Four more losses to reflect on here as summer ends in 2026…
These individuals were an actress in movies and TV shows like The Donna Reed Show, One Day at a Time, and Coach; an actor in the movie Rocky Horror, The Hunt for Red October, and was Pennywise in It; was an actor in TV shows such as Heroes and Nashville; and was a writer for comics such as Daredevil, and other Marvel and DC releases.
The album Rumours became a phenomenon almost without precedent, eventually spending 31 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Fleetwood Mac began in London in 1967 during the peak of the British blues explosion, growing directly out of the enormously influential circle surrounding John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026.
These individuals were a NASCAR driver and champion as well as a broadcaster; an English composer, arranger and keyboardist known for work with Jethro Tull; a singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, member of the Sylvers; and a contractor and entrepreneur in the oil and gas industry, treasure hunter, and owner of Blind Frog Ranch.
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs by the rock band Chicago. See if you agree with any of these!
“Introduction” by Chicago, written by guitarist Terry Kath, opens the band’s debut album Chicago Transit Authority, released on 04-28-1969, and serves as a sweeping mission statement for the group’s ambitious fusion of rock, jazz, blues, and horn-driven orchestration; running over six minutes.
Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026.
These individuals were a singer, songwriter, musician and film composer, who was the lead singer for the group Country Joe and the Fish; a singer, who was the lead vocalist for the rock band Boston from 2007 on; a singer in the Hi-Fives, Starliters, and the Rascals; and was a movie/TV star known for Ghostbusters and Charles in Charge.
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite cartoon theme songs. See if you agree with any of these!
“Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” is the theme song to the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name, which debuted on CBS in 1969 and was created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, with music by David Mook and lyrics by Ben Raleigh; it has become one of the most recognizable cartoon themes of all time,
Created by writer Anne Beatts, who had made her name as a pioneering female comedy writer on Saturday Night Live.
Square Pegs was a short-lived but culturally significant American teen sitcom that aired on CBS for a single season from September 27, 1982, to March 7, 1983. Created by writer Anne Beatts, who had made her name as a pioneering female comedy writer on Saturday Night Live, the show aimed to bring a more authentic and quirky voice to teenage life,
My Three Sons produced a total of 380 half-hour episodes, all filmed in black and white for the first five seasons, and in color thereafter.
My Three Sons is a classic American television sitcom that aired for twelve seasons from 1960 to 1972, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms in U.S. television history. The show originally premiered on ABC on September 29, 1960, and remained there until 1965.
A poem that describes a man named Richard Cory, who is admired and envied by the townspeople.
“Richard Cory” is a poem written by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, first published in The Children of the Night in 1897. Robinson, who was born in 1869 in Head Tide, Maine, often explored themes of personal despair, human isolation, and the dissonance between public perception and private reality in his poetry.
Mannix was an American detective television series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1967, to April 13, 1975. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller (also of Mission: Impossible fame), the series starred Mike Connors as Joe Mannix, a rugged, intuitive private investigator operating first in a high-tech corporate setting and later as an old-school solo detective.
