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Boomer Reviews: Freedom Summer, by Bruce Watson We Boomers were eyewitnesses to a bewildering amount of history in the making during the 50's and 60's in which we grew up. The death of an idealistic young President was the first memory that many of us can recall clearly. Man's first steps on the moon are recorded indelibly...

Boomer Reviews - George's Candy by George Ratz For Baby Boomers, one of the most pervasive memories we all have is the Vietnam war. During the 60's, not a night went by without the nightly news telling us the latest figures on deaths on both sides of the conflict, as well as showing us images of Huey helicopters...

Boomer Review: Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young I am so stuck in the past, music-wise. It's a tradition with me. While my high school buddies were getting into formulaic crap like Styx, Foreigner, and REO Speedwagon, I was jamming to the Beatles and Stones of the 60's. I am just now discovering that there was some pretty...

Boomer Review: Calling It Quits I have a soft spot in my heart for comfortable, feel-good movies. Sometimes, I'm just not in the mood to be blown away by special effects, or to be emotionally drug all over the theater, or to laugh myself silly. When I'm in that sort of mood, a film like...

Boomer Review: Scrambled Leggs My kind of book is the type that grabs you and forces you to read it when you should really be doing other tasks. I would say that perhaps one out of five books I read affects me this way. The ratio is that high because I stick with the...

Boomer Reviews: East Bench: a Novel You know the standard joke: if you can remember the 60's, you weren't really there. Well, that's not necessarily the case. Many of us Boomers were kids during the psychedelic era, and the most substance abuse we might have done was sneaking a cigarette or two out of our parents'...

Growing Old NOT! A Review of Bruce Springsteen in Concert I first heard Born to Run on WLS sometime in 1975. It was a decent song, but didn't really stand out above the other stuff I was into. Then, a couple of years later, I heard Thunder Road. My interest was piqued. A little later, I began reading Rolling Stone...

Nostalgic Boomer Songs, Part 1 I guess I'll file this one under reviews. This column is about a couple of songs that share the philosophy of I Remember JFK, which is, of course, Boomer nostalgia ROCKS! I know of two songs that fill the bill perfectly. There are probably more, I'm depending on you, the...

Review: Life on Mars I Remember JFK proudly presents a new feature: Boomer Reviews! The purpose is to present my own opinions on releases (TV, movies, music) that will be of interest to Boomers who like to wax nostalgic. And of course, your own opinions are strongly encouraged as well! We'll start off with...

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Great Shakes:
Keith Mcelmurry, if you're still out there, this one's for you. "Any place can be a soda fountain now, with Great Shakes, yeah Great Shakes!" Not only was this a great commercial jingle, it was sung by some serious rock and roll stars of the 60's. At least three movers...

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