. Let’s not go back to the Reagan era, shall we? This podcast looks back 30 years at the music makers from 1986. It was the first year the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of…