Photojournalist John Filo Discusses His Iconic Kent State Photo with Mick & Mook on 5/31

Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist John Filo, whose picture of 14-year-old runaway Mary Ann Vecchio screaming while kneeling over the dead body of 20-year-old Jeffrey Miller on the Kent State campus, will join Billy and Frank on the May 17episode of A Mick A Mook and A Mic. The iconic photo horrified the world and turned the tide of the Vietnam War. Now, on the 53rd anniversary of that historic day in Ohio, John will recount in detail to Billy and…

Multi-Talented Actor, Rider Strong, Joins Mick & Mook on 5/3

Rider Strong, best known for starring as Shawn Hunter on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, which he reprised in its sequel series Girl Meets World, will be joining Billy and Frank on the May 3rd episode of A Mick A Mook and A Mic.  In addition to his acting talents, Rider is also a producer, director, and screenwriter. He also hosts with his Boy Meets World co-stars, Will Friedle and Danille Fishel, on the…

ON APPOINTMENT VIEWING
by Will Peterman

Streaming has been one of the biggest changes to how we consume media in my lifetime. I was born during the era of VHS tapes, I grew up at the dawn of DVDs, and I became a disgusting teenage gremlin right around the dawn of YouTube. The thing about all of these consumption methods is that you weren’t usually watching any new traditional media. You could watch Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift as many times…

Legendary Pitcher, Jim Palmer, Joins M&M 4/19

Jim Palmer, one of the greatest pitchers in Major League Baseball history, will be  joining Billy and Frank on the April 19thepisode of A Mick A Mook and A Mic. Palmer, the winningest MLB pitcher during the 1970s with 186 wins, has also won 3 Cy Young Awards as the best pitcher in MLB. He was also a 20-game winner in eight seasons and is the winningest pitcher in Baltimore Orioles history with 268 wins.…

Baseball Memories and My Favorite MLB Pitchers
By Gil Vieira

Since learning that Jim Palmer, the great Hall of Fame pitcher of the Baltimore Orioles, will be an upcoming guest on the podcast, A Mick A Mook and A Mic, many fond baseball memories came to mind. While I played three sports in my younger days, baseball was my favorite…and probably the one in which I played best. Since I lived only a short walk to a park with three baseball fields, I remember playing…

Remembering Don Rickles
by Roy Firestone

(Ed. Note:  Frank Pace – The Mook – produced Don Rickles series, DADDY DEAREST. Frank didn’t write this blog, but he could have.) ,Don Rickles has been gone for exactly 6 years. He made it to the age of 90, and for about 65 of those years, Don Rickles made people laugh…and laugh hard. Not all people found Don funny, and that’s fine. If he wasn’t your cup of tea, or if he made you…

Songwriter, D. Vincent Williams, Joins M&M on 4/12

David Vincent Williams is a country music singer-songwriter who has written over 550 songs. His songs have been recorded and released by major country recording artists, including: “I’m Movin‘ On” by Rascal Flatts, Ty Herndon’s “Hands of a Working Man” and James Otto’s “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”. Williams will be joining Billy and Frank on the April 12th episode of A Mick A Mook and A Mic. Born in Houston, Texas, Williams spent his…