by Christine | Sep 13, 2014 | Welcome Column
Wikipedia’s definition of “Band Wagon” = “In layman’s terms the bandwagon effect refers to people doing certain things because other people are doing them, regardless of their own beliefs, which they may ignore or override. The perceived popularity of an object or...
by Christine | Dec 12, 2007 | Welcome Column
“Bah! Humbug!”, said Ebenezer Kludge as he plunked down the money for the self-tuning guitar. “I’m a busy, important musician! Surely I shouldn’t be bothered with trivialities like learning how to tune my instrument!” He took his instrument home to his chilly, dank...
by Christine | Jun 28, 2010 | Welcome Column
I remember when karate really hit the big time, back in the seventies. The cold war was in full swing and people were fascinated with secret agent stuff. Everywhere you looked, on TV or at the movies, secret agent heroes like James Bond were beating up on the bad guys...
by Christine | Jun 27, 2016 | Welcome Column
The Bluegrass “Family”I find it interesting how it would appear that every organization or entity develops a culture of its own. Individuals that make up the group bring their own perspectives and views which combine with those of others and at some point a group...
by Christine | Jul 16, 2010 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from Bert Daniel Friday, July 16, 2010 I don’t know how much my parents worried about me as a kid, probably a lot. But it didn’t seem like that. In my mind, I was free to roam the neighborhood and do whatever I felt like all summer...
by Christine | Nov 30, 2007 | Welcome Column
The Bluegrass Mojo November 30, 2007 Missing Tom Tworek desperately last weekend, I pulled out a box of old photos and began looking for a snap shot of him back in the days we played in a band together. I found one, a black and white 8X10 of the band playing in...
by Christine | Oct 23, 2013 | Welcome Column
Trees are pretty magnificent, aren’t they? They provide shade, fruit, wood, along with leaves and sewer-destroying roots. If you have a tree living near you, you are familiar with the trees’ yearly cycle. In the spring, they’re busy, producing smaller branches, little...
by Christine | Feb 21, 2011 | Welcome Column
Sound. Its’ vibration reaching our ear, becoming converted into nerve impulses and is then sent on to our brain. We’re surrounded by it most of the time. When some degree of silence finally comes it is a welcome break bringing time for reflection and peaceful...
by Christine | Sep 9, 2013 | Welcome Column
A long long time ago in a world where no two people ever shared the same opinion about anything, there lived a fellow by the name of Überlieferung. But he was known far and wide as just Übe. There also lived in this disagreeable land another fellow by the name of...
by Christine | Feb 5, 2020 | Welcome Column
Tonight I will be playing with the Whiskey Brothers at the Albatross Pub in Berkeley. I play there every first and third Wednesday (we call it Whiskey Wednesday). The Whiskey Brothers, as a band, have been doing this since around 2000, I think, and I joined the band...
