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Tales Of A Wayward Student And An Unlikely Friendship.
In this reflective, laugh-through-a-lump-in-your-throat narrative, Contributing Author Rollerboogie revisits the one class he nearly flunked , and tells about the teacher who quietly altered his life’s trajectory. It’s a story of chaos, compassion, and the kind of mentor who sticks with you long after the bell rings.
Life Lessons From Behind The Mic
From dive-bar beginnings to an unexpected epiphany, this piece reminds us how music, memory, and middle age harmonize in strange and beautiful ways.
Contributing Author Rollerboogie turns a Thursday night pastime into something closer to grace.
A Pop Culture And Memories Scrapbook From 1979
This scrapbook stroll through 1979 blends family turning points with pop culture milestones, from Superman to the Eagles live in concert.
Contributing Author Chuck Small captures the year with warmth, humor, and a soundtrack of unforgettable songs.
“Even if nobody remembers
I won’t forget those days
We didn’t think that soon becomes forever
We’d be goin’ our separate ways”
Reflecting in prose and song on the ‘where,’ the ‘when,’ and the ‘how’ he fits in, it’s Contributing Author rollerboogie
Waxing philosophical on the past, but definitely not advocating a return to “simpler” time – here’s something new from Contributing Author thegue
The College Years- The Beat Intensifies
Making the most of frayed nerves, living away from home for the first time, and room-temperature roasted chicken, it’s Contributing Author rollerboogie with Part Two of his miniseries, “My Life in Jazz”
Ten Songs From My”Fifties” Years… As The Journey Continues
It’s been a great ride – a series spanning 60 years of personal life-milestones and musical memories from Contributing Author Chuck Small. Join him for a last look at the past, the present – and beyond
Ten Songs From My ” Forties” Years
In this penultimate episode of his life-milestones and music series, Contributing Author Chuck Small takes us back to his personal decade that starts in the year of the final Concorde flight, Finding Nemo, and the launch of iTunes
Ten Songs From My ” Thirties” Years
In Part Four of his life-milestones and music series, Contributing Author Chuck Small takes us back to his personal decade that starts in the year of Jurassic Park, NAFTA, and the Pentium Processor
Ten Songs From My ” Twenties” Years
In Part Three of his life-milestones series, Contributing Author Chuck Small takes us back to his personal decade that starts in the year of the first cell phone, the debut of MS Word and the final episode of M*A*S*H
Ten Songs From My Next Ten Years
In Part Two of his life-milestones series, Contributing Author Chuck Small takes us back to his personal decade that starts in the year of The Exorcist, 69 cent-a-gallon gas, and Watergate
Ten Songs From My First Ten Years
Almost always, a “Zero-Birthday” will really make you stop and think about… all of it. In this Part One of a new series, Contributing Author Chuck Small generously provides us with a personal inventory of musical and calendar milestones
My Childhood Awakening to the Radio
“ heyyyy therrrre roller boy… roller boy…
Oh, um, sorry about that: I just got a little bit carried away reading (and listening) to the latest from Contributing Author rollerboogie, who takes us on a sweet, nostalgic and falsettic journey