Al Hunter’s Story Archive

You’re So Vain, 50 Years On

January 5, 2023 | by Al Hunter

Fifty years ago this week, Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” hit #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 list. The song, track # 3 on side one of the album “No Secrets,” was released by Elektra Records, on November 28, 1972. The album spent five weeks at #1 on the U.S. … Read More

The Christmas Twilight Zone

December 22, 2022 | by Al Hunter

This Sunday, December 25th, you’ll be traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead — your next stop, the Twilight Zone! Submitted for your approval, December … Read More

John Dillinger’s Tutor: The Baron

December 15, 2022 | by Al Hunter

Herman “Baron” Lamm may be the most famous Prohibition Era gangster you’ve never heard of. If not for Lamm, you may never have heard of John Dillinger either. Herman Karl Lamm was born in Kassel, Germany on April 19, 1890. Lamm joined the Prussian Army as a young man, but … Read More

A Jumping Jack for Christmas

December 8, 2022 | by Al Hunter

It is December first in the Hunter household and I can now officially declare that we are ready for Christmas. My wife and I have spent the last week erecting, placing, fluffing, and decorating thirteen Christmas trees. Yes, thirteen. Our children are grown, our pets have crossed over the Rainbow … Read More

The Plots to Kill Richard Nixon from the Sky, Part 2

December 1, 2022 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in April 2014. February 1974 was a busy month in pop history. “Good Times” (a spin-off from “Maude”) premiered on CBS TV, Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” became her first Number 1 hit, Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, and the U.S. … Read More