Ron Baxendale IIMy Gateway to Music? RadioShack!By 1974 my dad was firmly established at General Electric. One part of his job that we all enjoyed and shared in was the friendly…4 min read·2 days ago----
Ron Baxendale III’m So Dizzy My Head Is Spinnin’When I tell people I’ve always loved music, I really mean it. I don’t remember lying in my crib in 1961, listening to my mom sing lullabies…10 min read·3 days ago----
Ron Baxendale IIHitchin’ a Ride in the Summertime with One Bad Apple in a Little Green Bag: 1970 - 1971The end of one decade and the start of another is always strange; we expect things to be different but everything is more or less the same…17 min read·3 days ago----
Ron Baxendale IIKBPI’s Nostalgic Rock: Instrumental in Turning a Simple Appreciation for Music into a Lifelong Love…In late 1977 I discovered Pete MacKay’s Nostalgic Rock on Denver’s KBPI. For four hours every Sunday morning, MacKay (now a Denver radio…2 min read·3 days ago----
Ron Baxendale II1974 - 1975: Steven B & the Hawk, KIMN, the Beach Boys, and Evil KnievelThough our discontinuance of swimming lessons and our move to Broomfield from Northglenn a year earlier reduced our car/music-listening…14 min read·Apr 3, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIColorado’s Ride the Rockies: Common Questions, Honest AnswersWhen returning from a week of riding through the Rocky Mountains — which I’ve done seven times now — I am inevitably bombarded with…7 min read·Mar 26, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIEl Chico and My Transformative Year: 1978–1979My mom and dad had no misgivings buying me a car before I had a regular source of income; both knew I needed a car with which to search for…4 min read·Mar 26, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIThe Last CruiserThe arms of the avenue opened wide, beckoning all to join the endless parade of shiny machines. The abundance of light that created high…34 min read·Mar 25, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIWriting by Hand: A Superior Revision Tool (A Master’s Thesis)Nothing surpasses pen and paper as being “good to think with.” — Jack Goody64 min read·Mar 24, 2024----
Ron Baxendale IIBellow And Camus: Different Paths To SurrenderSaul Bellow’s Dangling Man (1944) and Albert Camus’s The Stranger (1942) are novels exemplary in their grappling with modern man’s inner…19 min read·Mar 24, 2024----