Category: music

  • Afro-American Cultural Center Activities for Black History Month 2024

    Afro-American Cultural Center Activities for Black History Month 2024

    The Afro-American Cultural Center in Iowa City has many activities scheduled for Black History Month 2024. Check it out!

  • Black History Month Events!

    Black History Month Events!

    February is Black History Month and the University of Iowa events begins soon. There will be an inaugural Black History Ball and more!

  • KCCK Big Mo Christmas Blues Show!

    KCCK Big Mo Christmas Blues Show!

    I heard this funny Christmas tune last night on the Big Mo Blues Show on KCCK. And if your family’s Christmas was like this-you have my sympathy.

  • AARP Sponsors the Rolling Stones!

    AARP Sponsors the Rolling Stones!

    We have noticed that the AARP is sponsoring the Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds Tour 2024. I don’t think it’s necessary to point out that, with all due respect, the Rolling Stones have long ago passed fossil status. I guess that means it’s fitting that the AARP sponsor a rock music group the members of which…

  • Why Is It So Hard to Be A Human?

    Why Is It So Hard to Be A Human?

    I wish I could have made the title of this post “Why It’s So Hard to Be a Human.” But that would mean I know why it’s so hard to be a human. The reason this comes up is because of a song I heard last Friday night on the Big Mo Blues Show on…

  • I Just Heard the Song “Florida Man” on the Big Mo Blues Show

    I Just Heard the Song “Florida Man” on the Big Mo Blues Show

    I heard the song “Florida Man” by Selwyn Birchwood on the Big Mo Blues Show on KCCK radio tonight. I updated my post “Gators OMG” by adding the YouTube video to it.

  • Eyes of a Child

    Eyes of a Child

    Sena wonders if I’m ever going to use Patsy Cline’s tune “If I Could See the World (Through the Eyes of a Child) in a blog post. She also brought home a potted plant she bought, an Easter Lily, ahead of Easter Sunday on April 9th next week. I thought of a couple of things,…

  • Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

    This is St. Patrick’s Day and, although I didn’t wear green today, Sena got me some Irish beer. It’s Guinness Extra Stout. The back label extols the virtues: “Intense characterful and bold, Guinness Extra Stout is the pure expression of our brewing legacy. Bittersweet, with subtle hints of hops, dark fruits and caramel, this stout…

  • Big Mo Blues Show KCCK and MayRee’s Hand Battered Catfish

    Big Mo Blues Show KCCK and MayRee’s Hand Battered Catfish

    I heard John Heim (aka Big Mo) on KCCK talk at length about MayRee’s hand battered catfish tonight. There was much more detail than usual. I can’t remember all of them. One I do remember is that her joint is on the corner of Highway 6H and Snowflake Road-sort of. MayRee will give you a…

  • KCCK Big Mo Blues Show Brings Back Memories

    KCCK Big Mo Blues Show Brings Back Memories

    Last night on the KCCK Big Mo Blues Show I listened to something I haven’t heard since the mid-1970s. It was a radio commercial for the Green Beetle and Frank’s Liquor Store. It ran right after the song, “Memphis Women and Fried Chicken.” I think I first heard this radio ad while I was a…