James Clash

1 week ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

Any time you get a chance to see The Yardbirds, it's a treat. The seminal band from the 1960s, although it has only one original member, drummer Jim McCarty, has support musicians so good you'll think it’s the original lineup. Their renditions of “Heart Full Of Soul,” “Shapes Of Things,” “I’m A Man,” and their other hits are top-notch. Over the years, I've seen The Yardbirds in various iterations.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

Next month, Indy car bad boy Paul Tracy will launch his new podcast, "RACERS Unchained." Seems like podcasts are all the rage these days, so what makes Tracy's any different? The outspoken former racer that he is - both on-track and in the broadcast booth - says: "Journalists on many podcasts have not been on the inside. I've got a lot of personal experience on the track, plus a ton of friends in the business. People nowadays are very careful what they say. Me?

1 week ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

Dyess AFB in Abilene, Texas, is a sprawling community of thousands of Airmen and civilians. Managing operations there is critical to the overall U.S. Air Force mission. Col. Seth Spanier, 7th Bomb Wing Commander, shoulders much of that responsibility. As part of my visit to Dyess last month, I had a few minutes to chat with him. Following are edited excerpts from a longer conversation. Jim Clash: Can you broadly articulate the mission at Dyess within the context of U.S. Air Force operations? Col.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

In the fifth part of this series about Dyess AFB in Abilene, Texas (links to other four parts below), I participated in a simple Survival, Escape, Resistance, Evasion training (SERE) exercise. The idea was we had successfully ejected from a crippled aircraft over enemy territory and needed to find a safe place for helicopter extraction by our own forces. The setting was an open field near woods with thick underbrush. All we had was what was in our packs in the ejection seat package.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

In the first three parts of our exclusive interview series with classic rocker Alice Cooper, we covered his infamous "chicken" incident, his associations with Kiss, David Bowie and Elton John, the first time he heard one of his songs on the radio, his radio show, "Alice's Attic" and its affiliation with KLOS-FM and Superadio, his 1973 appearance on the cover of Forbes, his passion for golf, being a reformed alcoholic, why he still tours at age 77, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and his...