Author Archives: Mike Walgrave

Psychedelic Foosball Project 2002 As the story goes, in 1626 A.D. the indigenous people of New York sold the entire island of Manhattan to the Dutch for $24 worth of beads and “trinkets.”  One can only speculate on what “trinkets” might mean for such important piece of real estate.   Did the Dutch hand over Christ’sContinue reading “Psychedelic Foosballs”

Carma Burfield The first person from Wisconsin that I run into in Las Vegas is Carma Burfield from La Crosse.   “Gypsy, my brother!”  Carma says and gives me a hug.   Carma has given me the knickname, “Gypsy” because of my recent traveling adventures.  We got to know each other through La Crosse foosballContinue reading “Burfield. Las Vegas Foosball 2002”

March 12, 2022 Satursday Congratulations to Toney Spredeman and Carma Burfield in their induction into the Wisconsin State Foosball Hall of Fame! This afternoon at the Wisconsin State Foosball Tournament (part of a larger foosball tour) in Appleton, the WI Hall of Fame will induct these two players from Wisconsin. It has been awhile sinceContinue reading “2022 WI State Foos Hall of Fame Inductees: Spredeman and Burfield”

*The book writing continues. Here’s anther excerpt of the latest book: March 27, 2002 After our thumbs successfully land us into Las Vegas on Thursday, we head straight to the foosball tournament at the Riviera casino.  Adrian isn’t into foosball, but he does like sports in general.  Adrian is intrigued as much as I amContinue reading “$65G Foosball Hall of Fame Tourney 2002”

Steve-O hosted computer-godfather, Wozniak. I enjoyed Wozniak’s 76-year old ranting about tech. Both are pranksters and top of names of their industries:

B Real YouTube Live on a day of deuces. 2/22/22.

With thumbs out, we walk north out of Kingman, Arizona in the morning.  The sun is your friend in the desert spring, so it’s best to get going early.  It is much harder and colder to hitch at night no matter where you are at.    We have about 100-miles of desert highway to LasContinue reading “Vegas Please (part 6). Day 2 “

Last night, Drifter Radio went live as a watch-party for Super Bowl 56. Over 20-people showed up from around North America to listen and watch the podcast. This was the first Drifter Radio live internet broadcast in over a decade. 8-hours 22-minutes was streamed through YouTube for Super Bowl Sunday Funday. Drifter Radio watched theContinue reading “Drifter Radio Goes Live in 2022”

Got hot and stayed hot. Backed by a whole lot Of patience and prose. And a whole lot of thought. One of my all-time favorite artists is from the Wu-Tang Clan: Method Man. A style of “clowning” that I had never seen in the 90’s scene. This wasn’t white man clown-college. This dude was “clowning”Continue reading “It’s the Method, Man”

Hitchhike Ride 2 drops us off in Winslow, Arizona at the desert sunset. We are crossroading Route 66 on our way to Las Vegas.   Adrian is loving this road trip.   Adrian normally does not burst into song, but he starts dropping lyrics from the Eagles. “Well, I’m standing on a corner in Winslow,Continue reading “Vegas Please (part 5)”