Category Archives: zilch

Jimmy Page and Chopin

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Mike

Originally written in 2020 as a script to a mini-episode of the Rush Strutter Zep Magik podcast. Revised in 2025 to improve readability, etc. The intersection where Jimmy Page and Nineteenth Century composer Frédéric Chopin meet is one of my … Continue reading →

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The Unseen USSR: Soviet Soldier On Leave

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Mike

The photo below is a wonderfully candid image of what appears to be a Soviet soldier returning home on leave. I acquired it from a seller in the former Lithuanian SSR who specializes in Soviet-era antiques and ephemera. There are … Continue reading →

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The Unseen USSR: Red Square, 1978

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Mike

It’s the perfect marriage of my appreciation for Soviet-era ephemera and “found photos”: I have acquired a number of old 35 mm slides of photos by various and sundry unnamed world travelers, taken during the 1970s and 1980s. The collections I … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Old School: A Look Back with “Leaping” Lanny Poffo

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Mike

Foreword (February 2015) My first-ever “serious” article about pro wrestling was written on a dare by someone who was, at that time, the top-ranked wrestling writer on a sports website that specialized in publishing user-generated content. I took that particular … Continue reading →

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