Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
We tape two new shows tomorrow night. In the first show, we'll explore the seedy underworld known as the Springfield literary arts scene. Our special guests will be Shanna Hull, Jen Pittner, and Staci Howard, the founders of The Writer's Block, a locall...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
Here's some Youtube footage of that death trap we call an intersection at Hedley and White Oaks West, right behind Cub Foods.They claim this is some random intersection in Russia, but I think we all know where this footage was really shot.
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
We taped a new show last night with Jessica English, morning anchor at WICS Channel 20. The show will air next Friday (April 13, 2007) at 3:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 8:30 PM. It was one of our best interviews to date. Jessica spoke freely about her beginning...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
The city of Baltimore, Maryland has an official public office called the Baltimore Rumor Control Office. It was established in 1968 and was originally developed as a way to ease tensions brought on by the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr....
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
When Elijah Iles, Pascal Enos, John Taylor, and Thomas Cox laid out their plan for a city in 1823, they had a different name in mind than Springfield. What name did they choose as the "official" name of the city The name never stuck. The citizens alway...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
I've added a new poll rotation to the blog. There are 4 or 5 new polls that I've written that will appear randomly every time you visit. Long gone are the days of voting in a poll in a forgetting about it. Now you have to check the poll every time to y...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
In honor of National Poetry Month (or as most people refer to it, April), the ALPLM is featuring a pretty large collection of poetry from Illinois poets, including Carl Sandburg, Vachel (pronounced like Rachel for those who don't know) Lindsay, and Gwendo...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
I saw this story today about the top 10 MLB ballparks, and I thought it would be good for all of us baseball junkies to meditate on these for awhile. There's just something I love about a great baseball park.
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
Alfred Hitchcock's classic film is this month's Movie Geeks Club choice. Plot: How do two complete strangers pull off murders for each other Do you need more Join us at the Capital City Bar and Grill tomorrow night (Tuesday, March 27th). Doors open at ...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
The Drew Emmitt Band will be playing at City Nights at Capital City Bar and Grill on Saturday March 24 at 8 PM. Tom Irwin wrote a nice piece about Drew and the band here. According to Irwin's article, this tour will feature Emmitt breaking away from his...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
I have a dog who loves beer. My wife and I joke that she was a beer slugger in a former life because any time I put a beer down within her range, she tries to drink it. I've always taken it away from her on the general principle that my dog doesn't need...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
The American Institute of Architects released its list of 150 Great Places in Illinois. These are places within a community that enrich the quality of life of the area in which they are located. Springfield has two great places, the Old State Capital an...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
In his best Patrick Henry, The 26th Man has written a post on the baseball stadium issue that takes the discussion to a whole new level. It's a definite must-read for anyone interested in bringing baseball back to Springfield.Thanks, Jeff. Your baseball...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
Apparently the commission involved with organizing the events for Abraham Lincoln's birthday have just developed a website to share information about Lincoln's birthday and to generate buzz.Here's the address:http://www.lincoln200.net
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
We have to try new things in this town.There seem to be a couple of different camps on the whole baseball team/stadium issue. On one hand, you have the folks who don't believe a minor league baseball team in Springfield could ever survive. These are the...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
We haven't taped a new show in quite some time, but we're gearing up for two tapings in early April. We just confirmed late last week that Carl Madonna and Jessica English of Channel 20's Sunrise This Morning have agreed to an interview during our April ...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
Spring is upon us. One of the great signs that the season is changing and that we have warm days ahead is the start of the baseball season. I am a loyal Cubs fan. This is always the most optimistic time of the year. Hopefully that feeling will last beyond...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
I don't care about college basketball, but I couldn't help but smile when I saw that my alma mater had delivered a crushing defeat to Duke last night. That's pretty sweet. Take that giant school with oodles of name-recognition!
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
Yes, this is a poor man's photograph of the Starbucks on Monroe near Chatham Road. I don't have the time or the energy to go down and take an actual photograph, but I still feel the pressure to post this story with some sort of visual. To get to my point...
Posted by Just Two Guys 1 year ago.
If any of you are interested in classic cartoons, the Film Chest Vintage Archive has a great collection of the earliest and finest classic cartoons. You can find everything from Betty Boop to Mighty Mouse to the Stupidstitious Cat to very early Bugs Bunn...
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See Springfield before and afterwards. Rollover snapshots of what used to be Springfield.
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