Sitemap - 2021 - I’ve Got The Hippy Shakes
It's the end of the year as we know it
Fifty years of The Concert for Bangladesh
What will you be reading during this holiday season?
It's the middle of winter; quit wearing shorts
West Side Story 2021: It's real and spectacular
Mike Nesmith death at seventy-eight is a remembrance that there will not always be a next time
Neil Young and Crazy Horse "Barn": A familiar and comfortable album
Stevie Wonder's 1971 album "Where I'm Coming From" helped set the stage for future greatness
Therapy putty isn't nearly as much fun as Silly Putty was when we were kids
Showing gratitude to one million readers
Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee: Stop asking me for money!!
Is Cat Stevens' "Peace Train" as hopeful in 2021 as it was fifty years ago?
Finding gratitude on Thanksgiving even if you're eating at McDonald's
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss do it again with "Raise the Roof", but what took so long?
Which celebrity Medicare expert do you believe?
Shepard Smith should replace Brian Williams on "The 11th Hour"
Rod Stewart's new album "The Tears of Hercules" is unlistenable
A little self-promotion while keeping people safe from Melanoma is okay
Jake from State Farm should stop hanging with Aaron Rodgers
It's time to call the new World Series champions The Atlanta Baseball Team
After sixty years of fandom, I'm done with the Chicago Blackhawks
Donald Trump Jr.: Like Father, like son
Brian Wilson at the Genesee Theater: A night with some of the greatest hit songs of our lives.
Fifty years of Don McLean's "American Pie"
Lori Lightfoot vs John Catanzara: Who ya got?
Donald Trump and the rock bottom
Should the Rolling Stones play "Brown Sugar" in concert?
Hey Democrats, do something....anything
It's time to send the unvaccinated Covid patients home
Rachel Maddow has advice on how to save your life from skin cancer
How did we get by without six hours of Facebook and Instagram?
Santana III was my favorite Santana album fifty years ago and remains so today
Are you excited for the Law & Order reboot?
Chicago Party Aunt on Netflix is all about Chicago but nothing about being funny
Max Weinberg's Jukebox: The fun is better and more important than the music
How much more time do you need to decide about the Covid-19 vaccine?
Fifty years of David Crosby solo albums: What was so promising in 1971 comes to fruition in 2021
The Covid-19 vaccine kept me out of the hospital as it was supposed to do
Is it Melanoma or is it nothing? The anxiety of Melanoma
Paul McCartney's "Ram": It was a bad album in 1971 and still is fifty years later
On the fiftieth anniversary of John Lennon's album "Imagine", the good and bad
Monoclonal antibodies vs Ivermectin: It's a life choice
Is it Covid or the common cold?
Negative, positive...positive, negative: Who and what can you trust?
Maroon 5 and Blackbear at Wrigley Field: Another get off my lawn night
Eric Clapton's anti-vaccination views will cause people to die
The legends of rock and roll tell what Charlie Watts meant to them
How will we find new restaurants in Chicago without Check Please?
Will the Rolling Stones go on without Charlie Watts?
Dick Vitale has advice on how to beat Melanoma
What do you say to someone on public transportation who is not wearing a mask?
John Lennon showed that when it comes it treating mental health issues, it's easy to be kind
How much would you pay to go to the Field of Dreams game?
A night of oldies really are the goodies
Emmylou Harris and Los Lobos hit the links in Evanston: Live music is back!
Emmylou Harris and Los Lobos in Evanston: Live music is back!
The search for all fifty states continues
Homelessness is in your backyard
Thanks, Rizz....see ya on the other side
Tedeschi-Trucks Band is the perfect band to revisit Layla and all the other assorted love songs
It feels like starting over...with Neurologist number three
Tiny home village helps the homeless community in Los Angeles
The All-Star game's Stand Up To Cancer moment was as moving as it gets
Fifty years after L.A. Woman, where do The Doors rate on the list of the greatest American bands?
America: The band and the country celebrates the 4th of July
After fifty years, I'm still looking for the meaning of "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys"
Eric Clapton helps the homeless population in London
It was a bad week for journalism in Chicago
Happy Grandfather's Day to me?!
Fifty years later, are you still "Sittin' In" with Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina?
"Do I need to wear a mask here?"
Why wasn't the band Poco a bigger success? A look at Poco, "From the Inside"
Is it the aging process or temporary brain fog?
The irony of having skin cancer during skin cancer awareness month
Will you ever call Lake Shore Drive the DuSable Drive?
On Bob Dylan's 80th birthday, here are some of my favorite cover versions of his songs
How do you know Lollapalooza is not for you?
Ryne Sandberg has turned into a middle-aged Jeff Spicoli
Hey CDC, I'm not really ready to shred my mask?
With a rebel yell, he cried mohs, mohs mohs!
The conundrum of having your birthday fall on Mother's Day weekend
Van Morrison does it again....and that's not a good thing
Are you going to Ravinia this summer?
I chased Willie Mays down Addison Street after a Cubs-Giants game
Alabama football star Najee Harris gives back to his former homeless community
Somebody up there really did like Ronnie Wood
Take me out to the ballgame in a pandemic
When it comes to bad behavior in youth sports, I thought I had seen it all
Is a knee on the neck for nine minutes and twenty-three seconds enough to convict Derek Chauvin?
Can you believe that Bonnie Raitt's first album is fifty years old
Mick Jagger is pandemicking like the rest of us
Six years of being grateful for a successful cancer surgery
If you can't tell the difference between a gun and a taser, you shouldn't be a police officer
April is a big month in the Parkinson's Disease community. We aim to make it smaller.
The Masters golf tournament honoring Lee Elder doesn't ring true
We've made it to the Final Four: Who gets to the championship game?
Like elections, racist laws have consequences
Another April, another brutally cold baseball opening day
Stairway to Heaven is still legendary but what about the rest of Led Zeppelin IV fifty years later?
An 'Expert' picks the NCAA Men's Basketball Sweet 16 games
What is the fascination with guns?
CD One Price Cleaners is having a clothing drive to help solve the problem of homelessness
The Oklahoma Sooners basketball team needs a rabbi
Ringo Starr zooms in with a little help from his friends
Baby Boomers should listen to and love Taylor Swift's 'Folklore'
Are we really ready to get back to normal?
When a racist says racist words out loud, believe them
What do the Grammy's offer for baby boomers?
Graham Nash's 1971 album "Songs for Beginners" could have been made in 2021
What am I missing about the royal family?
Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey" is as sweet today as it was fifty years ago
Van Morrison continues to be a putz about the Covid-19 pandemic
Is the search for all fifty states over?
Celebrating with birthday cake and cigarettes
Fifty years later, 'There's A Riot Going On'...still
The legendary bands celebrate the final days of Black History Month
Black History Month honors the great Black Female vocalists
The musical legends of Black History Month looks at the male vocalists
The clusterfuck of working the Covid-19 vaccination system
Some legends of the keyboards celebrate Black History Month
For Black History Month, these are some of the legends who play the Sax
The week in review: Texas style
Michael J. Fox outlived Rush Limbaugh. Is it karma?
For Black History Month, we honor the great Trumpet players
Even after his death, Alex Trebeck helps to solve the problem of homelessness
On this Valentine's Day cancerversary, it's time to change the win or lose language of cancer
Foo Fighters new album 'Medicine at Midnight' left me feeling blah
Some of the legends of hip-hop/rap who will be celebrating Black History Month
It's going to be the year of the woman in this year's voting for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Hip Hop/Rap bands that are celebrating Black History Month
Drummers who celebrate Black History Month
Ten great guitarists celebrating Black History Month
The documentary 'Framing Britney Spears' shows it's past time to free Britney
1971 was a great year for Rod Stewart, but I still have conflicted feelings towards him
It took a procrastinator only one day to buy a new television
Why are there so many stupid drug commercials?
Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" has aged like a fine wine
Fifty years later, Joni Mitchell will still make you feel "Blue"
How far would you drive to get the Covid-19 vaccine?
I was lucky to get the Covid-19 vaccine
How does Carole King's "Tapestry" sound fifty years later?
Although the baseball heroes of our childhood die, the memories of our youth remain
Joe Biden is President of the United States and I'm feelin' good
What will I write about when Donald Trump is gone?
Two and a half days to go: Sixty hours of pardons and grift
How can you not love the movie "Casablanca"
Does Janis Joplin's album "Pearl" still hold up at fifty years old?
My grandchild is way more popular than me!
One week to go. What could possibly go wrong?
There can be no unity until there is retribution
The Week in Review: Donald Trump's Insurrection
Classic albums from 1971 are now fifty years old. Are you still listening to them?
It's too late for the self-rehabilitation of Mike Pence
Today needs to be the final day of Donald Trump's presidency
Songs for an unprecedented win in Georgia
Donald Trump's supporters care more about the phone call being leaked than his attack on democracy
The Last Days of John Lennon: Just another Beatles book