http://media.soundcloud.com/stream/3CO5ix6O5Agz.mp3 "I FIGURED I'D SEE YOU LATER" © 2015 John C. Merino I use to be able to tell, by the sound, what coin fell out of my pocket. I just dropped a quarter and thought it was a dime. ….and the dime … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] American Chronicles Episode 7 – Woodstock: Part 2
American Chronicles 7 Part 2, originally airing Aug. 7, 2015 (Listen to Part 1) WOODSTOCK 1969 © 2015 John C. Merino PA’S CAR It was August of 1969. I had just graduated from Niagara Falls High School that June and was two weeks away from … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] American Chronicles Episode 7 – Woodstock: Part 1
American Chronicles 7 Part 1, originally airing July 31, 2015 (Listen to Part 2) WOODSTOCK 1969 © 2015 John C. Merino PA’S CAR It was August of 1969. I had just graduated from Niagara Falls High School that June and was two weeks away … [Read more...]
American Chronicles Episode 6 – She Made Her Own Beer in the 30s
American Chronicles 6. originally airing July 17, 2015. SHE MADE HER OWN BEER IN THE 30s © 2015 John C. Merino The referee crouched…on his hands and knees and with a flat palm, slapped the canvas 3 times. The midget wrestlers bounced up, … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] American Chronicles Episode 5 – Reflections Racism
American Chronicles 5. originally airing July 3, 2015. REFLECTIONS ON RACE © 2015 John C. Merino I learned to play guitar by listening to Mississippi John Hurt records, borrowed from the Public Library. With a Mel Bay beginner’s guitar book … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] American Chronicles Episode 4 – On Aging
American Chronicles 4. originally airing June 26, 2015. ON AGING © 2015 John C. Merino The note pinned to my paternal grandfather’s vest read, “my name is John Merino. I live at 1517 Ashland Avenue. If you find me wandering, please call a cab and … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] American Chronicles Episode 3 – John F. Kennedy Assassination
JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION © 2015 John C. Merino On November 22, 1963 I was twelve years old, seated in Mr. Uri’s Mechanical Drawing class at Niagara Falls New York’s North Junior High School, when my concentration…hand drawing arrow heads on … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] American Chronicles Episode 2 – Reinstitute the Draft
American Chronicles 2 originally airing June 12, 2015. REINSTITUTE THE DRAFT © 2015 John C. Merino When I learned about the death of my boyhood friend Sam a few weeks ago….and as often happens in times like these………memories of things forgotten, … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] American Chronicles Episode 1 – The National Center of Comedy
American Chronicles 1 originally airing June 5, 2015. THE NATIONAL CENTER OF COMEDY © 2015 John C. Merino This nearly 30 year old idea is finally moving toward becoming a reality primarily because of the “Team” compiled to make it happen. There is … [Read more...]
