Back In The Day

Observations and memories from back in the day

• Bowler's Prayer 11/9/24
• Uptown String Band Membership Cards 11/3/24
• Rent-A-Record 10/21/24
• Sid Vicious Halloween 1978 10/18/24
• Shopping for Spiced Wafers 10/15/24
• Sunday Pancakes 10/13/24
• Arttree Receipt 9/14/24
• Old Photo 1976 8/17/24
• Willie Mays RIP 6/18/24
• The Old Pink up in Flames 6/17/24
• Mother and Grandmother 5/11/24
• 101 Magazines 4/17/24
• The Women of Lower Bohemia 4/14/24
• Dyngus Day... April Fools 4/1/24
• The Lockers 3/30/24
• The Caz 3/7/24
• Godzilla VHS Box Set 2/29/24
• Record Theatre Stamps 2/27/24
• Jaunty Sailor 1970 2/25/24
• Mardi Gras 1974 - Goin' Home 2/22/24
• Mardi Gras 1974 - The Party 2/21/24
• Mardi Gras 1974 - The Road 2/20/24
• 401 N. Broad Street - 54 Years Ago 2/6/24
• Pro Wrestling @ The Arena 2/5/24
• Kick Out The Jams - MC5 in Concert 2/4/24
• Melanie RIP 1/28/24
• Mary Weiss RIP 1/20/24
• P.D.Q. Bach RIP 1/19/24
• Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen in Concert 1/18/24
• Before The Flood - Bob Dylan & The Band in Concert 1/16/24
• Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan in Concert 1/15/24
• Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra in Concert 1/9/24
• Black Market - Weather Report in Concert 1/7/24
• Quaker City Rock Festivals 12/29/23
• The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits in Concert 12/9/23
• Waiting For The Sun - The Doors in Concert 12/8/23
• Saturate Before Using - Jackson Browne in Concert 12/7/23
• Happy Sad - Tim Buckley in Concert 12/4/23
• White Light / White Heat - The Velvet Underground in Concert 12/2/23
• Abandoned Luncheonette - Hall & Oates in Concert 11/30/23
• Diamond Dogs - David Bowie in Concert 11/28/23
• Boy - U2 in Concert 11/26/23
• Bitches Brew - Miles Davis in Concert 11/24/23
• Gris-Gris - Dr. John the Night Tripper in Concert 11/20/23
• Rastaman Vibration - Bob Marley & The Wailers in Concert 11/19/23
• Men's Club 11/18/23
• Speaking In Tongues - Talking Heads in Concert 11/16/23
• No Dog For Us 11/13/23
• Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & The Holding Company in Concert 11/11/23
• Mischief Night, 10/30/23
• Some Kinda Love - The Feelies, 10/17/23
• Weavers Way Co-op, 10/6/23
• House Party 1968 FV, 9/18/23
• Skywriting Today, 8/31/23
• Taking Pictures, 8/31/23
• The Concrete Ship, 7/19/23
• Dad - 53 Years Ago, 7/18/23
• The English Beat and R.E.M., 4/13/23
• Sleepy Hollow 50th Anniversary, 3/19/23
• Mister Fix-It, 2/12/23
• Good Times Gone - Songs 1965, 2/6/23
• Joe's 75th, 2/5/23
• Feelin' Groovy - Songs 1966, 2/5/23
• I Feel Free - Songs 1966, 2/4/23
• Scuse Me While I Kiss The Sky - Songs 1967, 2/3/23
• Timothy Leary's Dead - Songs 1968, 2/2/23
• I Can Hear Music - Songs 1969, 2/1/23
• Ever Since I Was A Young Boy - Songs 1969, 1/31/23
• In The Past - Songs 1968, 1/30/23
• When I Was Young - Songs 1967, 1/29/23
• I Saw Her Walking On Down The Line - Songs 1966, 1/28/23
• You Make My Heart Sing, 1/27/23
• Jerry Blavit RIP, 1/20/23
• David Crosby RIP, 1/19/23
• Jeff Beck RIP, 1/11/23
• Wearing Jewelry 12/9/22
• @71 12/6/22
• Star Wars & Disney 12/4/22
• Dad @ 100 11/20/22
