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Movie Preview: Rickey Hill Is True Life Baseball Inspiration
By Randal C. HillÂ
It’s hard to dream of becoming a professional baseball player when you can barely walk, but that didn’t stop Rickey Hill.
The...
Mansion in the Sky: The Tragic Tale of Delta Dawn
By Randal C. HillÂ
Songwriter Alex Harvey has explained that “Delta Dawn” was written about his mother, a Mississippi Delta-born hairdresser living in Brownsville, Tennessee....
Movie: Michael Jai White Delights In “The Outlaw Johnny Black”
By Randal C. HillÂ
Blaxploitation movies – the term is a blending of the words “black” and “exploitation” – emerged in the early 1970s. They...
Music Flashback: “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett
By Randal C. HillÂ
In the summer of 1973, Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s original “Monster Mash” reached the American Top 10 for a second time. Pickett...
Music Flashback: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Is a Wake-Up Call
By Randal C. Hill
The once-ubiquitous Andrews sisters – Patty, Maxine and Laverne – premiered “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” in the 1941 Abbott and Costello...
Movie Preview: “Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”
By Randal C. HillÂ
This summer, Tom Cruise is back on the big screen as international spy Ethan Hunt for the seventh “Mission: Impossible,” this...
Movie Preview: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
By Randal C. HillÂ
Attention Harrison Ford fans: Grab a red-ink pen and mark June 30 on your calendar right now! That’s the day Walt...
“Kodachrome” by Paul Simon: a Flash of Nostalgia
By Randal C. Hill
Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome” began as “Goin’ Home,” but the poetic perfectionist soon felt that that sounded too ordinary. Thus, he shifted...
Music Flashback: “Stuck in the Middle with You” by Stealers Wheel
By Randal C. HillÂ
Even before he became a successful and respected musician, Gerry Rafferty had developed a loathing for the often-underhanded machinations of the...
1970s Music Flashback: “The Cisco Kid” by War
Writer: Randal C. HillÂ
Inspirations for a hit song can sometimes spring from a most unusual source.
Members of the California septet War hailed from different...
