Bool Review: You Can Negotiate Anything, by Herb Cohen
A friend of mine, once walked into a tire store, and said he needed a set of new tires for his Lincoln Continental. And then told the...
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Oct 32 min read
Aretha Franklin-- Amazing Grace: Gospel music at its Zenith
It took 37 years, but Aretha Franklin's miraculous performance at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, in 1972, was...
Oct 22 min read
Barbra Streisand, Live at the Bon Soir
When Barbra Streisand was twelve-years old, she underwent a dramatic and remarkable change: her ears popped, and suddenly she could hear...
Sep 1933 min read
'92 European Tour
Monday-Tuesday (May 18-19) -- I met my older brother John at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, and together we boarded a direct flight to...
Sep 32 min read
With Love, From Ringo in Nashville
What do you get when an ex-Beatle travels to Nashville and sits in with the finest group of Country musicians this side of the...
Aug 253 min read
ONE OF THE WONDERS OF POP MUSIC--THE LONDON HOWLIN' WOLF SESSIONS
The miracle of "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions", is that they happened at all. The surprise of these sessions is that the music is...
Aug 105 min read
ONE OF THE WONDERS OF POP MUSIC -- "WHO'S NEXT"
Had the Marx Brothers been a Rock-n-Roll band, they would have been The Who, the edgy, mischievous British Blues-Rock band that in the...
May 309 min read
One of the Wonders of American Music--Howlin' Wolf
Chester Burnett, a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf, was a musical genius. Yes, as much a musical genius as Ludvig von Beethoven. The reason he didn't...
May 253 min read
Coffee and Our Third Place
Compared with beer or wine, coffee hasn’t been around all that long. Beer dates back to 5,000 BC. Discovered growing in Ethiopia, it was...
May 145 min read
Employment, ethics, and putting God first
After graduating from college, I worked in a retail store for a large company. There seemed to be few prospects for advancement, so I...
May 96 min read
book review: The Measure of a Man, by Sidney Poitier
The key to understanding Sidney Poitier's stellar film career, is that he was willing to walk away from a large movie contract, rather...
Dec 24, 20231 min read
The Nisley's 2023 Christmas Letter
"PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TO MAN" is the subject of the Nisley's 2023 Christmas Letter Ironically, many of the world's favorite...
Dec 8, 20232 min read
John Lennon's Christmas Carol to the World
Of all the Beatles, John Lennon was the most socially-minded of the four, as evident on such Beatles' classics as, "All You Need is...
Nov 25, 20237 min read
One of the Wonders of Pop Music--"All Things Must Pass"
George Harrison was tired of being a Beatle. He was tired of working with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who over the years had...
Nov 25, 20238 min read
In the Bleak Midwinter
If Christmas isn’t Christmas without snow, then you’ll appreciate the following story. It’s from “The Holly Tree” by Charles Dickens....
Nov 21, 20237 min read
Review: Three Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies
Every year the Hallmark Channel films about twenty Christmas stories for the Holiday Season. Mind you, these are not serious dramas, but...
Sep 1, 20235 min read
One of the Wonders of Pop Music--The Doors' L.A. Woman
It was all over. The Doors had had their run--and a very successful run it was--but it had run its course. It was clear the band was...
Aug 22, 20233 min read
One of the Wonders of Pop Music--Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon is best remembered for her 1965 smash hit, "What the World Needs Now is Love." Among those in the music industry she is...
Jul 26, 20237 min read
One of the Wonders of Pop Music--Anne Murray
Can a country girl from the Canadian Maritimes--who doesn't dress suggestively or act outrageously--make it as pop singer? That was Anne...
Apr 17, 20233 min read
The Silver Fox
It was a pivotal moment in Pop Music. Charlie Rich was in Memphis auditioning for Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records who’d...
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