May 8, 2023 is the 78th anniversary of VE Day, the end of the long war in Europe (WWII fighting would continue in the Pacific).  My friend Jimmy McDowell, longtime Indianapolis broadcaster, was a medic stationed in Europe During the War.  He happened to be in London's Piccadilly Circus when news of VE Day broke, so he and his friends joined in the celebration...and it included a very unexpected sight.  My favorite part of a conversation we had in 2015.  Mr. McDowell died in October 2021 at the age of 99.

Happy VE Day! Jimmy Mack Looks Back

A festival on the east side of Indianapolis puts the spotlight on Black-owned businesses, and yet the gathering is about much more than merch.  As heard on WFYI in Indy, Dominic Dorsey explains ahead of the annual Melanin In May festival.

Melanin In May; celebrating 'unapologetic Blackness'

THE LAST IV - DEBUT ALBUM SOON.

Authentic rock n roll for the people. 

Facebook - The Last IV

Manic Depression

ROH | "Something for You" by David Rolfe (Adam Cole 3rd Theme Song)

Before Laurens and Lafayette came along, my first draft of My Shot was just Hamilton and an extended 2nd verse from Hercules Mulligan. Here is that demo.

My Shot First Draft

Fleischmann Yeast Hour, November 9, 1933
Rudy Vallée, Host
Jimmy Wallington, announcer
Guests (in order of appearance)
• Rudy Vallée performs “Dancing Lady” from the MGM picture of the same name.
• Richy Craig, Jr. (1902-1933) singer, dancer, and comedian. He wrote jokes for Bob Hope. Craig died two weeks after this performance of tuberculosis.
• “Orchids in the Moonlight” from the RKO film Flying Down to Rio (low volume)
• George Gershwin performs “Concerto in F”
• Alice Faye performs “Sittin’ Up Waiting For You”
• Richy  Craig, Jr. and Mildred Tully perform a scene from Say It Isn’t So
• Rudy Vallée performs “Flying Down to Rio”
• Kitty Carlisle (1910-2007) American singer, actress. With George Gershwin on piano she sings, “The Man I Love” (1924)
• Rudy Vallée performs Gershwin’s “This Love of Mine”
• George Gershwin medley; he performs “I Got Rhythm” From “Porgy and Bess”. Kitty Carlisle and Vallée duet on “Of Thee I Sing”
• Rudy Vallée performs “Everything I Have Is Yours” from MGM’s Dancing Lady
• Ring Lardner’s short story “The Love Nest” performed by Jean Dixon, Homer Barton, and Harold Vermilyea. Dixon (1896-1981) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in June Moon (1929) by George S. Kaufman and Lardner. Barton was on Broadway from 1921-1934. Vermilyea (1899-1958) made his Broadway debut in 1917.

Fleischmann Yeast Hour November 9, 1933

Fleischmann Yeast Hour 9 Nov 1933 Rudy Vallée George Gershwin

Longtime media pro in Indianapolis. Currently the executive producer of Daybreak, the morning news program on WISH-TV. Hometown is Trenton, Georgia - and though I now live in the IndyCar capital city, pro wrestling, old jazz, science and baseball are my things.

Melanin In May; celebrating 'unapologetic Blackness'

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