Category: stuff & things

I’m having a hard time today accepting the fact the Joe Burge is no longer with us. He was a kind man with a big, warm heart. He was Basile’s very own Renaissance Man. He was an honest working man with several interests. (Read his obituary.) When I was running LouisianaRadio.com with my brother Shamus,…

J.D. Salinger and Howard Zinn both died yesterday, January 27, 2010. At the time of their deaths, Salinger was 91 and Zinn was 87. Both were born and raised in New York City, both served in World War II, and both profoundly affected the way I view the world. Even though I didn’t know them,…