by Christine | Jun 4, 2010 | Welcome Column
(“Brooks, if you get tired of walking, walk faster.”) Buzz Judd, circa 1958) Item 1: During January-March of 1963 (my freshman year at Hayward High) a strange phenomenon was occurring. President Kennedy, our youthful president, had chided Americans, especially the...
by Christine | Jan 3, 2013 | Welcome Column
“Don’t quit your day job!” Contrary to that old saying among professional, semi-professional or (in my case) semi-amateur musicians, I am quitting my day job in 60 work days… or one fiscal quarter… or 13 weeks… I could break it down to minutes but I’ll spare you my...
by Christine | Nov 2, 2017 | Welcome Column
My birthday is next Tuesday and besides completing another revolution around the sun, I’ll tell you what it means. I’ll stop getting so many phone calls asking for money for any election that is being held anywhere in the country on that day. It’s good that some of...
by Christine | Nov 19, 2015 | Welcome Column
I came across an article the other day that really hit home and made me think about some feelings I have been experiencing over the last couple of months. It’s called “The 9 Phases of Post-Concert Depression” by Cassie Whitt and was posted on the Alternative Press...
by Christine | Jan 8, 2017 | Welcome Column
Today is a special day and a day to play a special tune. I first remember hearing this tune as part of a popular recording made in the late fifties by Johhny Horton:In 1814 we took a little trip along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty MississippiWe took a little...
