One could not ask for a nicer day in early to mid-October along the coast of Lake Michigan. It was warm enough to dry quickly, but the water was still chilly enough to make you think twice about going in deeper. While in those waters, for some reason, the town of Gary, IN popped into …
Michigan can be such a beautiful place to be in the fall. There’s usually good temperatures during the day and a crisp but comfortable coolness at night. When you couple this with the wonderful variation of colors autumn brings, it can be quite the idyllic setting, especially if you find yourself on some lengthy driving …
Sometimes the best laid plans go astray. I had planned on going to the Motown Museum with some friends today, but, unfortunately, by the time we got there, the tickets were already sold out for the day, and that was with another four-plus hours to go before they closed. While it was a little disappointing …
As I was preparing for my trip back to Michigan, I got a chance to watch the rest of Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions. I really enjoyed the rest of the series, despite knowing where the team is at at this point in the season. During the last episode, the team got a visit from …
LaVern Baker is another one of those artists that I’ve known going as far back as I can remember but didn’t know I knew until much later in life. I was fortunate enough to work on a good number of her albums very early on in my career, and it was one of those things …
Working in quality control, I have to be very meticulous with my visual and aural observations because I am the last line of defense against errors that could create more problems down the line. As such, I follow a very systematic process for checking audio and metadata information that tends to net good results. One …
Anytime I go on a trip, I usually try to get my hair cut before I take off. Such was the case before I headed out to London last month, a particularly nice thing to do since I was going to be there for a few weeks. Even if I hadn’t, though, I’ve been to …
One of my favorite comedies is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and it makes no difference if it’s the holiday season or not. I loved it from the outset when I first saw it with my dad in the theater, and it only got better as I got older. This was actually the first movie I …
This song by Nas is the first one I can remember hearing by him on a regular basis, and it was also the song that initially put him on my radar. Once I got to college and had access to a screaming fast Internet connection and Napster, this was definitely an early download that I …
Perhaps you’ve heard of a record called Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., the debut album by Bruce Springsteen. But have you ever heard of a record called Greetings From L. A., an album by Tim Buckley that actually came out the year prior to Springsteen’s debut? I hadn’t heard of it until I was fortunate …