Honoring the Life of Local Musician Monte Jackson: “Montepalooza” Raises Thousands for Flood Relief to Close Out Henry County Summer Concert Series

Honoring the Life of Local Musician Monte Jackson: “Montepalooza” Raises Thousands for Flood Relief to Close Out Henry County Summer Concert Series Make Some Noise By: Kevin Vickery The electric energy humming through New Castle, Indiana, this past weekend wasn’t just audible—it was completely undeniable. If you happened to hear the roar of guitars, drums, […]

A Note from Kevin Vickery

Good Morning Friends: Please accept my apologies to anyone who may have visited my website in the overnight hours last night and seen inappropriate images posted there as a result of yet another hacking made to my site. I take great pride in my work as an entertainment journalist and blogger and would obviously never […]

Where the Cool Kids Hang Out: Celebrating a Quarter Century of Dave, Rob, and Community at The Melody Inn

Where the Cool Kids Hang Out: Celebrating a Quarter Century of Dave, Rob, and Community at The Melody Inn MAKE SOME NOISE By: Kevin Vickery Welcome back, music lovers! Pull up a vinyl booth and grab a cold PBR, because this month we are celebrating a massive milestone for a true Indianapolis institution. If you […]

THE DAY THE ANVIL DROPPED: HOW COYOTE VS ACME CARTOON COURTROOM BATTLE SAVED MY CINEMATIC SOUL

THE DAY THE ANVIL DROPPED: HOW COYOTE VS ACME CARTOON COURTROOM BATTLE SAVED MY CINEMATIC SOUL By: Kevin Vickery If you had told the seven-year-old version of me, sitting cross-legged on a shag carpet with a bowl of Cap’n Crunch that I would one day shed a legitimate, grown-man tear over Wile E. Coyote, I […]

Let’s Make Some Noise, vintage movie style: celebrating the films of yesterday and the day before.

Let’s Make Some Noise, vintage movie style: celebrating the films of yesterday and the day before. By: Kevin Vickery ON THE GRIDIRON, HUMANITY SHINES BRIGHTEST Welcome back, readers, to our regular look through the celluloid vault where we continue to explore feature films from 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago. This month, I’ll […]

Remembering Dolly Parton, the queen of country music, beloved philanthropist, and defining American cultural icon

Remembering Dolly Parton, the queen of country music, beloved philanthropist, and defining American cultural icon By: Kevin Vickery On Tuesday, August 25th in Nashville, Tennessee, Dolly Parton’s nephew, Bryant Seaver announced via a video message on her official social media accounts that the iconic entertainer had passed away peacefully at the age of 80 saying […]

Happy 75th Birthday “Dennis the Menace” (and his evil twin across the pond)

Happy 75th Birthday “Dennis the Menace” (and his evil twin across the pond) By: Kevin Vickery Just over seventy-five years ago, on March 12, 1951, a blond haired, freckled bundle of chaotic energy bounced onto newspaper pages and into the hearts of readers nationwide. Created by Hank Ketcham, the American “Dennis the Menace” comic strip […]

Let’s Make Some Noise, vintage movie style: celebrating the films of yesterday and the day before

Let’s Make Some Noise, vintage movie style: celebrating the films of yesterday and the day before “Top Gun”, “Mission: Impossible”, and “Mission: Impossible III” theatrical release posters By: Kevin Vickery Welcome once again to the latest monthly feature of my column where I continue to explore feature films from 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 […]

The Sofa Kings rock The Arts Park for the Henry County Concert Series

The Sofa Kings rock The Arts Park for the Henry County Concert Series By: Kevin Vickery On Friday, July 17th, The Henry County Concert Series welcomed long-time New Castle favorite, The Sofa Kings along with special guests, Dave Ellison and J.B. to the Arts Park in downtown New Castle for the second installment of the […]

Let’s Make Some Noise, vintage movie style: celebrating the films of yesterday and the day before

Let’s Make Some Noise, vintage movie style: celebrating the films of yesterday and the day before By: Kevin Vickery Welcome back to the latest monthly feature of my column where I continue to explore feature films from 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 years ago. Each month I’ll choose a common theme and then highlight […]