Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

The Lyric Theatre

January 23, 2025 | by Al Hunter

Frank Sinatra’s career began at the Lyric Theatre in Indianapolis on February 2, 1940 with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Sinatra stuck with Dorsey for a couple years before he went solo. Allegedly, Dorsey only let go of Frankie at the gentle urging of Ole Blue eyes’ Mafia Godfather, who was … Read More

Fleetwood Mac: 50 years ago today

January 16, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This was supposed to be published in the Jan. 3 issue. The editor apologizes for the delay. On January 1, 1975, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac and changed music history forever. The duo produced an album, Buckingham and Nicks in September 1973, which was a commercial failure … Read More

The Last of the Radium Girls

January 2, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in Jan. 2015. The year 2014 has come and gone and along with it, the passing of many notables whose time on this earth has run out. Lost among them is a woman you may have never heard of. Mae Keane died this year. She was … Read More

The Beatles Hit the Brakes at Walt Disney World

December 19, 2024 | by Al Hunter

Quick, who broke up The Beatles? Which one of the Fab Four was the first to quit the group? And who was the last Beatle standing? Throw away all you thought you knew about the breakup of The Beatles and settle in for a Beatles Christmas story like you have … Read More

Indiana — Home of Vice Presidents

December 12, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in July 2016. Pence was elected to the vice presidency in November of that year. Speaking as a proud native Hoosier, it has been refreshing to see Indiana in the national political headlines lately. I find it ironic that this most recent national dust up revolves … Read More