But they are asking you to design your own. If you’re like the other 92% of Americans, you watch TV. You have a favorite sit- com, Prime Time series, or you like the wide array of sports...
“Absolute Perfection”
A peek into an original TV script Most of us have seen an episode of episodic (or series) TV. Many of us now binge watch on Netflix, or Hulu or the like. But how many of us have actually seen a...
Racing Unplugged: Formula E Gen2
The next generation of electric race cars are hitting the track. By Bill Wood Old school racers found it hard to hide their cynicism of electric car racing when the idea was introduced in 2011. When...
Racy Ladies of 1920’s Blues
The sexiest sultriest songstresses and their very blue tunes When a beautiful woman sings about her ‘sugar bowl’ and asks you to ‘put a hot dog between her roll’… well, to quote Mick Jagger, “what...
Busking as an Art Form
Street musicians are an under-appreciated diversion. When walking through any major city in any country you’re bombarded by sound. Most we ignore. They’re just background noises: people...
Lightnin’ Hopkins
The Texas Troubadour Like many things, a craft is often learned at the foot of a master. So it was for Samuel John Hopkins, aka Lightnin’, a young boy growing up in Centerville, Texas in the...
Memphis Minnie
Hip Shakin’ Royalty of Country Blues The Right Reverend Zebra Davis has called her a “sassy, brassy, hip shakin’, guitar slinging mama.” Indeed, she was all of that and much more. She was born...
What Will Internet Access Cost?
More than you want to pay, if FCC Director Ajit Pai has his way. By Bill Wood What if you wanted to follow what’s happening in Washington without free access to the Internet? The rules that...
Howlin’ Wolf
One of Chicago’s all time great Blues artists. Here’s how music critic Cub Koda described blues singer/musician Chester Arthur Burnett, aka Howlin’ Wolf: “No one could match...
The Cost of Communications
Communication services are changing radically, and may require a rethink. Cable cord cutting, people deciding to trade cable TV for streaming services, is growing quarter by quarter and it’s...