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Author: Michael Carmody

Cherokee Strip Club

Stop the Presses!
The last American paperboy

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 - by Michael Carmody - 4 Comments.

Everything in this story is true. Some names may be changed for the usual reasons. My Grandpa Troy retired from 40 years on the Santa Fe Railroad in 1979, and …

Stop the Presses!
The last American paperboy
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Social Studies

Salt of the Earth
Exploring inner space deep beneath the prairie

January 15, 2025January 16, 2025 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

I have spent my entire life on the Kansas prairie, a locale as isolated from the sea as just about any to be found in the United States. But turn …

Salt of the Earth
Exploring inner space deep beneath the prairie
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Me and Jesus
or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Void

December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

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Me and Jesus
or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Void
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Life on Wheels

Used Cars
A gearhead's path through life (Part 2 of 2)

October 13, 2024November 12, 2024 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Author’s Note: This is the conclusion of a two-part article, the first half of which can be found here.  Life on Wheels is an ongoing series of memoir entries centered on …

Used Cars
A gearhead's path through life (Part 2 of 2)
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Life on Wheels

Fifty Ways to Leave Wherever
A gearhead's path through life (Part 1 of 2)

August 17, 2024October 14, 2024 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Author’s Note: Life on Wheels is an ongoing series of memoir entries centered on the many cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles and other vehicles I have owned over the years. Names and places …

Fifty Ways to Leave Wherever
A gearhead's path through life (Part 1 of 2)
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Food & Drink / Social Studies

Picky Picky
My life as a supertaster

June 14, 2024September 10, 2024 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

From my earliest memories I have been confounded by the popularity of many common foods, as in my experience they are so intensely flavorful that I absolutely cannot imagine voluntarily …

Picky Picky
My life as a supertaster
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Music

Steve Albini: The Anti-Spector
Indie rock's resident grouch changed the sound of modern music

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Starting in 1958, the sound of American pop music became heavily influenced by the aesthetic sensibilities of a single neurotic teenage boy from New York City. Phil Spector’s “Wall of …

Steve Albini: The Anti-Spector
Indie rock's resident grouch changed the sound of modern music
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Cherokee Strip Club

Hey! Let’s Go Bowling!

February 28, 2024August 27, 2024 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Everything in this story is true. Though I happily left my small, provincial hometown decades ago, I do keep up with my old friends who remain there, and occasionally go …

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With Love From Me to You
A postcard from underground

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 - by Michael Carmody - 4 Comments.

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With Love From Me to You
A postcard from underground
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A Long Slow Season
Recovery in a vacuum

December 13, 2023December 14, 2023 - by Michael Carmody - 3 Comments.

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Recovery in a vacuum
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Stop the Presses!

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

With Love From Me to You

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024

The Loud Sucking of Adulthood

May 6, 2023March 19, 2025

A Long Slow Season

December 13, 2023December 14, 2023

Close Encounters

November 28, 2021September 9, 2022

Michael Carmody - Stop the Presses!

Right on. The biz has changed a lot, yet manages to hang on.

Michael Carmody - Stop the Presses!

Oh man yes, I remember it very well! That little cool, dark back room with the video games was like…

Ron May - Stop the Presses!

Great story Michael! Of course, I relate to this on a very deep level having been your substitute delivery boy…

Brian Sanders - Stop the Presses!

Been there, done that. Except I had graduated to semi-novice driver and was peddling copies of the Tulsa World at…

Michael Carmody - With Love From Me to You

Doing my best, thanks kindly.

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