Random Music Ramblings: Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust
By John Darlington Woody Hayes football coaching style was described as three yards and a cloud of dust. His conservative philosophy consisted of a full back or tail back...
Random Music Ramblings – Turntable Memories … In Stereo
By John Darlington In the 1960's most families in my home town had two sources to play music in the home. One was the family radio that would play...
Random Music Ramblings: Communication Breakdown or Tiedon Siirto Erittely
By John Darlington I began communicating with Finnish musician Jaire Pätäre in the summer of 2012 through email. I stumbled upon his band ‘Octopus Syng’ around that time and was...
Random Music Ramblings — Last Dance
By John Darlington Do you remember your first Junior High dance? How about your first slow dance? Or who you danced with? Do you remember the song? This is heavy stuff....
Random Music Ramblings — Dear Prudence
By John Darlington In 1968 the Beatles traveled to the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains to study Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Joining them was actress Mia...
The Other Side of the Desk
Phyllis Swartz is a local author who's writing periodically appear in Madison County Spotlight. Follow her at Apple to Apple: A Blog about Learning and Teaching. In London, Ohio,...
Random Music Ramblings: Christian Rock … I Just Don’t Get It
By John Darlington I love talking music. Mostly Rock and Roll. It is fascinating to me. I have interviewed many musicians of all genres of music -- underground garage rock,...
Random Music Ramblings: Baka Beyond
By John Darlington The Baka people are hunter-gatherers, that have inhabited the Rain Forrest of Central Africa for thousands of years. A gentle and self sufficient tribe , they believe...
Remembering Mr. Crites
Column by Marci Darlington When a teacher passes away, there are stories, many, many stories. Such is true with the passing of Madison-Plains math teacher Kelley Crites. I had...
Random Music Ramblings: Time Travel
By John Darlington HG Wells wrote the ground breaking Science Fiction novel ‘The Time Machine’ in the late 19th century. It tells the story of the Time Traveler,...