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Do you need a light for the night? open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #ErnestHemingway #Acleanwelllightedplace #shortstories #AmericanLiterature #PapaHemingway #Teaching
Do you need a light for the night?
Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place"
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December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Obscure, cool, discover 801 Live open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #PhilManzanera #Eno #Roxymusic #801Live #TheBeatles #TheKinks #Ambientmusic
Obscure, cool, discover 801 Live
Ex-Roxy's Eno, Manzanera are a delight
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December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The great Joe Ely has passed open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #JoeEly #HonkyTonkMasquerade #MustaNottaGottaLotta #Texasmusic #AustinCityLimits #JohnNogowski
The great Joe Ely has passed
An unsung, overlooked artist you might have missed
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December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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"Things Have Changed" - indeed! open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BobDylan #RonRosenbaum #BobDylanACriticalDescriptiveDiscographyandfilmography #JohnNogowski
"Things Have Changed" - indeed!
Rosenbaum really reaches in deciphering Dylan
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December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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johnnogowski.substack.com/p/deliver-me... #BruceSpringsteen #DeliverMeFromNowhere #TheBoss #Nebraska #JonLandau
"Deliver Me From Nowhere" lands
Cooper's deep dive rewards - if you look for it
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December 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Johnny Cash behind prison walls open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #JohnnyCash #TheManInBlack #FolsomPrison #SanQuentin #ColumbiaRecords #JamesMargold #JuneCarter
Johnny Cash behind prison walls
Listening to the Man In Black offering freedom
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December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Not exactly a role model but... open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #HunterThompson #RollingStoneMagazine #Fearandloathing #Politics #RichardNixon
Not exactly a role model but...
Reading and teaching Hunter S. Thompson
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December 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Nat's baby is finally back open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #RingMagazine #NatFleischer #MuhammadAli #JackJohnson #Boxing #JackDempsey #JoeLouis #SaudiArabia
Nat's baby is finally back
Ring Magazine returns but Nat's picks are still stupid
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December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A plan to get Paul Westerberg back open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #PaulWesterberg #PeterWolf #TheReplacements #TheIdontcares #JulianaHatfield #ChrissieHynde #ThePretenders
A plan to get Paul Westerberg back
Let's get devious - It just might work!
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December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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johnnogowski.substack.com/p/once-again... #NotreDame #KnuteRockne #BobbyBowden #FSUfootball #Collegefootballplayoff
December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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That first phone call...to a girl open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #JohnNogowski #JuniorHigh #Nashua #FairgroundsJrHigh
That first phone call...to a girl
Seinfeld episode "The Phone Message" sparks a memory
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December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Brian Wilson needed a hug open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BrianWilson #TheBeachBoys #Popularmusic #LoveandMercy #GoodVibrations
Brian Wilson needed a hug
Beach Boys' mastermind wanders some
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December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Learning to play guitar - why not?
Teaching myself to play was fun, challenging, rewarding
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December 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Greatest coaching job? Vrabel! open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #MikeVrabel #NewEnglandPatriots #BillBelichick #NFL #FSUfootball
Greatest coaching job? Vrabel!
Could FSU learn from Patriots' stunning turnaround?
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December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Your school is not listening open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #FSUfootball #MikeNorvell #Nebraska #Collegefootball
Your school is not listening
FSU football's collapse is sad, hard to watch
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December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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On writin' for friends open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #JohnNogowski #KurtVonnegut #Writing #ErnestHemingway #DiamondDuels #LastTimeOut #BobDylanADescriptiveCriticalDiscography
On writin' for friends
Here's No. 553 with Vonnegut and ChatGPT's advice
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November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Thanksgiving thanks, Beatles! open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #TheBeatles #Edsullivanshow #BeatlesAnthology #DisneyChannel #PaulMcCartney #JohnLennon #RingoStarr #GeorgeHarrison
Thanksgiving thanks, Beatles!
Want to start Thanksgiving right? Watch Beatles' Anthology #3
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November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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We weren't done with Tom Petty open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #TomPetty #TheHeartbreakers #TravelingWilburys #Wildflowers
We weren't done with Tom Petty
There was so much more music to come...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Elvis, Colonel Parker, truth open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #Elvis #ElvisPresley #ColonelTomParker #PeterGuralnick #RCARecords #ThemovieElvis
Elvis, Colonel Parker, truth
Guralnick's new book raises more questions than answers
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November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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"The Big Train" is halted open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #WalterJohnson #WAshingtonSenators #HallofFame
"The Big Train" is halted
Senator Hall of Famer almost left with a HR
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November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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My Neil Young book is done! open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #NeilYoung #BobDylanADescriptiveCriticalDIscographyandFilmography #NeilYoungArchives #RustNeverSleeps #RaggedGlory
My Neil Young book is done!
It'll be a while 'till you - or me see it...but
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November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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My own "Left Of The Dial" open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #PaulWesterberg #TheReplacements #LeftOfTheDial #ScottyMoore #RadioWoodstock
My own "Left Of The Dial"
Scotty Moore, The Replacements and fame
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November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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On the hunt - for bootlegs! open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #BobDylan #BruceSpringsteen #NeilYoung #Bootlegalbums #RoyalAlbertHall
On the hunt - for bootlegs!
Cherishing rock's bootleg past - back when rock mattered
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November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Chasing Charles Dickens at 72 open.substack.com/pub/johnnogo... #CharlesDIckens #MarkTwain #GeorgeOrwell #Substack #BleakHouse #JohnNogowski
Chasing Charles Dickens at 72
Can an old schoolteacher learn from The Master?
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November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM