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From the Vaults: Live Shows Revisited Time to dig into the past and reminisce about some of the live concerts I have been privileged to attend. The list is too long to talk about more than a few at a time. The wheels really started rolling when I did an internet search under the […]
Perhaps it would be closer to the point if I entitled this FTV ‘Historical Snowmobiling Adventures’ as I haven’t ridden one since our kids were in elementary school. Grandpa Ed (my dad) always kept a Ski-doo Elan at camp he called ‘the kid’s machine’ so they could take a spin when we stopped by. […]
John Pepin of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources wrote an excellent article about the Craig Lake State Park (A Visit to Michigan’s Most Remote State Park – published in the Ontonagon Herald, April 10, 2019). The park straddles the Baraga – Marquette County line just north of Lake Michigamme. This article was interesting […]
By now, no one will be surprised in the slightest when I say, “I did not get to do a recap of the sixteenth edition of the Porcupine Mountain Music Festival in 2020 or 2021.” The idea of events, both major and minor, being canceled was a great disappointment to both fans and musicians. […]
Okay, this is a time when one of these ramblings must open with a disclaimer: This FTV is about the band, Mr. Big, but it started out as a musical trivia question posed to me at a local grocery emporium by Dan Bigge. The original question escapes me, but the answer was ‘Mr. Big’. […]
When we left Part 1, William Shatner had just had a close encounter with Gene Roddenberry who claimed to be working on a script for a new Star Trek vehicle. It would either become a low-budget TV movie or big screen feature, but Gene did not share the specifics with Bill. It was 1975 and […]
The last time my wife surprised me with a book she found at our local St. Vinnie’s, we both had a few moments of head scratching trying to remember if I had already read it. Published in 1994 by HarperCollins, Star Trek Movie Memories by William Shatner (with Chris Kreski) certainly seemed familiar. The […]
Happy New Year! January kicks off the Lunar Cycle with a New Moon taking place on Sunday January 2. The Young Crescent Moon will greet 2022 in the early twilight of January 3. Look for it very close to the SW horizon and watch it rise a little higher each evening. You can track […]
While recounting the saga of former Eagles guitarist Don Felder (FTV: Don Felder 11-20-19), we discussed the hot musical ‘coasts’ that existed in the 1960s. New York City and California were considered the east and west coast hotbeds of musical activity. Eventually we added Florida to the mix citing names like Felder, Tom Petty, […]
In Part 1, we asked whether Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Alva Edison should be given credit for having the most profound effect on our modern world. Having made the case for Bell, it is now time to examine the evidence for the fabled Wizard of Menlo Park, Thomas Alva Edison, to wear the […]