Howie Reed’s Column

Friday, May 25, 2012
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“We Wish You Love” steel tip – but baby it’s gonna take more than that!

The music world lost some giants recently. Gone are Queen Donna Summer, Etta James, and the Bee Gee’s Robin Gibb. As the Old Dart Coach’s mom use to say, “Everything happens in threes.”

The …

Monday, April 9, 2012
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The Spirit of Jocky

The Old Dart Coach isn’t real big on poetry. This fact alone should surprise no one. Despite being a proud graduate of the Harvard of the West his poetic side starts and ends with phrases like: “There once was a man from Nantucket.”

The ODC …

Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Jocky Wilson – small in stature but a GIANT of a man!

The photo that finds itself in this special issue of Toeing the Oche was taken in either 1992 or 1993 at the Federation Brewery in England. The occasion was the annual Christmas Charity Show which raised hundreds …

Thursday, March 15, 2012
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It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s Superman… maybe!

Those who know the Old Dart Coach are aware that sometimes he’s a bubble off center (actually most of the time he’s a lot more than bubble off). The world deals with this by ignoring him completely.

Those who know …

Thursday, March 1, 2012
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With a Song in his Heart

An elderly friend of the Old Dart Coach cranked up the old walker recently to attend a 50th celebration Neil Diamond concert. For this trip, knowing him, he probably took along a nice bran muffin, some prune juice, and maybe some Activa as …

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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The PDC World Cup II vs. Super Bowl XLVI

In a recently released study by the IDGARA Humane Research Center it was determined that 30% of the world’s population suffers some emotional or mental disorder. This condition manifests itself in behavior that to a normal person might be explained …

Sunday, February 5, 2012
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In the end, it was all perpadedic!

When the Old Dart Coach was starting out in the “Ad Biz” he enjoyed making up words for use when preparing documents that would be read by the “three piece suits” on the 8th floor of D’Arcy Advertising. Most of them attended …

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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It ain’t the World Darts Fraud… but the PDC World Cup draw SUCKS!

Most baseball fans know the term “dog days” of summer. In darts it’s the “dog days” of winter. Not a bunch going on early in the early part of the year either in Europe or the …

Thursday, January 5, 2012
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The curse of the fickle finger… and other stuff!

Sports fans in the USA (and that’s what counts) are aware of the curse of a Sports Illustrated cover…

Being an athlete and appearing on the cover of SI moves a career in the direction of wearing a nametag when …

Friday, December 23, 2011
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Merry Christmas… and don’t hit on a chick named Holly with an Adam’s apple!

‘Tiz that time of the year when we join together to sing at the top of our baby voices, “Deck the halls with balls from Holly.”

Balls from Holly?

Well yes, as Holly use to …