What’s In a Name?

You may have noticed that some singers are forever-nicknamed by some of their most popular songs or lyrics, even when the songs were not directly written about themselves. John Lennon is often referred to as “The Walrus;” Elton John is “Rocket...

Message from Thomas McKeon

This is a one-time email, I won’t bother you again.  “Grievances” by Thomas McKeon Friends, Colleagues and other people unfortunate enough to be in my address book,  No, this is not step 9 of 12; I can assure you, I’m still drinking quite heavily....

The Pick of Destiny

Palm Springs, Feb 1994 – We were all there for a bachelor party and we had the best day out at the Bob Hope Classic golf tournament. I enlisted my friend John Sheehan to help me to stalk Eddie Van Halen who was playing in the tournament (Foursome: Tom Kite,...

Burning Man

In case you didn’t know, the Kerry Picnic in the 70s and 80s was the original “Burning Man.”