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Author: Michael Carmody

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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, 2022August 30, 2024 - 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, 2022June 13, 2023 - 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, 2022February 5, 2025 - 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, 2022August 31, 2024 - 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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From Spiked Beer to Champagne

September 27, 2023June 10, 2024

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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