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Genny and Me
Remembering the great matriarch who saved my life

June 25, 2022June 28, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

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Genny and Me
Remembering the great matriarch who saved my life
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Music

The Ballad of C.W. McCall
How a bread commercial stoked the trucker chic revolution of the 1970s

April 2, 2022April 5, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

I grew up in the ’70s on the Cherokee Strip, right on the Kansas side of the Oklahoma border, and our hometown had a pork processing plant that employed many …

The Ballad of C.W. McCall
How a bread commercial stoked the trucker chic revolution of the 1970s
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The Golden Child
Fuckboy beginnings, 1968-76

March 28, 2022March 29, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

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The Golden Child
Fuckboy beginnings, 1968-76
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Music

Hooray for Flowers!
Choice springtime jams for the vernal equinox

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - 2 Comments.

Today is the first day of spring, and boy, is the Honk home office happy about it. In honor of the season of rebirth, renewal and fresh starts, here is …

Hooray for Flowers!
Choice springtime jams for the vernal equinox
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Music

Embrace the Ides of March
The official March 15 birthday playlist

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

A surprising range of musicians across a broad spectrum of styles and genres share one quirky trait: Being born on March 15. In honor of the many jams produced by …

Embrace the Ides of March
The official March 15 birthday playlist
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Fuckboy, Part 2: Kool Aid Kids
Man of the house

February 13, 2022March 11, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

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Fuckboy, Part 2: Kool Aid Kids
Man of the house
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That’s How I Got to Memphis
The story of "The Storyteller" Tom T. Hall

January 23, 2022January 24, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

When I was a kid growing up on the Cherokee Strip in the 1970s, the air was filled with country music, played and sung by a cast of colorful characters …

That’s How I Got to Memphis
The story of "The Storyteller" Tom T. Hall
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Music

David Bowie: Diamond (Jubilee) Dog
A 75-song playlist for Mr. Jones' 75th birthday

January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Perhaps no musician in the history of pop music is more well-known for constant metamorphosis than the late, great David Bowie, who would have celebrated his 75th birthday today. Over …

David Bowie: Diamond (Jubilee) Dog
A 75-song playlist for Mr. Jones' 75th birthday
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Reelin’ in the Years
A New Year's Eve playlist for the ages

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Well, here we are at the end of another exhausting year of disease, death, social upheaval, creeping fascism, across-the-board uncertainty and sundry shades of dread. As seems to have become …

Reelin’ in the Years
A New Year's Eve playlist for the ages
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Social Studies

Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend Jason?
The unnecessary death of the nicest guy in town

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 - by Michael Carmody

It must have been 20 or more years ago when I first met Jason Fritts. I don’t know the year, exactly, but I recall the cirumstance. I was on my …

Anybody Here Seen My Old Friend Jason?
The unnecessary death of the nicest guy in town
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Michael Carmody - Hooray for Flowers!

Oh, that's a great one. I first stumbled onto Simple Minds with "New Gold Dream." Somehow I came across a…

Krista Vollack - Hooray for Flowers!

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

Leslye Morita - Fuckboy, Chapter One

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

Gary Chandler - Fuckboy, Chapter One

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

Michael Carmody - Where No Okie Has Gone Before

Crabby Appleton actually released two albums to rave reviews, but somehow they just couldn't get over the hump to sustainable…

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