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Author: Michael Carmody

Eyelands in the Stream / Music / Social Studies

Knowledge is Power!
Schoolhouse Rock! used the power of music to teach Generation X

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Americans now in their 50s grew up in a time of radical innovation at the intersection of public education and mass media. In the late 1960s, citizen groups such as …

Knowledge is Power!
Schoolhouse Rock! used the power of music to teach Generation X
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Music

In Memoriam 2022
An epic playlist of the recently departed

December 31, 2022January 7, 2023 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Well, another year is just about in the can, and as usual, there is a long list of talented folks who have left us over the past twelve months. For …

In Memoriam 2022
An epic playlist of the recently departed
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Eyelands in the Stream / Music

Museum Pieces
Gen X and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

In modern-day America, the hallmarks of middle age include, among many other signifiers, opening your mailbox to find that first mailer from AARP, noticing antique tags on cars that were …

Museum Pieces
Gen X and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Summer of Scotty
A precocious neighbor kid opens my mind to mischief

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

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Summer of Scotty
A precocious neighbor kid opens my mind to mischief
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Music / Social Studies

Perfect Sound Forever
The compact disc at 40

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Looking back on the 1980s today, the first thing I remember is the gleam of it all — the sterile, sleek sheen of a bold new pink-and-turquoise-hued future, molded in …

Perfect Sound Forever
The compact disc at 40
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Life on Wheels / Motormouth

Parts and Accessories
J.C. Whitney's ultimate gearhead wishbook

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Over the years I have owned somewhere between 40 and 50 vehicles, the vast majority of them built in the 1960s-70s. Most of these were acquired quite cheaply, and in …

Parts and Accessories
J.C. Whitney's ultimate gearhead wishbook
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Social Studies

Prometheus of the Plains
The Kansas quack who created the modern age

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

A media magnate blanketing the nation with wall-to-wall political propaganda and misleading advertising. A snake oil salesman running for high public office, using an ersatz mixture of populism and religious …

Prometheus of the Plains
The Kansas quack who created the modern age
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Cherokee Strip Club / Social Studies

Telethon Man
My inauspicious first brush with showbiz

September 3, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

I was sitting next to my mother in our ’60 Chevy one day as she drove down the main drag of our quiet little rural town. It was some time …

Telethon Man
My inauspicious first brush with showbiz
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Music / Vintage MC

Secret Meetings: An Alternative Playlist
A vintage compilation recaps the college rock days 1981-91

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

In 2003 I was hired as managing editor of a startup free weekly paper in Wichita. F5 Weekly (RIP) covered music, movies, art, politics, etc., and the whole of the …

Secret Meetings: An Alternative Playlist
A vintage compilation recaps the college rock days 1981-91
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Music

Thirty Songs in Memory of Mo Ostin
The music exec's music exec shuffles off at 95

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Music heads everywhere were stunned and saddened this week to hear of the passing of industry icon Mo Ostin, a man who somehow became one of the most successful music …

Thirty Songs in Memory of Mo Ostin
The music exec's music exec shuffles off at 95
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Oh, that's a great one. I first stumbled onto Simple Minds with "New Gold Dream." Somehow I came across a…

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"Promised You A Miracle" by Simple Minds always sounds like springtime to me.

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You should be a nationally published author. Start submitting now. Your writing is beautiful, descriptive and relevant. And heartbreaking. (Not…

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While reading this today, a fb notice appeared in the corner of my PC screen. You and some other friends…

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