Monthly Archives: May 2011

Gil Scott-Heron, mind blower

They actually played Gil Scott-Heron on the radio in central Wisconsin in the ’70s. Late at night, of course. Then I rediscovered him in the ’80s. (Here’s that story. I wrote this for the original Jefitoblog in August 2007 as … Continue reading

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The tale of the tapes

It all started the other day with the story headlined “Cassette tapes make a comeback” in the Washington Post. Cassettes again, eh? Not for me, but whatever trips your trigger. Then I shared the link on Facebook. Dane cut right … Continue reading

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Mothers Day

Mother’s Day is all but upon us. Many of the blogs will be chock full of songs about moms, and rightly so. However, this is not one. And, no, we did not forget the apostrophe. This is Mothers Day. So … Continue reading

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