• A Veterans Benefit 11/11/22
• A New Music Screed 10/30/22
• Bass Clarinet 10/29/22
• A Bite of an Apple 10/26/22
• Tom @ 70 10/23/22
• The Tooth Fairy 10/23/22
• WXPN 10/9/22
• Porch Sitting in Mt Airy 10/7/22
• 62 Home Runs 10/5/22
• Germantown and Chelten 9/10/22
• House Flies 9/7/22
• Chicago... the Band 8/22/22
• Sandy Denny 8/2/22
• The Monkey Wrench Gang 7/29/22
• The Other Anniversary 6/30/22
• The Bijou Cafe 6/25/22
• Joe Friday 6/24/22
• Frank Zappa and Mahavishnu Orchestra at the Spectrum 6/16/22
• Vinegar Joe 1972 5/26/22
• Santana 1972-1974 5/4/22
• Flora Purim  4/30/22
• Good Friday  4/18/22
• Port Mahon  4/16/22
• The Medieval People  4/6/22
• My Piano Duet 4/5/22
• Shipboard Reading 4/1/22
• Athens 50 Years Ago 3/31/22
• Reggae Music All Day - Part 4 3/25/22
• Reggae Music All Day - Part 3 3/23/22
• Mart Casey 3/22/22
• Reggae Music All Day - Part 2 3/21/22
• Reggae Music All Day - Part 1 3/20/22
• Rude Boys Cafe 3/18/22
• Med Cruise 1972 - 50 Years Ago 3/15/22
• Egg On My Head 3/12/22
• Ada and Erwin 3/11/22
• Ada Meehan Morris - Nana 3/10/22
• Underground Radio 1968-1969 3/10/22
• Water on the Elbow 3/9/22
• Dr. Rybachok 3/8/22
• Those School Photos 3/7/22
• Pedigree Chart 1985 3/5/22
• Video Chatting with Grandchildren 3/5/22
• The Backs of the Family 2/27/22
• A Couple of Old Cookbooks 2/26/22
• Climbing Trees (and rocks and bridges) 2/25/22
• Death of an iPod 2/20/22
• The Joy of Cooking 2/20/22
• Bag Man 2/11/22
• A Smart Republican - Where's Dan Quayle? 2/7/22
• Left Handed 2/6/22
• Sleepy Hollow 2/5/22
• Grad School 1990-92 1/29/22
• Becky's Drawing of Me - 1982 1/20/22
• National DJ Day 1/20/22
• High School Photo 1/15/22
• David Bowie 75 1/8/22
• Dirty Sidewalks 1/5/22
• The Jumping Turntable 12/17/21
• Miles on Miller 12/15/21
• Nana & Grandpop in Our House 12/11/21
• The Monkees 12/11/21
• U2 at Uncle Sam's 12/10/21
• The Milkman 12/7/21
• Stigmata @ 6 12/5/21
• Aunt Kate 12/4/21
• Maniac Memories 12/3/21
• Beatlemania 11/30/21
• The World's Largest Disco 11/28/21
• Better Wire Building - 40 Yeas Later 11/20/21
• My Dog Tags 11/11/21
• The Chief - 1970 11/6/21
• Vinyl and Me 10/25/21
• Spiced Wafers 10/21/21
• Brewers Outlet Mt Airy 10/13/21
• Reading Terminal Market 10/12/21
• Riding the Train 10/11/21
• Never Forget 9/11/21
• 20 Years Ago on Top of the World Trade Center 8/28/21
• Joe's Bar 8/22/21
• Living with an Artist 8/20/21
• Billy Joel 8/16/21
• Nanci Griffith RIP 8/13/21
• Thunderstorms 8/11/21
• The New Rolling Stone Record Guide 8/8/21
• Seasick 50 Years Ago 8/6/21
• Sears 7/26/21
• Smithsonian Collections 7/26/21
• The Stoop 7/21/21
• Grandpop and the Crazy Man 7/20/21
• Family Library of Great Music 7/2/21
• The Kennedy Assassination 6/27/21
• Swimming the Oceans 6/24/21
• Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 4/30/21
• Chickens in the Kitchen 4/4/21
• Lizzie and Maureen 4/2/21
• No Vegas 3/30/21
• Portrait Demo 3/15/21
• 16 - 17 - 18 3/4/21
• Lou Reed 3/2/21
• The Reference Desk 2/27/21
• Hot Radiators 2/9/21
• Philadelphia Bulldogs 2/7/21
• Napoleon and the World at 20 2/3/21
• The Ghink Ghinks 1/29/21
• My Hankies 1/23/21
• Hank Aaron 1/22/21
• Davy Crockett 1/8/21
