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  • !! Friday Funk – 1/24/20 !!

    !! Friday Funk – 1/24/20 !!

    The Temptations Of all the stars from Motown none shone brighter than the Temptations. The band…

  • Cleveland Rocked – Part Two

    Cleveland Rocked – Part Two

    © 2020, MJ Ostrander I came of age during the Arena Rock era.  Cell phones and…

  • Hillary Calls Kettle Black

    Hillary Calls Kettle Black

    By David Glenn Cox I can’t say that I personally dislike Hillary Clinton because I’ve never…

  • Cleveland Rocked – Part One

    Cleveland Rocked – Part One

    © 2020 MJ Ostrander In 1972, I was fourteen and determined to go see Alice Cooper. …

  • Angry Earth

    Angry Earth

    By David Glenn Cox Godzilla stomped across our movie screens in the 1950s breathing fire while…

  • Harry Nilsson

    Harry Nilsson

    In rock and roll, dreams can come true and sometimes the dream becomes a nightmare which…

  • How to Live

    Written in memory of George and Florence Ostrander. ©2020 MJ Ostrander My mother passed away in…

  • !! FRIDAY FUNK – 1/17/2020 !!

    !! FRIDAY FUNK – 1/17/2020 !!

    Koko Taylor I love raw and powerful vocals, the kind that are perfectly imperfect.  The rough,…

  • Why We Fight

    Why We Fight

    “I am not a member of any organized political party…I am a Democrat” – Will Rodgers…

  • Roxy Music

    Roxy Music

    I think the first thing that caught my attention about Roxy Music was their name. Almost…