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The Pop Culture Road Trip
Bret Michaels, American Idol
By
Chris Epting
It was quite a couple of months for rocker Bret Michaels. April 12, an emergency appendectomy. April 21, a near-fatal brain hemorrhage. May 20, a stroke. So it’s no wonder the public has watched intensely as he has carefully come back into the spotlight. His appearance on the American Idol finale this year was, for…
It was 35 years ago today – The Rolling Stones
By
Chris Epting
What was your first concert? Do you remember? Did it change your life? Mine was the Rolling Stones. I do remember. And it did change my life. Big time. June 22, 1975, at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. At 13 years old I was already a devout Stones fan and my dad, rest his…
My friend Manute Bol. R.I.P.
By
Chris Epting
Our road trip today takes us to Boston, about 1983. I was in college (Emerson) and my cousin Frank, who lived with his family just outside the city, asked me to take a drive down to Bridgeport, Connecticut. So I did. When we got there I met the new basketball player Frank would soon be…
Welcoming you on Father’s Day
By
Chris Epting
So begins our journey together, in search of pop culture, entertainment, fads, trends, landmarks–a cross country adventure discovering things we all love to talk, think and dream about. The Brady Bunch House? We’ll go there. Coffee with Eve Plumb? It’ll happen here. Trivia, insights and tons of useless information including the place where the hamburger…
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