YESTERDAY, we resumed a countdown to the gigantic MISCmedia 15th Anniversary celebratory fete on June 2 (details at the left side of this virtual page), with another glimpse of the art show that’ll be part of the festivity–randomly-ordered pix of every home yr. web-pal had lived in. Today, just one more.

#6: 4245 Thackeray Avenue NE. A small but clean room in the basement of a small but clean house in Wallingford, just south of Winchell’s Donut Shop. Occupied June-August 1976.

This house has three levels. The upper level was rented out to a young couple. The main floor was occupied by the owner, a cranky and cleanliness-obsessed elderly woman. I shared the basement with the owner’s mild-mannered husband. Both of us had very restricted access to the main-floor kitchen and shower, and were expected to prepare our meals in a toaster-oven and hot plate supplied downstairs.

NEXT: Memories of top-40 radio.

ELSEWHERE:

• Joey Ramone remembered as the pure-pop song stylist he really was….
• This post-mortem for the Xtreme Football League fails to mention the sports-entertainment ventureÕs most important miscalculation: It relaxed the rules on defensive blocks and hits for the sake of more “action,” and ended up with a game where the defense ruled and nobody scored any touchdowns….