Growing Up Absurd In The 1950s-The Billie And Frankie Stories

This space is dedicated to stories, mainly about Billie from “the projects” elementary school days and Frankie from the later old working class neighborhood high school days but a few others as well. And of growing up in the time of the red scare, Cold War, be-bop jazz, beat poetry, rock ‘n’ roll, hippie break-outs of the 1950s and early 1960s in America. My remembrances, and yours as well.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

*On “Now” Photos

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Click on the title to link to a "YouTube" film clip of Iris Dement performing "Our Town". Sorry no "After You'...

*On “The Long March” From North

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Click on the headline to link to a "YouTube" film clip of Jerry Lee Lewis performing "Whole Lotta Shaking Goin' On" ...

In The Time Of The Time Of The British Blues Explosion- This Ain't No One-Trick Pony-The Belfast Cowboy Rides Again Van Morrison’s “The Best Of Van Morrison, Volume Three”

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Click on the headline to link to a YouTube film clip of Van Morrison performing Tupelo Honey . A greatest hit, indeed. CD Review The Be...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

In The Time Of The Time Of The British Blues Explosion- He Ain't No One-Trick Pony-The Belfast Cowboy Rides Again- Van Morrison’s "How Long Has This Been Going On"

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Click on the headline to link to a YouTube film clip of Van Morrison performing the title song from the album under review, How Long Has Th...
Monday, August 15, 2011

In The Time Of The Time Of The British Blues Explosion- He Ain't No One-Trick Pony- The Belfast Cowboy Rides Again-Van Morrison’s “Back On Top”

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Click on the headline to link to a YouTube film clip of Van Morrison performing the title song from the album under review, Back On Top . ...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Put Your Mother’s Dancing Slippers On- Once Again On The Songs That Got Us Through World War II

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Click on the headline to link to a YouTube film clip of Vaughn Monroe performing There I've Said It Again. Yes, I know with an introdu...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Stuff Of Dreams- Harry Madden, “The Grifter,” R.I.P.

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“Hey, Peter Paul, long time no see,” yelled Harry Madden, seemingly forever known as “The Grifter” in North Adamsville childhood lore, from ...
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