Holland's Comet

"Well, I feel like pickin' a fight...with anybody who claims they're right...all the preacher men, the politicians, all the critics and the things they write..."--Bob Walkenhorst, The Rainmakers "Reckoning Day" (1989)

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Great Moments In Radio--Volume VIII

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LARRY’S FOLLY It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, but I was reminded of this story because it happened 20 years ago this week d...

It's a blog-eat-blog world

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THE DEED IS DONE Well, it took the better part of four weekends, but my friend Phil and I finally finished off the reconstruction of the ba...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

81 years old, and STILL rockin'!

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Today is Rock ‘N’ Roll pioneer Chuck Berry’s 81st birthday.  Quite possibly the most important musical figure the state of Missouri ever pro...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

So long, old friend!

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Ha te to see this legendary monolith bite the dust, but demolition of the Kauffman Stadium scoreboard is slated to begin this week to make w...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Waist-Deep In The Hoopla...

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...that's where I'll be the weekend of the 27th during my upcoming road trip to Colorado, thanks to their local baseball team's ...
Saturday, October 13, 2007

Incoherent thoughts

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I'm a little distracted tonight, what what sporting events out the wazoo—MU at Oklahoma, Wizards at New York, beisbol playoffs, et al—so...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

Welcome to the Scent Printer!

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"...if our new Sprint Center is anything like this joint (St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center), we're in for a real treat here in K....
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Odds and Sods

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BIG FLAP OVER OBAMA’S FLAP Yet another big media stink this week over nothing, as the right wing conservative pinheads bitched openly all b...
Monday, October 8, 2007

An important message from The Rally Monkey...

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Okay, so he's not the Cleveland mascot, but his annual message (that I stole from Don Henley) still rings true, and if I may be so bold...

It's in 'im, and it's got to come out...

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…lots to catch up on here , so in the words of Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders, "I’m gonna stomp and shout and work it on...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

A few more sports quickies

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PRE-HATCH CHICKEN-COUNTING, 101 This ad (click pic to enlarge) appeared in last week's Sports Illustrated .  With apologies to all you ...
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X Gets The Square

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A mere three months into my first tour of duty as a lowly Private in the Kiss Army, I was glued to the TV on October 29, 1976 when the band ...
Monday, October 1, 2007

Top 50 Songs From The '50s (That Weren't Done by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry or Budy Holly)--Part II

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25) "I Walk The Line"—JOHNNY CASH (1956)   The Man In Black’s Top 40 debut, recorded at the mighty Sun Records studio in Memphis. ...
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A few sports quickies

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HAVE A CHOKE AND A SMILE! Congrats to the Philthadelphia Phillies for overtaking the New York Mets on the season's final day to win the...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

It's late September...

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...and I really should be back at school .  What—only Chris Berman of ESPN can use that line now?!?  Hah, I say—Hah! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Top 50 Songs From The '50s (That weren't done by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly)--Part I

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I’ve been tracking through my own homemade 10-disc chronological ‘50s CD set this week, and want to salute my favorites from that era that d...
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Boogie On, Reggae Blogger

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I'M A MAN, YES I AM, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT LOVE YOU SO... So claimed Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy during his now-infamou...
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AKA "Sir Rant-A-Lot"/King of useless information. By day, I'm a 49-year-old health-care worker. By night, I'm a 49-year-old hypocrisy pointer-outer and radical moderate.
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