National politics editor at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix.https://bsky.app/profile/dannowicki.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannowicki.bsky.social/post/3ldtria5wnc2r“Mary Weiss Influenced Musicians From the Ramones to Amy Winehouse.” (via New York Times Magazine) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/20/magazine/mary-weiss-shangri-las.html?smid=bs-share21 Dec 2024 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:xestet67batvvyftikiy6ru2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtria5wnc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannowicki.bsky.social/post/3lcyspd7cws2oR.I.P. Michael Cole of "The Mod Squad." https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/12/10/michael-cole-dead-the-mod-squad/76902309007/11 Dec 2024 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:xestet67batvvyftikiy6ru2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcyspd7cws2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dannowicki.bsky.social/post/3lcondbttd22f60 YEARS AGO: Rankin/Bass Productions' holiday classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is broadcast for the first time on Dec. 6, 1964. Here's the ad for the NBC TV special that was published in that day's edition of The Arizona Republic.07 Dec 2024 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:xestet67batvvyftikiy6ru2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcondbttd22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannowicki.bsky.social/post/3lbzugsfce22rHappy Thanksgiving 2024!28 Nov 2024 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:xestet67batvvyftikiy6ru2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzugsfce22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannowicki.bsky.social/post/3lbutlhblzs2jJohn Katsenes was a former Phoenix City Council member and Maricopa County supervisor as well as a longtime civic leader. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2024/11/26/everybody-liked-him-former-phoenix-leader-john-katsenes-dies-at-94/76571589007/26 Nov 2024 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:xestet67batvvyftikiy6ru2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbutlhblzs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannowicki.bsky.social/post/3lawz5hb4kc2hR.I.P. the great producer Shel Talmy. https://variety.com/2024/music/news/shel-talmy-producer-kinks-you-really-got-me-dead-1236210668/14 Nov 2024 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:xestet67batvvyftikiy6ru2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawz5hb4kc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannowicki.bsky.social/post/3laiknfnfue2vI’m a stranger here myself.09 Nov 2024 05:29 +0000at://did:plc:xestet67batvvyftikiy6ru2/app.bsky.feed.post/3laiknfnfue2v