A Bit of Luck
Wallace MacGilvery was not bad man. The world of today was not an easy place and he did what he had to do to survive. Maybe he gouged prices a bit at his hardware store sometimes. He cheated a bit on his taxes. Everybody did. They set it up so you almost had to. Just […]
Maddancer #7 : Selling Wolf Tickets in Vegas & at the County Jail
This is another story from the time I went to the Banquet of the Golden Plate with Oliver Stone in Las Vegas. It was a week-long event where the high school students who scored the highest on the SAT came to Vegas to hear lectures from the most successful people in all walks of life. […]
It Ain’t Easy Being Bob : A Retrospective on Dylan on His 70th Birthday
(A form of this article was originally published in the Weekend Edition of the Kankakee Daily Journal) On May 24th, Bob Dylan turned 70 years old. Just living that long is an amazing achievement considering he came through the wild 1960s as a rock star with millions of dollars and worldwide fame. Many others did […]
IN OVER MY HEAD : Visiting the Son of Sam & Swimming at Streisand’s
I was producing Kankakee Valley Prime Time, my cable access show with Jaymie Simmon, in Kankakee back in 2000 and my wife came out to the staff meeting to give me a letter from David Berkowitz. The production team all laughed and joked about how it would be funny if I got a letter from […]
Maddancer Blog #2: The Illinois Winter Olympics
Maddancer Blog #2: The Illinois Winter Olympics Well, we just concluded the first Illinois Winter Olympics which were held primarily in my front yard. The most popular event was Shoveling the Driveway, the gold medal for which was won by a neighbor from down the street who cleared a vehicle path in 12 minutes, 34 […]
#1: The Day I Made the Cats Believe the Vacuum Cleaner was God
Maddancer Blog #1 The Day I Made the Cats Believe the Vacuum Cleaner Was God It’s like that old joke about cats and dogs. Dogs look at you and go, “Wow, you feed me, pet me, love me…You must be God!” And Cats go, “Wow, you feed me, pet me, love me…I must be God.” […]