Monthly Archives: February 2025

Indy’s Great Fires

February 27, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

Last month televised news showed images of the devastating wildfires sweeping across the northern suburbs of Los Angeles County, California, leaving whole neighborhoods in ashes. My cousin’s home in Sunset Hollywood Hills was spared as flames raged ten minutes away. Some of his friends lost their homes and familiar streetscapes … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 28-March 6

February 27, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, March 5, 1925: WFBM, the Merchants Heat & Light Co radio station, will formally begin broadcasting at 6:30 tonight with a special program transmitted remotely from the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The program will include selections by the Gus C. Edwards orchestra, playing for the club’s … Read More

The Genesis of Bob Dylan, Part 2

February 27, 2025 | by Al Hunter

Bob Dylan’s next early musical influence came sandwiched between Hank and Buddy, and it is one you might not expect. Dylan discovered the plaintive delivery of Johnnie Ray (1927-1990) a singer/songwriter who played piano while delivering song lyrics tinged by a stream of tears. Although Ray is largely forgotten today, … Read More

My Own Words

February 27, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

My friend laughed at something I said, and asked, “Who else would your self-portrait be of?” My discussion with Mary Hanna Wilson, an artist, and a Trivial Pursuit player, was about sketching. During the conversation, I committed the kind of verbal error that often irritates me. I told her that … Read More

This Week’s Issue: Feb. 21-26

February 20, 2025 | by Weekly View

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