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FTV: Frat Parties Part 2

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…

FTV: Frat Parties Part 1

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…

From The Vaults: Timber!

“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…

FTV: More Woody the Spider

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…

FTV: Mines

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 …

FTV: Vincebus Eruptum

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…