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.”

The One-Upsman

The boys had had their bachelor party fun in the exotic and remote location of North Beach and before it got too late, and the thousand beers could take hold, they thought it best to continue the session close to home. Because they were in North Beach where parking is...