By the end of 1968, the passion I had for politics had pretty much been executed with the deaths of JFK, RFK, MLK and the victory of Richard Nixon. I was old enough to be sent to Vietnam, I was old enough to be convicted as an adult for the FELONY possession of a gram of marijuana, but I wasn't old enough to VOTE! more »

The rivalries were fierce and genuine and played to the hilt, and they brought the buzz to the arena they performed in and grew it exponentially. Sometimes talent wins out, sometime talent gets robbed blind and sometimes talent gets lazy. Occasionally there is even a personality so tremendous that he needs no rival to share the spotlight with…he can carry an entire movement on his shoulders. more »