Monthly Archives: August 2010
The lost summer
Twenty years ago, the life we’d built in one place was ending. We’d decided, for many reasons, to leave Madison, Wisconsin — widely considered to be the cultural center of the universe — and move back to Green Bay. The … Continue reading
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‘Fierce Wisconsin nostalgia’ here!
Looks like carrying the flag for Clicker, a beloved Wisconsin rock/pop/cover/glam/show band from the early ’70s, is starting to pay off. Our first post about Clicker, written almost three years ago, was for a long time the only thing that … Continue reading
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In search of Batman
Time to finish a thread started back in May, when I wrote about an unexpected encounter with Jerry Kramer, the former Packers guard whom I admire more as an author than an athlete. As I said then, I’ve worked in … Continue reading
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Seen any good tunes lately?
The news that Gap Band bass player Robert Wilson passed away last weekend, though sad, brought back some sweet memories. Back in the early ’80s, we more often saw good new music on MTV before hearing it on the radio … Continue reading
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Rockin’ the park
We used to rock all summer long in the big tent outside our local casino, but they took it down a couple of years ago. Hasn’t been the same since. We used to rock all summer long at county fairs … Continue reading
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