And so we've come to the final installment of our second trip through time, via View-Master.  So hop on the tour bus and take a ride to Washington Square... Located in the famous Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, Washington Square Park has an interesting history.  It was the site of a Native American village until it was taken by force by the Dutch; they in turn gave the land to freed slaves, earning it the nickname "Land of the blacks." These former slaves ... Read on, Daddy-O

While the signs have changed many times over the years, Times Square is just as identifiable today as it was in 1952.  Of course what seems to have changed is the sheer volume of lights - this image looks positively subdued compared to the garish displays of consumerism seen in the Square today, but I imagine it was still pretty impressive back then. There's some businesses I can't make out, but others are hard to miss.  The ones I can get are: Chevrolet (dead ... Read on, Daddy-O

Our journey through Ye Olde New Yorke continues - from the air!  This image, quite obviously taken from a shiny prop plane, is of the departure of the famed cruise ship RMS Queen Elizabeth.  The really cool thing about this photo is the scale.  You can get a good sense of just how huge this ship was when compared to not only the other boats around it, but even the buildings on the shoreline.  Incidentally, the ship held the record as the ... Read on, Daddy-O

When I was starting my exploration of jazz about eight or so years ago, Hank Jones was one of the first musicians I gravitated toward.  By complete chance I was listening to a local jazz radio station and heard a studio version of one of his original compositions, "Interface", and made it my mission to hear more from the man who had written such a wonderful song. Although I never did track down that album (The Oracle, long out of print), I did ... Read on, Daddy-O

Our last trip down View-Master memory lane (1957 New Jersey) was so much fun, I thought we'd hop across the river and do it again.  For this visit we go back another five years, to witness scenes from New York City circa 1952.  I only have four images to present in this series, mainly because landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Chrysler Building look pretty much the same now as they did back then, so there's little point in showing ... Read on, Daddy-O

Being an Ace Frehley fan is not without its frustrations. His last studio album, Trouble Walkin', was released nearly 19 years ago and relatively little had been seen or heard from him since he left Kiss (again) in early 2002. What he's been up to during the last 6 years - other than recording a yet-to-be released solo album and rocking executive meetings across America - is anyone's guess, so it came as a pretty big surprise late last year ... Read on, Daddy-O

It’s been nearly 10 years since I’ve seen Queensrÿche in concert. That was for the group’s ill-fated tour in support of Hear in the Now Frontier. That tour was cancelled after the band’s record label (EMI) went into the crapper. A LOT has changed for the group since then, not the least of which was the departure of co-founder and guitarist Chris DeGarmo. For 2006, Queensrÿche went back to the future and released a sequel to their 1988 magnum opus, ... Read on, Daddy-O