Author Archive: Middagh Goodwin
Middagh Goodwin LIVES Music. He has been booking and promoting Music, Art and Comedy for years in the Central Valley. He ran the award winning Plea for Peace Center in Stockton for 5 Years and has booked bands from A-Z. Middagh is beginning 2016 with a new position at the Gallo Center for the Arts and celebrating Beat Happy! Music's 30th Anniversary. Read the MAMAView every month and a the Needle Drop 52 Records 52 Weeks.
Ceres Drive In Grand Opening
The Ceres Drive-In will celebrate its grand opening next weekend September 25th-27th with Frozen(Friday), American Graffiti(Saturday) and Avengers: End Game(Sunday). Tickets are $30 for a carload up to 8 people. Don’t miss the opportunity to be one of the first to enjoy this nostalgic past time the way it was meant to be. The movies will […]
The Wine Cooler Revolution
The Wine Cooler Revolution By Middagh Goodwin Wine Coolers were all the rage in the 80’s and were created right here in the Central Valley. Basically a sangria packaged in a 12 oz bottle. The original was California Cooler founded in 1976 by Lodi High School friends Michael Crete and R. Stuart Bewley and by […]
The Arcade Craze of the 80s
Arcades have a long history but the Video Arcade is a product of the ’80s even though the first video arcade games were made in the ’70s. The January 1982 Time MAgazine cover story was the Video Game touting how most brought in over $400 a week in quarters and that there were 13,000 dedicated […]
Senior Meals Still Available
Nutritious meals for *adults 60 or older are still available. The Corona Virus forced the closure of the senior and community centers in Stanislaus County. Most of the senior lunch programs converted to a weekly frozen meal box pick up program and the program has been extended through December 2020. Pick up sites are available […]
GoModesto: Fire Benefit
GoModesto: Del Puerto Canyon Fire Benefit In times of need, no other community like the music community comes together to help out. Saturday, September 5th 11 am until 11 pm at Ralston’s Goat join us for some good music for a great cause. DJ Pete(Kolony), David Dow Band, Texas Funk, Sticks & Stones, Timothy Christian […]
Growing up in the Eighties in the Two Zero Nine
MAMAView: Growing up in the Eighties in Two Zero Nine By Middagh Goodwin Moving to a town that only had 8 exits off the Freeway(what kind of cultural wasteland was my parents moving us to) was a pretty big shock for a teenager from LA(and what classic 80 movie plots seemed to be […]
AuthorView: 5 Clones
AuthorView: 5 ClonesBy Middagh Goodwin It is always great to see our local talent branch out in other creative outlets. That is just what Ed Bonilla a Stockton teacher and punk rock vocalist for the band Radical Times and Rudie Can’t Fail has done with 5 Clones. 5 Clones published by Montag Press is a […]
Piano Version of Grandaddy Song Released and 20th Anniversary Reissue of Sophtware Slump.
The Sophtware Slump ….on a Wooden Piano is Scheduled for a November 20th release to coincide with Grandaddy 20th Anniversary of The Sophtware Slump. This is not a demo or rough sketch, this can be considere a “shadow sibling” to the original. You can listen to Jason Lytle playing on a Wooden Piano “Jed’s Other […]
Inside Land
The producers of Outside Lands, Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly, and Starr Hill Presents, are excited to announce the full schedule of programming for Inside Lands, a free virtual festival celebration taking place this weekend, August 28-29 exclusively on Twitch. Performances featured in the stream include iconic sets from the Outside Lands archive with Elton John, J. […]
GoVote
Go VoteThis year at least in Stanislaus County and the State of California will be an all-mail election. If you are registered to vote you should have received information from the Registrar of Voters. It contains details on the November 3rd Presidential and General Election. Your ballots will arrive in a blue & white envelope […]
MAMView: Is That Freedom Rock? Turn It Up!
MAMAView: Is that Freedom Rock? Turn it Up!By Middagh Goodwin It is a scientific, social-political and economic fact that the greatest decade of music was the 1970’s. If you think, otherwise you are just wrong. Ok it is my personal opinion(but you know I am right.) Musicians were much freer to experiment with what they […]
StarView: Perseid Meteor Shower
StarView: Perseid Meteor Shower The Perseid meteor shower always peaks each year around the 11-13th of August here in the Northern Hemisphere. On those days the Moon will be just past its last quarter, so moonlight will somewhat obscure this year’s astral show. Perseid tends to be quite bright so you still should see 40 […]
GoModesto: Stanislaus County Library
Stanislaus County Library continues to offer diverse online programming. Educational programs include STEM challenge each Saturday at 2 pm and Virtual Coding every Thursday at 10 am. There is Virtual Story Time on Mondays at 10:30 am, Story Break at 7:30 pm on Tuesdays and Virtual Bi-Lingual Story Time on Wednesdays at 9:30 am. Other […]
GoModesto: Somebody Scream
GoModesto: ModStock goes Virtual Somebody Scream! This year ModStock sponsored by Robert’s Automotive celebrates ten years. Normally Darin Morris’s VMI School of Rock would host the event at Graceada Park on the last weekend of Summer with 50 plus youth and probands performing. This year due to the global pandemic ModStock is going virtual and […]
ComedyView: Local Comedian’s Amazon Prime Special
ComedyView: A.J. DeMello Comedy Special available on Amazon Prime Everybody knows that to be a good comedian, you need three things: A sense of humor, horrible self-esteem, and reliable transportation. Well… 2 out of 3 ain’t bad. Local comedian A.J. DeMello comedy special: I Didn’t Drive Here Either is now available on Amazon Prime: https://amzn.to/3jeYVSY […]
