This article #3 of CleverJourneys ongoing series exploring American history from a perspective that burrows deep into criminal profiles, the penal system, victim’s stories, crime prevention, forensic science, law enforcement and our justice system. My father, Walter Dennis, was a police officer and homicide detective for the San […]
“I’m heartbroken. I’ve lost a dear friend and partner,” Mickey Dolenz, the last member of the Monkees said of Mike Nesmith who died Friday. “I’m so grateful that we could spend the last couple of months together doing what we loved best — singing, laughing, and doing shtick. […]
Plus, Countdown of His Top 10 Creedence Clearwater Revival Songs We recently attended a John Fogerty concert at Talking Stick Casino in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 2019, we saw Blues guitarist and vocalist Johnny Lang play in their auditorium lounge, but by 2020, the pandemic halted such entertainment. In […]
It’s a Hit! Sweden’s legendary superstar group, ABBA, has released their first studio album in nearly 40 years. In seven days, it has blasted off to reach the top of the UK charts, becoming the fastest seller of the year so far, the Official Charts Company said on […]
Jerry Lee Lewis is one of the first true rock ‘n’ rollers. He catapulted to fame with his 1957 hit, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” and proved to the world that a piano man could play front and center on the world’s biggest stages. He has stirred up […]
by Jack Dennis Ok. I’ll bite. Per request, here are 25 things most people don’t know about me. #20 is unexplainable. Dancing 1. In August 1989 three men sat at a table in downtown San Antonio and flipped a quarter each. I was the odd man (I flipped […]
Rubbernecking, to get a glimpse of a car wreck while driving on a highway is a dangerous gamble. But some say it’s human nature. It’s been around for over a century. Here’s the proof. Our Sponsors
Knowing I’m an advid autograph collector, my mother, Geraldine Dennis was always on the lookout and obtained several signatures for me. In April 1969, she took me to a Tom Jones concert with my cousins Carolyn Sanders Gerland and James Johnson at the Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio, […]
I watched a video of two fourteen year old boys recently trying to use a 1970s vintage rotary dial phone without any instructions. It was hilarious. Hadn’t they ever seen an old movie video of anyone using a dial phone? Or watch an old episode of the Dynamic […]
A Special Mother’s Day Story On August 12, 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing astronauts such as Buzz Aldrin, Bruce McCandless, Wally Schirra and more at a collectSpace event in San Antonio. There were other space related celebrities I talked with including James Drury (Classic TV’s The […]
Our father was a natural junker. I started out at age five, living on the Southside of San Antonio, accompanying him on his junk routes. Years later, my sister Bobbi would join us. As I became busy with important things like Little League, sometimes she’d go solo with […]
One of my favorite watercolor and graphic design artists is Jill Vance Bukowski out of Hewitt, near Waco, Texas. I first met Jill–from Portales, New Mexico–in December of 1983. As the construction supervisor overseeing a new H-E-B Food-Drugs store we affectionately name “Challenger 7,” (it was the 7th […]
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