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FTV: Celebrity Sightings

One of my favorite cartoonists these days is Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. I have never met him, but I always enjoy reading the introduction he writes for his daily cart…

FTV: Gigs in the Round

You read that right: “Gigs in the Round”, not “Getting Around to Gigs”. Transportation to and from gigs is a different chapter. This one will discuss gigs where the band i…

FTV: The Doors at 50

What were you listening to during the Summer of Love? Listening to the radio then meant AM Top 40 as FM was just getting to be the next big thing. At 13 going on 14 years old, I w…

A Tribute to Mr Mittens

Every pet owner knows that their pet is the best ever – so we sadly announce the passing of our Mr Mittens aka Mittu, our wonderful Hemingway polydactyl cat. He was a large, shy black cat with…

From the Vaults: Hand Shakes and Fist bumps

“Look them in the eye and give them a good, firm handshake. None of that ‘wet dishrag’ stuff.” If you had this conversation with your father at some point in your younger ye…

FTV: JB and the One – Part 2

James Brown lived by “The One”. He learned his rhythmic chops from drummers who learned them from the African traditions of their ancestors. The emphasis on what Brown referred …