War is a remarkable phenomenon. Somehow, the insanity of human nature continues to see it as a expedient way to attain the aspirations of a nation or a perverted ideology. The threat of war pushes our entire world into economic, social, and psychological panic while the opportunists trail the tragedy of conflict with the…

In 1957 the undeclared air war against UFO's seemed in full swing. The US was in the middle of a UFO flap that Project Blue Book was busy officially denying. Since the departure of Captain Ed Ruppelt, Major Dewey Fournet, and Al Chop in 1953 who had been discouraged and requested to be reassigned Project Blue Book…

In the 1970's a very interesting ad in the classified section of such magazines as Popular Mechanics and Men's Saga was a compelling offer. "Proof that Extraterrestrials Really Exist" get your glossy photograph that will both shock you and prove once and for all we are not alone, many of these ads would read. What…

There is a foreboding term applied to rogue aircraft not to be mistaken for the ghost rockets of 1946 when for several weeks when the telemetry of several unknown aerial objects that some observers thought could have been captured Nazi V-2 missiles flew over the Scandinavian countries of northern Europe. However…

All the time you spent agonizing over your loss

Drinking too much and christening your cross

Remember you tasted the forbidden sauce

You forgot she led you to lay down in the moss,

With all the things you've…

In the 1970's Northern Ireland fought against British military occupation in a fight for their freedom. Phil Manzanera former lead guitarist for the band "Roxy Music" had formed another progressive rock band made of excellent musicians such as Brian Eno among others. They penned a song that alluded to the peril of the Irish describing the oppression that they lived with entitled "Law and Order" I feel that that tune clearly depicts the current attack on our…

What is it that haunts the darkened thickets and swamps that occupy the mysterious woodlands around East Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas where weird incidents have occurred for decades? Everything from Voodoo, witchcraft, Sasquatch sightings, and murders have frequented these dark lowlands that it seems time has…

By the time I was in 11th grade Mark Farner and Grand Funk Railroad had made an indelible mark on the underground rock market. Their first album was a huge hit. Being that I was a drummer I was fascinated with their drummer Kyle Brewer. His solo on the first album was very mechanical and it would take me years to figure it out though I was talented and had little teaching. Most of what I learned was by listening closely to…

Stop for a moment. Breath deep. Absorb non-chaotic surroundings.

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Enjoy before they make the…

The year is 1967 and the Vietnam War is in full swing with more troop requests from General Westmoreland increasing the numbers of American GI's and the supply of the North being supplied by both Russia and China as they fought a proxy conflict against US military technology. As B-52's, F-105 Thunder Chiefs, F-100 Super Sabre's, F-4 Phantoms, AD-1 Skyraiders, and A-4 Sky Hawks relentlessly bombard targets in the south and the north,…

In the 1970's as some of us were beginning adulthood and learning where nowhere jobs and independence weren't all they were cranked up to be some of us drowned our weary frustrated heads in a midnight buzz and actually had some interesting music on the tube. Something that is long gone nowadays as rap and hip hop leave a stain on the flat screen.

Rod Argent had already achieved legendary status with his first band, The Zombies, and the long running hit "Time of the Season" but his new…

Perhaps one of the most misguided reflections on a past event as tragic as that personal experience might be for the individual who just faced a painful divorce, loss of a child, loss of a beloved parent or whatever, is the phrase, "well, everything happens for a reason." I don't know of a worse manner of…