Words like legend and icon and superstar get thrown around a lot these days. The words start to mean nothing. For example, I remember hearing a singer named Jimmy Ray introduced as “the legendary, superstar Jimmy Ray!” If you’re asking “Who?” well, that’s the point. Jimmy Ray had one minor hit back around 1997 called Are [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Mr. Music!
February 26, 2009
Salute To Ralph Alfalfa
February 25, 2009
Several times a semester, I invite local broadcasters to visit with the students in the Johnson County Community College broadcast courses I teach…using the word “teach” very loosely. I think it is important for the scholars to hear from people who have actually succeeded in the field as opposed to their instructor who is just [...]
Parlez Vous De Deutsch?
February 24, 2009
It is Fat Tuesday! I’ve always thought Fat Tuesday sounds like the Kool-Aid Man’s New Orleans cousin. He’d have a gravelly, joyful voice. He’d be ready for fun. Of course, Fat Tuesday disappears as Ash Wednesday arrives, marking the Season of Lent.
When I was a kid, I thought the 40 day Season of Lent was the [...]
Photographic Memories
February 19, 2009
Thursday morning, on FirstNews, there was a story about a new, smart camera. You point it at your subjects and it will wait until nobody is blinking and everybody is smiling. The features are called Smile Shutter and Blink Detection. I realize this kind of trendy tech story should make me smile but instead, I’m [...]
A Harry Holiday
February 18, 2009
I don’t know if we have ever planted a tree for Arbor Day or gobbled a gherkin during National Pickle Week. Sometimes holidays go by without any notice at all. For example, as I write this on February 18, it is National Battery Day, recognizing how important batteries are in our lives. Clearly, this is [...]
