If I had to pick one guy, outside of the immediate circle of musicians or lyricists, who was responsible for the success of the Grateful Dead, it would be Augustus Owsley Stanley III. If you were a member of the GD circle, you knew him as Bear. If you bought LSD anywhere on the west… Read More 10. bear.
He struck out 15 in his first start. He was 17 years old. He willingly enlisted in the Navy at the start of World War II. He was the first Major Leaguer to do so, and he gave up four years of his prime to do it. In the off seasons, he led baseball barnstorming… Read More 75. van meter heater.
There was a time that I didn’t really know that the Cleveland Indians existed. But I knew about the Cincinnati Reds, and I knew about the white-haired guy who guided the Reds through most of the 1970s. I was a huge baseball fan back then, an easy thing for an Ohio kid when the team… Read More 36. the spark.
But the music — whether we’re talking about the steady stream of old stuff the band continues to release or tours by Furthur, Ratdog, Phil, the Rhythm Devils, etc. — is alive and well.
No matter what my Pittsburgh friends think — or would have liked to see — the state of Ohio failed to burn down after the departure of a basketball player last week. This departure, however, is a pretty big deal. And a much more important reason to be upset. Thanks, Harvey, for sharing your life… Read More pekar.
When I was a kid, my family’s evening routine was pretty simple. It revolved around two things: dinner and the CBS Evening News. My folks were pretty strict about television and the dinner table — generally the rule was once the food was ready, the TV had to be turned off. But once my sister… Read More uncle walter.
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