Top 25 (American) Musicians: #24 in the Series
America’s foremost R&B contingent of the ’60s was Booker T. and The MG’s, led by Hammond B3 whiz Booker T. Jones. Stax Records, the phenomenal studio behind this week’s featured band, Booker T. and The MG’s—and countless other soul-defining artists—was based on McLemore Avenue in Memphis.... Read the full story
The 2 Most Important Words in Food
For your family, the two most important words in food are, without a doubt, “shop local”! I have written before about the fraudulent description of products as “free-range.” The label “organic” is often used to promote food when it doesn’t much matter whether the food is organic or not,... Read the full story
Egg Recall
If you missed my little essays on the health benefits of local eggs and the absolute fraud of the free range designation, the following add the icing on the cake for you. Enjoy. Egg Recall Expanded by Hillary Martin, krextv.com Egg Recall List: What You Need to Stay Safe by Neil Katz, CBS News Egg recall:... Read the full story
Top 25 Musicians
Dick Young’s essential 25 musical artists, ranked in order from #25 to #1. Check back each week for the latest listing and an essential album or three from each. Click here for #25. Number 25 on my list of 25 essential musical artists is the group I rate as America’s second-best rock-and-roll band,... Read the full story
Escape the Big Box Nightmare
My #1 reference on the subject of growing vegetables at home for yourself and your family is without question the April/May 2009 issue of Mother Earth News on the best crops by region. This issue tells you all you need to know on crops that naturally thrive where you live. My overriding goal is to send... Read the full story
Wow! Free-Range Chickens
Have you finally found the fresh food jackpot? No, not by a long shot. The designation “free-range” is among the biggest frauds in the food industry. Trust me, I know this firsthand. On a Harley road trip last summer, Deb and I decided to ride to northern New England to tour what is arguably the... Read the full story
RIP Jerry Garcia 9 Aug 1995
It was hot and strangely quiet when we rode into Bertucci’s in Amherst, Massachusetts, on our Harleys. Once inside it quickly became clear that we were the only customers. The waiter finally came around and, when I inquired where everyone was, his downer of a response was, “Oh, man. Jerry died.”... Read the full story
Where I Come From
Where I Come From is the New Riders Of The Purple Sage 2009 CD release, they’re first in years. Featured are long time Jerry Garcia and Grateful Dead cohort David Nelson and steel guitar wiz Buddy Cage. Great tunes from Nelson and Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Enjoy! Read More →
A Quarter-Acre Bounty!
On just one quarter acre, you can harvest 1,400 pastured eggs, 60 pounds of fruit, 2,000 pounds of vegetables, 75 pounds of nuts, and, if you’re into barbecue, 280 pounds of pork. And that’s just for starters. By concentrating on vertical gardening and raised beds, you can improve yield and operate... Read the full story
The Big 4 Health Killers
The health of your family includes the avoidance of four major good-health killers found in overabundance in the big-box commercial supermarkets. This is one of the many reasons I won’t shop in the food behemoths. Sugar, salt, man-made trans fats, and omega-6-overloaded polyunsaturated fats are the... Read the full story
