Van Morrison is 66 today. Happy birthday, Van! I don't know anyone who can write a love song like Van. What a great line-u...

I’m still going through online issues of Life magazine from the post-War era, the period into which we Baby Boomers were born. W. C. Fie...

As promised, here are more songs from 1964, the year of the big British Invasion. I remember serious talk that year from the American musici...

When it comes to nostalgia, for me there will never be another year like 1964. I was 16, had my driver's license and a car, my first “re...

Shell Scott, a private detective character created by Richard S. Prather, appeared in a successful line of paperback originals in the 1950s ...

Robert Plant is 63 today. John Hiatt is 59. Happy birthday to both of you! Robert Cray had his 58th birthday on Aug...

Elvis died 34 years ago today. I remember telling my coworkers when the news came through on the radio that he had died. For some reason ...

Joe Jackson is 57 today. Eric Carmen is 62 today. "Hungry Eyes" was a big hit from the movie Dirty Dancing : Eri...

On August 6, 1945, Americans in a single B-29 bomber dropped the bomb heard 'round the world. Three days later another bomb was dropped....

WTF? I got this message in my e-mail this morning. So, WTF? peyeman9355413@yahoo.com has invited you to join the sokhanrani8847 group with t...

A fragment of a song has been stuck in my head for four decades. It floats along the neuron path, settles into the memory area, and suddenly...

Robert Cray is 58 today. Robert Cray's first couple of albums really blew me away. I played his songs "Smoking Gun" and "...

David Sanborn is 66 today, and Kate Bush is 53. Happy birthdays, Kate and David! .

In my opinion protesters of gay marriage are in a losing battle. I believe that within a few years, maybe a decade, the majority of states w...

Today is a Utah State holiday, Pioneer Day, also called the 24th of July holiday. We celebrate it on Monday this year because the religious ...

It’s pandering time again. In order to boost the statistics for visits made to my blog I need to give you some sexy content that will keep y...

Steven Georgiou aka Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam is 63 today. Happy birthday to all you guys!

Imagine this: a perfect stranger, an Army lieutenant no less, has offered me 20% of ten million dollars just to help provide his stolen Bagh...

Carlos Santana is 64 today. Happy birthday, Carlos!

Forty-two years ago today my wife and I took a break from moving into our new apartment, set up our black and white television, and watched ...