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Shotgun Writer
Throughout my unheralded scribing life, I have tried to write cogently about rock and roll. I don’t know if I’ve ever done a decent job, some might say so now and again, but there is always ...
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On the Anniversary of Elvis Presley’s Death
I was born in 1955, right around the time that Elvis Presley broke out in Memphis, Tennessee. Throughout my childhood, Elvis was an essential feature, a guiding light. I grew up with The Rolling Stones, Bob ...
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Varkie (Piglet)
Varkie hailed from Kuruman, in the arid Great Karoo on the Ghaap Plateau. Before he was drafted into the army, Varkie was hired by the South African Railways (SAR), the government owned institution that ensured employment ...
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Recurring Dreams
My friend and fellow Hard Crackers editor Chris Alexander is largely responsible for this one. Chris is a medical technologist in the emergency room of a busy downtown hospital in Detroit. He performs CT scans (what ...
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Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory – Two Short Essays
More Confusion – No Wonder! By Mike Morgan If there was a board game in which the winner would reveal the official historic and current U.S. position towards most of the Far East peoples and their ...
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The Last of The Wailers – A Brief Tribute to Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer (Neville O’Riley Livingston) passed away last week. Together with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, he made up the triumvirate that the music world knew as The Wailers. He had 73 years and outlived his ...
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The Thames Delta is Our Backyard: On Wilko Johnson
Bang! – The Unstoppable Force Meets the Immoveable Object From Oil City Confidential I’m listening to the latest Wilko Johnson record called Blow Your Mind. A few years before that, I listened a lot to his ...
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Ho Ho This!
Christmas is here and if you live in America you know this because the bombardment starts on Thanksgiving. The television commercials are a dead giveaway, plus the specially named shopping days, “Black Friday” or “Cyber Monday.” ...
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Murphy’s Law – A Day in the Life
Murphy’s Law was in full effect for me today (Saturday). Murphy’s Law is not quite Sod’s Law, nor is it exactly Finagle’s Law, although they all capture the same sentiment. The tenet of Murphy’s Law is ...
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“Remember What My Number Is”: RIP Toots Hibbert
54-46 was Toots Hibbert’s prison number. He sang it out loud on the electrifying track 54-46 That’s My Number (1969), one of a crop of tunes that made Toots and the Maytals a household name on ...
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