Marty Zivin would have been sixty-one on February 22nd, 2017. A true pioneer of Internet radio, Marty launched The Choice, a Chicago-based rock station way back in 1997, a time when people were just discovering all the Internet had to offer. Before Facebook, before Twitter, and even before YouTube, Zivin saw the potential this burgeoning media had to offer, and took his … [Read more...] about Official Relaunch of Marty Zivin’s Zecom Radio
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Maryland Too Melo For Northwestern
Even though they professed no hangover from the stunning win at Madison, the Northwestern Wildcats were not at their best and thus proved to be no match for Melo Trimble and his Maryland Terrapins in a 74-64 defeat in Evanston Wednesday evening. The Arlington, Virginia junior had 32 of the Terps' 74 points, including four of five shots from three-point territory. He seemed to … [Read more...] about Maryland Too Melo For Northwestern
To My Dear Friend Marty Zivin: 1956-2017
"I heard the news today..." We lost a dear friend today. So many times I've read that so and so lost a battle with cancer, and I say to myself, "I didn't even know he was ill." Not this time. I was probably more distraught when his wife Karen told me two and a half years ago that his prognosis was terminal. He had lung cancer, brain tumors, and weeks to live. Then … [Read more...] about To My Dear Friend Marty Zivin: 1956-2017
UNC – Kentucky and Las Vegas, Quite A Combo
Normally, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, or so says the clever marketing campaign. Unless that happens to be one of the best non-conference college basketball games that didn't take place in a March tournament setting. I had waffled on attending this game, but finally decided to cover it and secured a credential, flight, and hotel for the weekend. A friend and UNC … [Read more...] about UNC – Kentucky and Las Vegas, Quite A Combo
Black Sabbath – Symptom Of The Universe by Mick Wall
This book should be sub-titled "A Cautionary Tale on the Perils of Drug Abuse". After the release of their first two albums, the eponymous Black Sabbath and the stone classic Paranoid, Black Sabbath were poised on the cusp of superstardom, along with fellow Birmingham, England native son John Bonham and Led Zeppelin. But then began not years, but decades, of drug abuse and its … [Read more...] about Black Sabbath – Symptom Of The Universe by Mick Wall