The Mystery Spot

Piggybacking on one of Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign planks for his ill-fated presidential run, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo ...

This was a good little record by the Fine Young Cannibals back in 1989. It was a year I do not remember too well. Too much drinking, a few...

Another one of my former coworkers died this past week. Jane was an incredibly sweet woman, who I thought had a much harder life than she de...

Twenty nine years ago this month I was sitting in my living room in Fredonia, New York, watching the Mets win the World Series on a 13” bla...

One of my college professors at Fredonia died yesterday. John P. Malcolm was a gregarious and knowledgeable man. Whether in the classroom or...

1985 was a crazy year. I graduated college, got married shortly after and began work for a local radio station that was in the process of ha...

A driveway that I parked in a month ago is now under six feet of snow. Buffalo, New York gets picked on its weather but this week's stor...

It was really sad to click on the link that revealed one of  my former bosses  died over the weekend. He was the same age as my Mom, had f...

My son's sleep cycle has been erratic again. He has been waking up around 4AM after going to bed between 10-11. He has not been staying ...

Mike Mills, former bassist of REM asked me to play bass in a band he was putting together. There was going to be a show at 9AM at some bar i...

This morning I received word through a Facebook update that a college friend is dying of cancer. I wish his family and friends peace during ...

Music from the Motion Picture is 10,000 Maniacs first record in 12 years. This is the first video from it and it's lovely. I have a lo...

A friend of mine died on Monday. A brilliant, witty (the subject line is one he would use often) and opinionated man was taken from us and h...

Pandora keeps playing this song for me. This band was different. Never heard anything quite like them when Blue Monday hit in Fredonia. Th...

He was no hero. (12/22/02) Yet there was such a passion to his music and that of the Clash that you could not ignore. They were loud, po...

Last night we went to the Wexner Center to see a screening of Where are my Children, a 1916 message film. It's a film that preaches a ve...

Back on July 4th, a college friend died suddenly. Today would have been his 52nd birthday. First birthday, gone This is for the kid who...

I sometimes get antsy around this time of year. The holidays make me anxious even without my retail past. Used to be a very busy time of yea...

You rarely see it coming. Last night I was winding down from a long, festive day, my wife was in bed when a Facebook status update mentioned...

I first heard them in the early eighties, home from college, late night on one of the New York City college stations. Cookie Puss. A combo o...