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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
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Little House on the Alley
Genny was ready for bed. She labored to swallow each of her evening pills in turn — one to calm her nerves, one to prevent back spasms, one to ease …
Genny and Me
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
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The Golden Child
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!
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
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Kool Aid Kids
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
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