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The Music Files: A Love Story
By Jason Kettinger | May 21, 2010 at 23:13:20
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds was so omnipresent during the 1990s that I’m sure many fans of pop and R&B were sick of him. The soundtracks, the monster hits for every artist from Boyz II Men to Madonna to Toni Braxton to the 1996 Olympic theme song – he owned the music world. So, why did some of his best work ever end up never being released?
The View from Mudsock Heights: The Way to Deal With the Alien Invasion is to Find Them, Cook Them, and Eat Them
By Dennis E. Powell | May 5, 2010 at 23:43:30
It was bound to happen, sometime. Indeed, two-thirds of the way through my sixth decade, with most of it spent near them, it surprises me it didn’t happen sooner.
The View from Mudsock Heights: We Have a Unique Place in the Legend and Lore of Mining
By Dennis E. Powell | Apr 15, 2010 at 0:6:10
There’s something about mining, and miners. We view those who go deep in the ground in a certain way, the way the Irish think of the men who go to sea.
Talking Tiger
By Jason Kettinger | Apr 12, 2010 at 13:17:52
The truth is I liked Tiger too much. I liked his youth, his ethnicity, his arrogance. Call me one who simply favors a front-runner, but I like excellence. At the least, I admire dominant athletes and teams as much as I hate them.
The View from Mudsock Heights: The Septic System Got Fixed and I was Reminded of the Joys of Poetry
By Dennis E. Powell | Mar 28, 2010 at 14:40:10
Earl Coen stopped by the other day. The pump in the aeration system had been misbehaving and Earl knows motors and pumps about as well as anyone you’ll find, so hereabouts he’s the man to call.
The View from Mudsock Heights: The One Little Plant that Has Held Out Hope that Yes, Spring Will Finally Arrive
By Dennis E. Powell | Mar 21, 2010 at 13:25:8
My old German grandmother used to call it “schnitlau,” though I’ve never seen the word used elsewhere. It was her name for the small wild onions that grew all over the place on our little farm — the same ones that grow all over the place hereabouts.
The View from Mudsock Heights: When the Hoped-For Disaster Fails to Strike, Television News is Bared
By Dennis E. Powell | Mar 10, 2010 at 23:46:0
You’ve probably seen it: A movie or television drama that depicts news coverage of some anticipated disaster. It might be an alien invasion, or a nuclear attack, a volcano, an approaching asteroid, or — a tsunami.
Remembering More than Just the Steriods
By Kevin Kettinger | Mar 8, 2010 at 17:2:44
We all know the word association game: I say a word or name and you respond with the first thing that comes to mind. Let’s try one. I say Mark McGwire. You respond with steroids, cheater, or liar. See you got the idea. Do you remember when your answers were that of a different tune?
The Baseball Hall of Fame, PED, and Roberto Alomar
By Jason Kettinger | Feb 27, 2010 at 0:56:55
There was something of a minor furor over Roberto Alomar’s narrow failure to be elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by 8 votes last month. Alomar, the celebrated second baseman whose prime in the 1990s was celebrated even at the time, famously spat in the face of an umpire while playing for Baltimore. In short, the word is that he may have ruffled more than a few feathers.
The View from Mudsock Heights: the Ruse Has Gone on Long Enough, and Now I Must Confess My Addiction
By Dennis E. Powell | Feb 19, 2010 at 23:57:21
We live in an age of confession. I don’t mean so much the heartfelt admission to ourselves and our Creator of our manifold sins and wickedness as a loud and public proclamation of some character flaw that henceforth is expected to excuse unsatisfactory behavior.
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