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Flapjacks 12/5/10 Flapjacks 12/5/10 Ron Santo's life centered on the promise of spring; his death sparks memories of Grandpa Champ, friends, war & shoe-store monkey Read More
Flapjacks 11/24/10 Flapjacks 11/24/10 I read the news today, o boy: surveying the Fourth Estate so it can be auctioned off at a bankruptcy sale & God save the Queen Read More
Flapjacks 11/18/10 Flapjacks 11/18/10 Loving brothers-in-arms look back on old times, dead friends, dying newspapers and death of Chico the Monkey... and I miss my mom Read More
Flapjacks 10/14/10 Flapjacks 10/14/10 Jocko's loss, Uncle Moose's furious, vile cancer have me following John Hartford's plea and sending bouquets of love to comrades Read More
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Flapjacks 9/20/10 Flapjacks 9/20/10 Compassionate, brave and ethical life of journalist Jack Shelley left lifelong mark on the soul of a no-longer-young hippie lad Read More
Flapjacks 9/11/10 Flapjacks 9/11/10 Reflections on 9/11, an idiot with a walrus mustache, moon shadow and yearning for the peace train Read More
Flapjacks 8/29/10 Flapjacks 8/29/10 Fats Domino finds solace and hope in the piano five years after Katrina stole the neighborhood of his life Read More
Flapjacks 8/25/10 Flapjacks 8/25/10 Scotty Moore content to live quietly in a world that won't let his musical co-conspirator rest in peace Read More
Flapjacks 8/14/10 Flapjacks 8/14/10 Recalling the gift of having been allowed to spend 'Sunny' hours and days with my friend Bobby Hebb Read More
Flapjacks 8/11/10 Flapjacks 8/11/10 Crawling through oil with 'Snake' Stabler, Rose Garden partying and having 'the shrimp talk' with Big O Read More
Flapjacks 7/29/10 Flapjacks 7/29/10 Steamy night en route to Junior's Farm with a 68-year-old genius singing along with Dylan Read More
Flapjacks 7/25/10 Flapjacks 7/25/10 Sharing wisdom with John Glenn and avoiding death at the hands of bloodthirsty Secret Service Read More
Flapjacks 7/18/10 Flapjacks 7/18/10 Horrid time on the highway with Waylon and finding solace in the fact monkeys don't wear silver suits Read More
Flapjacks 7/12/10 Flapjacks 7/12/10 Queen Father, pigeon blasting, "The Big Bam" -- in everyone's life there's a Summer of 2010 Read More
Flapjacks 7/8/10 Flapjacks 7/8/10 Lone Ranger, "Death" Dollar, Trooper Rudy, "BAM" & the nice, old patriot in my basement Read More
Flapjacks 6/29/10 Flapjacks 6/29/10 Old notebook brings back trauma of reporting No. 9's bloody death and visions of a happier ending Read More
Flapjacks 6/25/10 Flapjacks 6/25/10 Silver-haired, silver-tongued devils as seen through the youthful, bright eyes of Bonnaroo generation Read More
Flapjacks 6/20/10 Flapjacks 6/20/10 Memories of Toad, Lizard King, sum-sum-summertime, Capt. Kirk, Blue Cheer & the Mighty Quinn Read More
