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Author: Michael Carmody

Cherokee Strip Club / Honk Plus

The Loud Sucking of Adulthood
Birth and death of a salesman

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

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The Loud Sucking of Adulthood
Birth and death of a salesman
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White Knuckle Express
Some trips are trippier than others

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

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White Knuckle Express
Some trips are trippier than others
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Music

Bacharach to Basics
The King of Pop Sophistication is dead — long live the King!

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Burt Freeman Bacharach, a towering figure of American song, has passed at the age of 94. What can be said of the man that hasn’t already been codified in legend …

Bacharach to Basics
The King of Pop Sophistication is dead — long live the King!
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Ready for the ’80s
New decade, new vistas, new hope

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

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Ready for the ’80s
New decade, new vistas, new hope
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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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Michael Carmody - Coming of Age on the Cherokee Strip

You are kind. Part of telling this is about helping me process it, the other part is in hoping it…

Rita Hephner - Coming of Age on the Cherokee Strip

I love your writing. I can just picture your driving that car and the engine falling almost out. I am…

Michael Carmody - Skidoo at 52

It's a wild ride, for sure!

Dee Poe - Skidoo at 52

I missed this particular article the first time around, read it this morning, and watched the movie after that. It…

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…

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