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Rockpile47

Member since 10/26/2007

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Born 12/28/47 in Indianapolis. Lifelong resident. Journalist at Indianapolis News and Star since 1969, covering high school and college sports, Indy car and drag racing, music, arts and entertainment and travel. Married 37 years to Carol with cool son Evan, 26, and cool daughter Kelsey, 21. Also there's Ozzie the Aussie dog and cat Sassy.

Area/city:

Indianapolis, Ind.

Occupation:

Journalist

High school:

Warren Central

College:

Purdue University

Activities:

Hiking, sports, reading, traveling, concerts.

Interests:

Beach Boys, Sports (especially baseball), travel (especially Colorado), The Fray, The Doors, Brian Wilson, Grey Goose vodka, cedar plank salmon and potato chips., music. Favorite bands are Coldplay, Sade. Have fondness for Killian's

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Mellencamp trivia

In recognition of John Mellencamp's induction into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame tonight, let's do a little JCM trivia: What song did a ...

Rockpile47 in Music at 11:02 AM on 03/10/08 | 0 Responses

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Caught in the middle of a magic moment

When you are a journalist, you never know what surprise you are in for when you come in each day. Today, I was planning on ...

Rockpile47 in Culture at 11:04 PM on 12/12/07 | 2 Responses

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Daughtry

Glad to see Chris Daughtry sweep the American Music Awards. He's on my list of this year's best albums. He probably won't be on too ...

Rockpile47 in Music at 01:54 AM on 11/19/07 | 0 Responses

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Mellencamp rocks into Hall of Fame

NEW YORK - John Mellencamp made a self-effacing entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday night, devoting much of his induction speech ...

David Lindquist in Music at 07:28 PM on 03/12/08 | 6 Responses

Tags: rock music, Ben Harper, John Mellencamp, Madonna, mellencamp, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Billy Joel, Lou Reed, hoosier musicians, hoosier musician, patty labelle, indiana celebrities, famous hoosiers

SNL...does anyone watch it anymore?

Caught this week's SNL Saturday for the first time in months...possibly years... and I was pleasantly surprised. Didn't recognize ANY of the comedians but the ...

caralyn in Nightlife, Culture, Movies at 07:05 AM on 03/05/08 | 18 Responses

Tags: Wilco, SNL, Vampire Weekend, happy dance

"Life offers infinite possible roads. Sometimes your head chooses the route, sometimes your heart. And sometimes, for better or worse, neither head nor heart can resist the stubborn pull of fate." -- Dean Koontz

Rockpile47 on Oct 26, '07 at 09:55 AM

Hey, I'm glad to see somebody classing up this joint. Cheers.

David Lindquist on Oct 26, '07 at 12:43 PM

I haven't made my pilgrimage to the counterculture mecca yet ~ but it's on my list...

Lila on Oct 29, '07 at 08:46 PM

HEY you! Things are good, and Ricky is good. He'll be 11 next week. I can't believe I'm old enough to have a sixth-grader with a little girlfriend. Ick!

kimikokopuffs on Nov 13, '07 at 01:53 PM