Bostworld

“My world is just that small,” as my wife would say.
A couple of Tuesdays back, I got a new job — a promotion, actually. Nothing too amazing there; getting it was the easy part. The tough part will be filling the position I just vacated. Unfortunately, I can’t hire myself, so I guess I’m […]

Tucson merchant Jack “The Color TV King” Fitzgerald carved out a name for himself back in the mid-70s with a series of distinctive late-night television commercials. Standing among a pile of teevee sets and packing crates, he would harangue the viewer with a pitch that always began with a simple, effective, “Hi folks…” You could […]

“Introducing The Ice Man’s Band” is an album of instrumentals by Jerry “The Ice Man” Butler’s rhythm section. Released in 1972, its selections range from Butler hits (”Never Give You Up,” “Mr. Dream Merchant,” “Only The Strong Survive”) to soul pop (”People Make The World Go Around,” “I Wanna Be Where You Are”), and a […]

I met the editors of the Bay Area humor zine Breakfast Without Meat in the mid 80’s. Bonding commenced forthwith. We quickly determined that I must contribute to the magazine. Over the course of the next half a decade or so, I supplied them with comics, interviews, spot illustrations and other bits of nonsense. But […]

Just in time for America’s Independence Day, another great collection of “Love Workshop” recordings have fallen into my lap! My Mystery Benefactor had but one request: in exchange for a copy of his collection, I must agree to post it here, thus hopefully freeing him from ever having to make another copy again! I’ve pursued […]