by Thomas F Daniels | Oct 22, 2018 | Memory Lane
With Stevie Wonder set to appear at Caesars Casino across the border in Windsor, Canada at the end of this month, I couldn’t help wondering where all the time has gone. I checked out a 1963 video on YouTube of Stevie performing at the Motortown Revue at the Apollo...
by Thomas F Daniels | Oct 15, 2018 | Memory Lane
From Ricky Nelson to Bob Seger with many more references to traveling in between, before and after, the subject of traveling has been written about and sung about forever. John Steinbeck penned a gem called Travels with Charley. Steinbeck traveled the United States...
by Thomas F Daniels | Sep 10, 2018 | Memory Lane
The cycle of life can be realized by referencing the questions: what grade are you in now? when did you graduate? what class reunion will you be celebrating? We have this common bond of the experience of school. Much has been written and sung about this experience...
by Thomas F Daniels | Aug 26, 2018 | Memory Lane
Whether it is our old Aunt Nellie or our dear Grandmother telling us about the “good old days” or Bruce Springsteen rocking about “glory days,” one thing is in common. As Bruce puts it, “Glory days, well, they’ll pass you by like the wink in a young girl’s eye.” Of...
by Thomas F Daniels | Aug 19, 2018 | Memory Lane
“Put that down before you hurt someone or yourself.” “Get out of the bathroom and stop unrolling the toilet paper and drinking out of the toilet.” “Did you have to eat all the hamburger buns that were put ‘safely’ on the counter?” “You were supposed to play with the...
by Thomas F Daniels | Apr 1, 2018 | Memory Lane
Aptly named for the theme of this blog, ‘70s group The Cars delivered smash hit after smash hit including “Let the Good Times Roll”, “Drive”, and “You’re Just What I Needed”. Americans, especially in Detroit, love their cars. Proof? Why hasn’t there been a mass...
