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"Where would you recommend I take this?" ~ Michael Jan Friedman ~ With nearly 60 books notched on his pencil, many appearing on the New York Times bestseller list, it's safe to say, author Michael Jan Friedman knows his way around the alphabet. Add to the list some television and radio work and you've got yourself a pretty fine box of candy.  Call it good and wake me in the morning. But, for this reader, being handed the heavy baton to carry forward new Star Trek ideas as the writer for the Star Trek: The Next Generation comic book series is the feather.  If there is anything more cool-breeze than being linked to the iconic Star Trek franchise...in a medium that is cool unto itself...the list is short.  Like many fantasy and sci-fi ideas, Michael dreams them in aurora and remembers them in words.  As Pete Townshend once said, "Nothing is everything." MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN INTERVIEW  MAY 2016 Casey Chambers:  Michael, y

As familiar as a Cracker Barrel rocking chair. As satisfying as an extra-long back scratcher. That would be John Prine.  And for nearly 50 years, John has been trying to connect the dot-to-dots of life in song. And he reminds us, with a gentle hand, that feelings are never cheap. Lives are never simple. And a smile goes a long, long way. He's as rare as honesty.  An American treasure, for sure.   He's the "Ferris Bueller" of singer-songwriters.  And though John would be the last one to admit it...he's a righteous dude. This list could easily be filled with another ten songs. And another.  And yet, another still. But for today... 10 UNDERRATED JOHN PRINE GEMS "You'll be waitin' on a phone call at the wrong end of a broom." "Crazy As A Loon" / "Fair & Square" (2005) "One red rose in the Bible pressed between the Holy alphabet." "One Red Rose" / "Storm Windows" (198