1970s
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I heard somebody say
The ’70s had some great music … and this is another fine example from The Trammps. Plus it’s a two-for, because “Disco Inferno” was a minor hit in 1977 and a huge hit the next year with “Saturday Night Fever.” Hard to overstate how big that movie and that soundtrack was, for John Travolta and Continue reading
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Trapper Keeper, revived
Some things from the ’70s and ’80s play better in 2023 than others. Looks like the Trapper Keeper might have been better in the past. It pains me to say that. I loved my Trapper Keeper, which I brought proudly to Griswold Junior High School in September 1980. My dad bought it for me, probably Continue reading
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A stellar songwriter
If there are songs that help to tell the story of your life, then Gordon Lightfoot has one or two songs on my personal soundtrack. For better or worse. Looking over popular music over the past number of decades, there are some artists you don’t really understand why they became famous, and at the same Continue reading
About Me
Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 