• First Ship - 50 Years Ago 1/7/21
• Doo Wop Box Sets 1/5/21
• New Year's 1971 1/3/21
• Christmas 1960 and The Civil War 12/30/20
• Christmas 1970 12/26/20
• Christmas Break 12/26/20
• Christmas Day 12/25/20
• Christmas Eve 12/24/20
• The Phillies 1964 and Richie Allen 12/9/20
• The Replacements at The Pastime Lounge 12/4/20
• The Jukebox 11/21/20
• Vincent Price 11/15/20
• Record Store Memories - Sly 11/13/20
• Veterans Day Post 11/11/20
• Forty Five Years Together 10/29/20
• The Fire Truck 10/25/20
• Keys to the House 10/13/20
• My Three Sons 10/11/20
• Cape Canaveral play set 10/10/20
• The Legion of Decency  10/9/20
• Pink Flamingos 10/7/20
• Jackson Browne and Bruce Springsteen 10/7/20
• The Barber Shops 10/4/20
• The Flintstones 9/29/20
• A Little Beer History  9/4/20
• Chicago 1970  8/29/20
• Typing Class  8/23/20
• The Shaggy Dog 8/19/20
• TLA Cinema  8/14/20
• Duck and Cover  8/8/20
• Picture Study  8/5/20
• Horn & Hardart  7/25/20
• Dad's Green '55 Chevy  7/21/20
• Dad - 50 Years Ago  7/18/20
• 40th Wedding Anniversary  6/28/20
• First Memory 5/12/20
• Grateful Dead 5/8/20
• 50 Years Ago Today - Bootcamp Memories   4/27/20
• The Rock  4/23/20
• Hancock-Gross 1978 4/16/20
• Greene Street - Backyard 4/14/20
• Greene Street - The Second Floor 4/11/20
• My Bunk  4/10/20
• Greene Street - The First Floor 4/9/20
• Greene Street - The Basement  4/2/20
• Jobs  3/5/20
• Tom Swift Books 2/27/20
• More Boot Camp Memories 2/18/20
• My Seabag  2/10/20
• First Day of Boot Camp 2/7/20
• Arriving at Boot Camp 2/6/20
• Movies on TV 2/8/20
• The Shillelaghs 1/12/20
• The Point 12/30/19
• Stenciled Clothes 12/20/19
• Jack Nicholson and the 70's 12/18/19
• Pastime Lounge 12/15/19
• Shipboard Memories - Locker Space  12/10/19
• Wibbage 12/9/19
• St. Francis of Assissi School 12/4/19
• Parent Conversation 12/2/19
• Watching TV in the 70's 11/28/19
• Treasury Ladies  10/5/19
• Class of 1969 9/29/19
• Mary Weiss 8/15/19
• Tom's Basesball Game 8/10/19
• Atlantic City Pop Festival 8/1/19
• Uptown String Band  7/19/19
• Friends Free Library 7/15/19
• Canadian Invasion 1994 6/25/19
• Better Wire 6/20/19
• 30 Years Ago - The Surgery  6/30/19
• Gerber Life 5/12/19
• The Jungle  4/30/19
• Next Door Neighbors  2/8/19
• Extra Innings  10/27/18
• Lou Reed and Todd Rundgren 9/20/18
• Hey Jude  8/26/18
• USS Portland RIP 8/6/18
• Hue 1968 7/5/18
• Brandywine Products 7/8/18
• RTF @ Temple 6/20/18
• Trash in the Ocean  6/15/18
• First Communion 5/27/18
• Peace 1968  4/9/18
• Catherine Catanzaro Koenig 1948 3/7/18
• Woody Herman 1964 11/14/17
• Me 1953  11/10/17
• USS Little Rock  10/3/17
• San Juan 1971  10/1/17
• Northern Lights at Sea  7/20/17
• Night Sky at Sea  7/6/17
• Seymour Street Poor Tax  6/8/17
• Katie's Curls 4/15/17
• My Transistor Radio  3/9/17
• 78 - 45 - 33 - 16 3/4/17
• Christmas 1986 12/20/16
• Four Generations of Moms 11/17/16
• Med Cruise 1972  11/11/16
• A Smoker 9/20/16
• Earth Shoes 9/10/16
• Trolley Graveyard  8/8/16
• Thoughts On That First Job  7/28/16
• Liberty Hound 1972 4/7/16
• Mummers Parade 1966 1/1/16
• R.I.P John  12/31/14
• Me and Tommy stylin' in '55 6/11/14
• Flyers Hockey 1974 5/20/14
• Watching TV 1965 12/12/13