Poltrack Blog

A Sunday morning fire at 63 Huse Road in New Ipswich has claimed the life of two people. Joshua Prince (27) perished trying to save his 2 year old nephew. His parents were airlifted to UMass Medical School in Worcester and are in intensive care.

Little did I think that the location of my post retirement job would be located at the site of a former theme park "Pleasure Island" in Wakefield, MA. Remember " Freedom Land " in Bronx NY? It was built by the same folks who built this place. It is now an office park, but a nice one with some great man-made ponds and walking paths. Thankfully I get to work from home most of the time since the commute is long. Here it is in present day: And here is a look back through time:

 What would I do without Google Alerts? I have created one for The Horror of Party Beach and once again it "alerted" me to some new material, a recording of Elaine and Wigglin' N' Wobblin' by the Del Aires. Gary Robert Jones and Ronnie Linares, both of "The Del-Aires" (a   Paterson, New Jersey   rock band who play themselves as a local band) wrote one song together, "Drag," and one song each: "Wigglin' Wobblin'" (Jones) and "Elaine" (Linares). The Del-Aires performed all six songs in the film.

Sunday was awesome! Blue skies, 70 degree temperatures and no bugs. I started to prepare a garden bed when I heard a plane overhead. Imagine my surprise to see this:

Theo Jansen, Kinetic Artist My blog entries would be rather uninteresting without the contributions of a dedicated cadre of web-surfers who send me links to some really cool stuff. Many a time I wonder, how did I survive the dark ages before the web? This link courtesy of John Weber:

We held our monthly music jam in Temple NH. Great food, great company and great MUSIC. Have a listen: