A Run for the Roses (Part 3)
• December 4, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Kentucky, Music, Travel
Tags: 35W, a real journey, AM radio, buckwheat pancakes, Bud, Carefree Highway, Cathedral Hill, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Christopher Cross, country ham, CTS, Ellen, Gordon Lightfoot, Hoosier National Forest, Illinois, Indianapolis, Iowa City, James Brown, Japanese restaurant, Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Lynn, Mary Hopkin, road trips, St. Paul, Truth in Savings, Zen-like thinking
A Run for the Roses (Part 1)
• November 15, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa, Kentucky, St. Paul, Travel
Tags: 12-ounce Coors beer, AM radio, Arrested Development, Bardstown Road, Borderlines, Bud Morris, Cherokee Park, Churchill Downs, Cricketeer jacket, Eastern Parkway, Ellen Morris, Essen Haus, Gordon Lightfoot, Grandpa Adams, Grandpa Maupin, Highway 61, Huey Piano Smith, instant coffee, John Goodman, Johnny Rivers, Joshua, Kelligan's Cafe, Kentucky Derby, La Crosse, Louisville, Lynn Birkett, Madison, Marcy, Midwest Creole, Mint Juleps, Mitsubishi “Mighty Max” pickup truck, Mr. Wendal, New York, NRBQ, Peachtree Street, Statue of Liberty, Steve Ferguson, Tennessee, the road, Tony Curtis, wanderlust, wedding
The Exorcists (Part 2: Drugs)
• June 5, 2011 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1974, 1975, Casco Point, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota
Tags: AM radio, beer, blue crabs, boating, Boy Scout Island, camping, Carling Black Label, chemical dependency, Chesapeake Bay, church, cigarettes, cigars, clinical depression, cocktails, congestive heart disease, Dad, depression, Derek, doctor, drugs, Englewood, Evan, goofballs, grandparents, House Judiciary Committee, hypertension, impeachment, Lake Minnetonka, medications, Mom, Nixon, Paul Simon, peppermint schnapps, Pete Martin, Schlitz beer, Schmidt big mouth beer, snowmobiling, South Florida, St. Louis, Tampa, Type II diabetes, uppers, Vicodin, wine, WKII
Radio Days or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Just Listen to KDWB’s Rob Sherwood
• February 27, 2011 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1974, Casco Point, Family, Media, Minnesota
Tags: AM radio, BBC World Service, Black Oak Arkansas, Bread, Carole King, CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, Chicago, classical music, DJs, E.G. Marshall, Edith Bunker, Five Star Music Masters, Free, Graeme Edge, Ibanez bass guitar, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Jim Croce, KDWB, Led Zeppelin, Lobo, Paul McCartney, Paul Revere and the Raiders, radio, Rob Sherwood, The Moody Blues, The Raspberries, The Who, Traffic
Completely in the Dark 