Tag: greatdays
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Howard and Al
Great Days: I spent a lot of time in my early NY days with a crew from the Museum of Broadcasting (later called the Museum of Television and Radio, then the Paley Center). One spectacular experience received a NYC poke in the eye elevating the experience from interesting to memorable. The evening was an intimate […]
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A Conflict in Evanston
Great Days: it was the Wednesday before graduation and my parents and sister were in town to witness the miracle of the awarding of my diploma. NU graduation has two parts — Friday with your college to receive your diploma and Saturday with the University to get inspired by some famous speaker. That night at […]
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D for Never Dirty, MC for Mostly Clean
Great Days. It was the summer of 1987. Sweet talk to the girl behind the counter at the record store had a 6’x4′ black & white Licensed to Ill poster on my dorm wall . Paul and I were the straight-from-central-casting examples of white-suburban males drawn to the siren song of urban hip hop, and we were […]