Day 71: The Unmade Film – The Connie Francis Story

originally published March 11, 2012 So where the hell is the Connie Francis biopic? I’m going to skew this toward my younger readers (meaning under 50 – most of my audience is shockingly geriatric) who might not know who Connie Francis is. According to Joel Whitburn (the only true music chart historian you’ll ever need) […]

Day 66: The Big Six On Sixty-Six (Which Falls On The Sixth)

originally published March 6, 2012 In honor of the big six-six (Ms. Wiki must be an avid reader of this site – and really, why wouldn’t she be?), today’s hammer has thwacked the anvil of the Big Six. The Big Six refers to a number of things. Hopefully one or two of these will have […]

Day 53: A Hunk-a Hunk-a Burning Matrimonial Commitment

originally published February 22, 2012 Talk about timely and poignant. Right in time for the annual day when thousands of people start to regret their spontaneous decision to get married on Valentine’s Day in Vegas, I get to write about true love. Vegas-style. My wife and I visited Las Vegas for the first time on […]

Day 41: Trevor “The Punching Boxer Guy” Berbick

originally published February 10, 2012 I could have been a boxer. Of course, this would have necessitated a completely different childhood from the one I experienced, probably in a different city with different parents and a more gritty urban soundtrack playing as a dismal grey rain pierced through the neon glow of a dingy street […]

Day 16: Occupy Las Vegas – Lousy Odds (But Even Lousy Odds Pay Off In Vegas)

originally published January 16, 2012 Once again, I have been granted the privilege to be topical. Yesterday, in the midst of the NFL’s Divisional playoff weekend I wrote about football. Today I’m flipping to those dark sub-sections of the newspaper that are still willing to report on the on-going Occupy movement. To make it a […]