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LIFE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY FLATTENED CHICKEN

    To flatten a chicken use a pair of meat scissors and cut along one side of the backbone from the neck to the parson’s nose. Open up the bloody carcass and do the same on the other side.   Use scissors instead of a knife to avoid the ‘blade slipped on a rib […]

YOUNG EAGLES FLYING HIGH

Baby boomer life has a soundtrack. We’ve heard it all from Elvis, The Beatles, Big Hair rock, punk, grunge, and Adele. Then there’s The Eagles. Not quite country, not quite rock, but able to nail either style with what? Country Rock. They weren’t the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, or Poco. You didn’t need some insider vibe […]

40 Is The New 60? Growing Up Boomer-style

Dear Boomer, Do you feel the years creeping up? Are you looking back more than ahead? If your parents are still alive, give them a call. Ask them what it was like closing in on 60. They won’t say much. That’s how it works with the Silent Generation. But that doesn’t mean you’re alone. Apparently closing […]

Baby Boomer Music Died In 1973?

Did it die of natural causes? A new book explains how it happened. It wasn’t the plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper in Iowa. Lynyrd Skynyrd members also crashed without killing music. It wasn’t Bob Dylan plugging a Fender Strat in at the Newport Jazz Festival. Bruce Springsteen didn’t kill anything when […]

Boomer Blues Backlash

Robert Plant Headlines Waterfront Blues Fest What’s the greatest fear of going to a Classic Rock concert? Baby boomers face this one all the time. Is it watching a dream weaver come undone in front of your eyes? That the singer shows up so out of shape they huff and puff through their set? That their […]

Going Abroad With Boomerpdx And Pink

On The Crazy Diamond’s Birthday The knowledge base of an average Cambridge, England citizen grades higher than nearly everyone else. This is no surprise to those who track smart places. The shocker is the intellectual foundation in Cambridge reaches beyond the university. In America, Cambridge means Harvard. It’s a welcome brand. What do you want to see on your doctor’s license, Dr. Yes from Harvard Medical School, […]