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Biking, Battling and… Politics!

August 25, 2022
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 |  biking, culture, mini-essay, politics, Uncategorized

Biking around Rantoul has become a norm. Pedaling around, with only slight exertions for modest changes in elevation, it is […]

John Trubee and the Underbelly Intersection

July 29, 2022
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 |  culture, mini-essay, music, parody, poetry, social media

In conversation, via Facebook Messenger, with Phil DeWalt, I recalled that odd 45 rpm 7 inch single in its plastic […]

Stray Thoughts on Hart, Kaufman, Woollcott, and Three Plays

July 21, 2022
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 |  culture, mini-essay

Thanks again to Dan Moore for rescuing me once again from the thought that I might actually take up Infinite […]

Synth Battle Royale

June 23, 2022
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 |  culture, mini-essay, music

As usual, I’ve developed a certain schizophrenia, that is, I am of ‘two minds’ about the synth battle royale. One […]

Kickapoo Rail Trail (Part 1)

June 21, 2022
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 |  biking, mini-essay

a mostly pictorial essay A fine summer morning. I strapped the Schwinn Landmark to the truck and drove down to […]

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